Assembly Bill A159

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the statewide group home families working group

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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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2023-A159 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly People With Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§13.03 & 5.07, add §13.05-a, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9162

2023-A159 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the statewide group home families working group; provides that duties include informing and advising the commissioner as to matters of importance for persons with developmental disabilities residing in group homes and their families and guardians, providing recommendations for statewide and regional priorities and goals for individuals residing in group homes and families and guardians of individuals residing in group homes, advising the commissioner on such other matters related to group homes as the statewide group home families working group deems relevant, holding regional public meetings to solicit and receive input from residents of group homes and family members and guardians of residents of group homes, and any matter relating to the performance of their duties with relation to individuals in group homes and on policies, goals, budget and operation of group homes.

2023-A159 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    159
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on People with Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing  the
   statewide group home families working group

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 13.03 of the  mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. "GROUP HOME" MEANS A COMMUNITY RESIDENCE SERVING PEOPLE WITH DEVEL-
 OPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
   § 2. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 13.05-a
 to read as follows:
 § 13.05-A STATEWIDE GROUP HOME FAMILIES WORKING GROUP.
   (A)  THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED A STATEWIDE GROUP HOME FAMILIES WORK-
 ING GROUP. THE STATEWIDE GROUP HOME FAMILIES WORKING GROUP SHALL CONSIST
 OF TWENTY MEMBERS SELECTED, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER,  FROM
 AMONG QUALIFIED APPLICANTS OR NOMINEES AS FOLLOWS:
    1. SEVEN MEMBERS SELECTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE;
   2. SEVEN MEMBERS SELECTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY;
   3. THREE MEMBERS SELECTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE; AND
   4. THREE MEMBERS SELECTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
   (B)  ONE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APPLICABLE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISA-
 BILITIES SERVICES OFFICE SHALL SIT AS AN EX OFFICIO MEMBER OF THE STATE-
 WIDE GROUP HOME FAMILIES WORKING GROUP AT EACH REGIONAL MEETING PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION (I) OF THIS SECTION.
   (C) MEMBERS SHALL BE PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES  RESIDING
 IN  GROUP  HOMES OR FAMILY MEMBERS OR GUARDIANS OF PERSONS WITH DEVELOP-
 MENTAL DISABILITIES RESIDING IN  GROUP  HOMES.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 PROVIDE  FOR AN APPROPRIATE AND TIMELY APPLICATION PROCESS TO FACILITATE
 SELECTION OF MEMBERS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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