NY State Senate Bill S4538

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Jan 08, 2020	referred to housing, construction and community development
Mar 14, 2019	referred to housing, construction and community development

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S4538 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4358
Current Committee:: Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:: Private Housing Finance Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 29-A §1265, Priv Hous Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S7866, A10017
2021-2022: S3129, A3612
2023-2024: S2080, A4716

S4538 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an affordable independent senior housing assistance program.

S4538 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S4538

SPONSOR: KAVANAGH
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the private housing finance law, in
relation to establishing an affordable independent senior housing
assistance program

 
PURPOSE:

Establishes the Affordable Independent Senior Housing Assistance Program
to be administered by the Division of Housing and Community Renewal and
the Department of Health.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1260 establishes the Affordable Independent Senior Housing
Assistance Program to be developed by the Division of Housing and Commu-
nity Renewal in conjunction with the Department of Health.

The Program shall serve residents sixty years of age, or older, with a
household income not to exceed 80% of the area median income.  Resident

assistance includes optional support services, defined by the Department
of Health, that promote independent living. No such services shall
include activities that would require licensure as an adult care facili-
ty, or assisted living residence.

Sixty percent of the total funds awarded shall be allocated to projects
located in urban areas of the state, and forty percent in rural areas.
Funding appropriated for the purposes of this program may be transferred
to the Department of Health, and a portion may be retained for program
administration.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The enacted FY 2017-18 State Budget provided $125 million in capital
appropriations over five years, for 100% affordable and independent
senior housing projects serving residents sixty years of age, or older.
This program would complement the State's capital investment in afforda-
ble and independent senior housing, by providing residents with optional
services that would further promote independent living.  It will advance
opportunities for seniors to live in the most integrated setting appro-
priate to their individual needs and preferences, while also deterring
unwarranted institutional care.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018: S7866A/A10017A - AMENDED AND RECOMMITTED TO FINANCE/referred to
housing

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None. This program would be subject to annual appropriations.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S4538 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4538

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 14, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. KAVANAGH, LITTLE, FUNKE, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, SEPULVE-
  DA, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
  committed to the Committee  on  Housing,  Construction  and  Community
  Development

AN  ACT  to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to estab-
  lishing an affordable independent senior housing assistance program

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. The private housing finance law is amended by adding a new
article 29-A to read as follows:
                             ARTICLE XXIX-A
        AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
SECTION 1265. AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
  § 1265. AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM.  1.
ESTABLISHMENT. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
HEALTH,  SHALL  DEVELOP AN AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAM, WHICH SHALL PROVIDE GRANTS WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED  OR
OTHERWISE  AVAILABLE  THEREFOR  TO AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING
PROPERTIES TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE RESIDENT  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAMS.  THE
GRANTS SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
  2.  DEFINITIONS.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (A)  "AFFORDABLE  INDEPENDENT  SENIOR
HOUSING  PROPERTY" SHALL MEAN APARTMENT BUILDINGS OR APARTMENT COMPLEXES
OCCUPIED BY INDIVIDUALS OVER SIXTY YEARS OF AGE, WHO LIVE  INDEPENDENTLY
AND  AT  LEAST EIGHTY PERCENT OF WHOM HAVE A TOTAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME THAT
DOES NOT EXCEED SIXTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME; AND
  (B) "RESIDENT ASSISTANCE" SHALL MEAN SUPPORT OFFERED TO  RESIDENTS  OF
AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TO HELP PROMOTE HEALTHY
LIVING BY EXTENDING INDEPENDENCE AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE.
  3.  ASSISTANCE. RESIDENT ASSISTANCE SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER OF HEALTH; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THE PROVISION OF  SUCH  ASSIST-

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

                                                           LBD08339-01-9

S. 4538                             2

ANCE  SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE  ANY  SERVICES OR ASSISTANCE THAT REQUIRES THE
PROPERTY TO BE LICENSED AS AN ADULT CARE FACILITY  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
SEVEN  OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW OR AN ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE PURSU-
ANT  TO  ARTICLE  FORTY-SIX-B OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW. PRIOR TO ISSUING
ANY GRANTS PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE,  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  SHALL
SOLICIT  INPUT FROM VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS TO DETERMINE WHAT WOULD CONSTI-
TUTE ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE THAT SUCH ASSISTANCE WOULD  NOT  REQUIRE  SUCH
LICENSURE.  A SUMMARY OF SUCH INPUT AND THE DETERMINATION BY THE DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AS TO WHETHER THE ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY THE GRANT APPLI-
CANT WOULD REQUIRE LICENSURE AS  AN  ADULT  CARE  FACILITY  OR  ASSISTED
LIVING  RESIDENCE SHALL BE IN WRITING AND SHARED WITH THE VARIOUS STAKE-
HOLDERS PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF ANY GRANTS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
  4. ALLOCATION. SIXTY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL FUNDS  AWARDED  PURSUANT  TO
THIS  ARTICLE  IN ANY FISCAL YEAR SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS LOCATED
IN URBAN AREAS OF THE STATE, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR
OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER. FORTY  PERCENT  OF
THE  TOTAL  FUNDS  AWARDED  PURSUANT  TO THIS ARTICLE IN ANY FISCAL YEAR
SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS LOCATED IN RURAL AREAS OF THE  STATE,  AS
SUCH  TERM  IS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED
THIRTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER. ANY FUNDS APPROPRIATED OR  OTHERWISE  AVAIL-
ABLE  THEREFOR  FOR  THE PROGRAM MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH. A PORTION OF ANY AMOUNTS  APPROPRIATED  OR  OTHERWISE  AVAILABLE
THEREFOR  MAY  BE  USED  BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH TO ADMINISTER THE
PROGRAM.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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