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                                    873
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  requiring  the
   commissioner  to  prepare a report of the homeless population during a
   state disaster emergency  in  publicly  funded  shelters,  residential
   programs  for  victims  of domestic violence, and residential programs
   for runaway and homeless youth
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (d-1) of section 17 of the social services law,
 as  added  by a chapter of the laws of 2020 amending the social services
 law relating to requiring the commissioner to prepare a  report  of  the
 sheltered  and  unsheltered  homeless population during a state disaster
 emergency, as proposed in legislative bills numbers  S.  8643-A  and  A.
 10566-A, is amended to read as follows:
   (d-1)(1)  in  consultation  with each local health department AND EACH
 SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT in the county in which [the homeless] A PUBLIC-
 LY FUNDED shelter is located, the  commissioner  of  the  department  of
 health,  THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,
 the [commissioners] COMMISSIONER of the  NEW  YORK  CITY  department  of
 homeless  services, and the commissioner of the New York city department
 of health and mental hygiene, [shall collect] CONDUCT A REVIEW OF infor-
 mation, TO THE EXTENT SUCH INFORMATION  IS  KNOWN  AND  AVAILABLE  AFTER
 MAKING  ALL  DILIGENT EFFORTS, regarding the [sheltered and unsheltered]
 homeless population IN PUBLICLY FUNDED SHELTERS, during a state disaster
 emergency, declared pursuant to executive order two hundred two  of  two
 thousand twenty OR ANY EXTENSION OR SUBSEQUENT EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUED in
 response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, including but not
 limited to, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (i) the number of confirmed infected individuals;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (ii) the number of hospitalizations;
   (iii) the number of deaths;
   (iv)  information  regarding the individual, if known[;]: (a) age; (b)
 race; (c) family composition; (d) shelter status; (e)  type  of  shelter
 including:  family  shelter, a shelter for adults, a hotel, an emergency
 apartment, a domestic violence shelter, a  runaway  and  homeless  youth
 shelter,  or [as] a safe house for refugees; (f) any known risk factors;
 and (g) any other information the office deems appropriate;
   (V) WITH REGARD TO INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN A RESIDENTIAL  PROGRAM  FOR
 VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR FOR RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH, INFORMA-
 TION  REGARDING  THE  AVERAGE  NUMBER  OF  INDIVIDUALS  REPORTED  WITH A
 CONFIRMED INFECTION, THE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE  OF  PROGRAMS  STRUGGLING
 WITH AN OUTBREAK, AND THE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS IMPACTED IN
 THOSE PROGRAMS COMPARED TO THE PROGRAM'S MAXIMUM CAPACITY.
   (2)    IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, utilizing the
 information [collected] REVIEWED  pursuant  to  paragraph  (1)  of  this
 subdivision  AND  TO  THE  EXTENT  THAT CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENTS SET
 FORTH IN LAW AND REGULATION ARE MAINTAINED[,  the  commissioners  shall]
 publish  a  report containing such information aggregated by county [and
 post it on the website of each respective agency]. WHEN  CONFIDENTIALITY
 REQUIREMENTS  SET FORTH IN LAW AND REGULATION PREVENT THE PUBLICATION OF
 INFORMATION AGGREGATED BY COUNTY, THE REPORT SHALL CONTAIN SUCH INFORMA-
 TION AGGREGATED  FOR  MULTIPLE  COUNTIES  AND  ORGANIZED  BY  GEOGRAPHIC
 REGION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS PARAGRAPH, FOR RESI-
 DENTIAL  PROGRAMS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND RUNAWAY AND HOME-
 LESS YOUTH, REPORTED INFORMATION SHALL  BE  AGGREGATED  ON  A  STATEWIDE
 BASIS.
   (3)  POST THE REPORT ON THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSIST-
 ANCE'S WEBSITE WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH
 AND UPDATE THE REPORT AT LEAST EVERY THREE MONTHS THEREAFTER DURING  THE
 STATE  DISASTER  EMERGENCY  DECLARED  PURSUANT  TO  EXECUTIVE  ORDER TWO
 HUNDRED TWO OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY OR ANY EXTENSION OR SUBSEQUENT EXECU-
 TIVE ORDER ISSUED  IN  RESPONSE  TO  THE  NOVEL  CORONAVIRUS  (COVID-19)
 PANDEMIC.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2020 amending the social services law
 relating to requiring the commissioner to prepare a report of the  shel-
 tered  and unsheltered homeless population during a state disaster emer-
 gency, as proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.  8643-A  and  A.
 10566-A, takes effect.