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Assembly Bill A6761

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes a moratorium on the site selection of state facilities in N.Y. city

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2019-A6761 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Social Services
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5541
2011-2012: A5052
2013-2014: A4286
2015-2016: A1349
2017-2018: A4808

2019-A6761 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a moratorium on the site selection of state facilities (defined) in cities of one million or more until the governor completes a comprehensive review of all existing and proposed state facilities; provides such report shall include an assessment of the oversaturation of state facilities.

2019-A6761 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6761
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 19, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. TITUS, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, BENEDETTO -- Multi-Spon-
   sored  by -- M.  of A. COLTON, PERRY, RIVERA -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT establishing a moratorium on the site selection of state  facili-
   ties in cities of one million or more

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a city  with
 a  population of one million or more, no new site selection or the open-
 ing of state facilities shall be commenced or completed from the  effec-
 tive  date  of  this  act until there has been completed a comprehensive
 review by the governor or his designee  of  all  existing  and  proposed
 state  facilities.  Such review shall include, but not be limited to, an
 assessment of the oversaturation of communities within a half mile radi-
 us within such city with state facilities. The governor shall  establish
 a  plan  for  correcting  the oversaturation of state facilities in such
 communities. Such review and plan shall be completed by January 1,  2020
 and  shall  be  prepared  for submission to the legislature on or before
 such date.
   § 2. For the purposes of this act:
   (a) "State facility" shall mean and include a group home as defined in
 section 371 of the social services law and  a  residential  facility  as
 defined in section 473-d of the social services law.
   (b) "State services" shall mean services provided by the state for the
 benefit  of  its  residents,  including  but not limited to, residential
 facilities, community residences, services for the aged, blind or  disa-
 bled,  community  centers and services for seniors, homeless housing and
 assistance programs, child care resources and  referral  programs,  drug
 rehabilitation services and youth centers.
   (c)  "Oversaturation"  shall be measured by and be based on the number
 of residential beds within a half  mile  radius,  such  number  of  beds

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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