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                                   5714
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. TITUS, JAFFEE, PEOPLES-STOKES, AUBRY, CRESPO,
   COOK, L. ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  GLICK  --  read
   once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the creation by
   each social services district of a homeless housing task force

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 50-a to read as follows:
   § 50-A. HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE. 1. EACH SOCIAL SERVICES  DISTRICT
 IN  THE  STATE  SHALL  CREATE A HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A
 TEN-YEAR HOMELESS HOUSING PLAN ADDRESSING SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM HOUS-
 ING FOR HOMELESS PERSONS. SUCH PLAN SHALL INCLUDE GUIDELINES  FOR  EMER-
 GENCY  SHELTERS;  SHORT-TERM  HOUSING; TEMPORARY ENCAMPMENTS; SUPPORTIVE
 HOUSING FOR CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PERSONS; LONG-TERM  HOUSING;  STANDARDS
 FOR  HEALTH  AND SAFETY; AND PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING LOCATION OF FACILI-
 TIES.
   2. MEMBERSHIP ON THE TASK FORCE SHALL INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
 COUNTIES,  CITIES, TOWNS, HOUSING AUTHORITIES, CIVIL AND FAITH ORGANIZA-
 TIONS,  SCHOOLS,  COMMUNITY  NETWORKS,  HUMAN  SERVICES  PROVIDERS,  LAW
 ENFORCEMENT  PERSONNEL,  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  TREATMENT  PROVIDERS,  MENTAL
 HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS,  EMERGENCY  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDERS,  BUSINESSES,
 AT-LARGE  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE COMMUNITY, AND A HOMELESS OR FORMERLY
 HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL.
   3. ANY PLAN AND GUIDELINES DEVELOPED BY  A  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT
 HOMELESS  HOUSING TASK FORCE SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH REGULATIONS APPLI-
 CABLE TO PROJECTS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO TITLE ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   4. EACH DISTRICT HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE  SHALL  MAKE  RECOMMENDA-
 TIONS BASED ON THE PLAN AND GUIDELINES REGARDING THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
 RECEIVED FROM ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SOURCE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07720-01-9
              

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   §  2.  Paragraphs  (c)  and  (d) of subdivision 2 of section 50 of the
 social services law, as amended by chapter 204 of the laws of 1998,  are
 amended and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
   (c)  a  description  of  the  manner  in which coordination with other
 federal, state, local and privately funded services  will  be  achieved;
 [and]
   (d)  a  description  of  how  the  services will be designed to assist
 households transition from a reliance on outside interventions and  move
 toward housing stability and economic self reliance[.]; AND
   (E)  A  COPY OF THE TEN-YEAR PLAN AND GUIDELINES DEVELOPED BY A SOCIAL
 SERVICES DISTRICT HOMELESS TASK FORCE ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 FIFTY-A OF THIS TITLE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.