Senate Bill S8871

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to including senior citizens as vulnerable populations eligible for supportive housing

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S8871 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3299
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2823, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6500, A9105
2017-2018: S4214, A2900
2021-2022: S3738, A3287
2023-2024: S1710, A2393

2019-S8871 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to including senior citizens as vulnerable populations eligible for supportive housing.

2019-S8871 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8871 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8871
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              August 3, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  including  senior
   citizens  as  vulnerable  populations  eligible for supportive housing
   programs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 2823 of the public health law, as added by section
 1 of part D of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   § 2823. Supportive housing development program. 1. For the purposes of
 this section "eligible applicant" shall mean (a) a unit of local govern-
 ment, or (b) a not-for-profit corporation that has been in existence for
 a  period of at least one year prior to application and has been engaged
 in supportive housing  programs  for  vulnerable  populations,  SUCH  AS
 SENIOR  CITIZENS.  SENIOR  CITIZENS  SHALL BE DEFINED IN THIS SECTION TO
 MEAN ANY PERSON SIXTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
   2. Grants provided pursuant to this section shall be used only to fund
 housing development activities and other general programmatic activities
 to help ensure a stable system  of  supportive  housing  for  vulnerable
 persons, INCLUDING SENIOR CITIZENS, in the community. Reinvestment funds
 for  supportive housing for vulnerable populations, SUCH AS SENIOR CITI-
 ZENS, which are general  fund  savings  directly  related  to  inpatient
 hospital  and  nursing home bed decertification and/or facility closure,
 shall be allocated annually by the commissioner based upon the following
 criteria:
   (a) the efficiency and effectiveness of the use  of  funding  for  the
 development  of  adequate  and  accessible housing to support vulnerable
 persons, SUCH AS SENIOR CITIZENS, in the community and to ensure  access
 to supports necessary to maximize expected outcomes; and
   (b)  other  relevant  factors  relating to the maintenance of existing
 supportive housing and the development of  new  supportive  housing  and
 associated services.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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