Senate Bill S3888

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing state disaster emergency requirements for homeless shelters

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Social Services Committee


  • 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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2021-S3888 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3521
Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 2-A Title 5 §53, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8573, A10355
2023-2024: S2753, A9623

2021-S3888 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing state disaster emergency requirements for homeless shelters including placement of individuals and families in shelters and reporting of infections related to the emergency.

2021-S3888 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3888 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3888
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. BAILEY, HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law,  in  relation  to  establishing
   state disaster emergency requirements for homeless shelters
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 2-A of the social services law is amended by adding
 a new title 5 to read as follows:
                                  TITLE 5
        STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR HOMELESS SHELTERS
 SECTION 53. STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR HOMELESS SHELTERS.
   § 53. STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR HOMELESS SHELTERS.  1.
 FOR PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE:
   (A)  "STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED
 IN PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION  TWENTY  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE
 LAW, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, SUCH DISASTERS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THOSE INVOLV-
 ING AN EPIDEMIC OR DISEASE OUTBREAK;
   (B)  "HOMELESS  SHELTER" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO A FAMILY
 SHELTER, A SHELTER FOR ADULTS, A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE  SHELTER,  A  RUNAWAY
 AND  HOMELESS YOUTH SHELTER, A SAFE HOUSE FOR REFUGEES, ANY HOTEL, MOTEL
 OR APARTMENT THAT IS CURRENTLY HOUSING GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT
 FAMILY MEMBERS OR THAT HAVE REQUESTED TO BE HOUSED TOGETHER,  ANY  OTHER
 SUPERVISED  PUBLICLY  OR  PRIVATELY OPERATED SHELTER DESIGNED TO PROVIDE
 TEMPORARY LIVING ARRANGEMENTS OR ANY OTHER LOCATION WHERE HOMELESS INDI-
 VIDUALS AND FAMILIES MAY BE RESIDING;
   (C) "HOMELESS" SHALL MEAN THE LACK OF A FIXED, REGULAR,  AND  ADEQUATE
 NIGHTTIME  RESIDENCE;  HAVING  A  PRIMARY  NIGHTTIME RESIDENCE THAT IS A
 PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PLACE NOT DESIGNED FOR OR ORDINARILY USED AS A REGULAR
 SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION FOR HUMAN BEINGS, INCLUDING A  CAR,  PARK,  ABAN-
 DONED  BUILDING,  BUS  OR  TRAIN STATION, AIRPORT OR CAMPGROUND OR OTHER
 PLACES NOT MEANT FOR HUMAN HABITATION;
   (D) "DIRECT PLACEMENT" SHALL MEAN THE PROCESS BY WHICH A PRIVATE  ROOM
 WITH A PRIVATE BATHROOM IS ARRANGED FOR AND ASSIGNED TO A HOMELESS INDI-
 VIDUAL OR FAMILY THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE TRAVEL TO ANY INTERMEDIARY FACIL-
              

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