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Assembly Bill A317

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires certain entities to provide a website listing hotels and motels being used as homeless housing

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2021-A317 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 2-B §53, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A9075

2021-A317 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain entities to provide a website listing hotels and motels being used as homeless housing and lists the not-for-profit organizations who provide services at such homeless housing.

2021-A317 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    317
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   certain  entities to provide a website listing hotels and motels being
   used as homeless housing

   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 article
 2-B to read as follows:
 
                                ARTICLE 2-B
             ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATED TO HOMELESS HOUSING
 SECTION 53. LOCAL HOMELESS HOUSING NOTIFICATION.
   § 53. LOCAL HOMELESS HOUSING NOTIFICATION.  1.    EVERY  LOCAL  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  OFFICE, MUNICIPALITY, NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION OR SUBSIDIARY
 THEREOF WHO CONTRACTS WITH A HOTEL, MOTEL OR OTHER SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENT
 TO PROVIDE HOUSING TO HOMELESS PERSONS SHALL MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE  ON
 THE INTERNET WEBSITE OF SUCH LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICE, MUNICIPALITY,
 NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION OR SUBSIDIARY A LIST OF EVERY HOTEL, MOTEL OR
 SIMILAR  ESTABLISHMENT  UNDER  CONTRACT  TO  PROVIDE HOUSING TO HOMELESS
 PERSONS, THE DURATION OF SUCH CONTRACT AND THE VALUE OF SUCH CONTRACT.
   2. EACH LOCAL SOCIAL  SERVICES  OFFICE,  MUNICIPALITY,  NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 CORPORATION OR SUBSIDIARY THEREOF SHALL MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THEIR
 INTERNET WEBSITE INFORMATION REGARDING ANY CONTRACTS WITH A NOT-FOR-PRO-
 FIT  ORGANIZATION,  AND  IF APPLICABLE ANY SUBCONTRACTOR OF THE NOT-FOR-
 PROFIT ORGANIZATION, WHO PROVIDE SERVICES AT SUCH HOTEL, MOTEL OR  SIMI-
 LAR ESTABLISHMENT BEING USED AS HOMELESS HOUSING. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL
 INCLUDE:
   (A) THE NAME OF SUCH NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AND IF APPLICABLE THE
 NAME OF ANY SUBCONTRACTOR OF THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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