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Assembly Bill A7320

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that a sponsoring agency must make a presentation at a public hearing before a residential facility for the disabled may be placed in a municipality

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2017-A7320 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §41.34, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2740
2011-2012: A2517
2013-2014: A3415
2015-2016: A3292
2019-2020: A5924
2021-2022: A5672
2023-2024: A5216
2025-2026: A5980

2017-A7320 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a sponsoring agency must make a presentation at a public hearing before a residential facility for the disabled may be placed in a municipality.

2017-A7320 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7320
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 24, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  FITZPATRICK -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring a spon-
   soring agency to make  a  presentation  to  a  municipality  prior  to
   consideration of placement of a residential facility for the disabled

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (c)  of  section  41.34  of  the
 mental  hygiene  law, as amended by chapter 1024 of the laws of 1981, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (2) Prior to forwarding a response to the sponsoring  agency  and  the
 commissioner,  the  municipality  may  hold a public hearing pursuant to
 local law.  SHOULD THE MUNICIPALITY DECIDE TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, THE
 SPONSORING AGENCY SHALL MAKE A PRESENTATION, USING APPROPRIATE AUDIO-VI-
 SUAL TECHNOLOGY, AT WHICH THE SPONSORING AGENCY SHALL PRESENT THE HISTO-
 RY AND BACKGROUND OF THE SPONSORING AGENCY, THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES  WHO
 WILL BE WORKING AT THE RESIDENTIAL FACILITY, THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHO
 WILL BE LIVING IN THE RESIDENTIAL FACILITY, AND AN OUTLINE OF ANY STRUC-
 TURAL   CHANGES WHICH WILL BE MADE TO EXISTING BUILDINGS ON THE PREMISES
 WHERE IT IS PROPOSED THAT THIS FACILITY BE LOCATED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11117-01-7

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