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Assembly Bill A8091

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Defines humanitarian emergency response and relief centers

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2023-A8091 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §42, Soc Serv L

2023-A8091 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Defines humanitarian emergency response and relief centers as shelters that provide assistance to arriving asylees or that provide shared sleeping and bathroom facilities for more than 96 hours and includes such centers within the definition of homeless project.

2023-A8091 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8091
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                            September 29, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. FORREST -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to defining humani-
   tarian emergency response and relief centers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 42 of the social services law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. "HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RELIEF CENTER"  SHALL  MEAN  A
 SHELTER  FOR  ADULTS  THAT  IS:  (A) ESTABLISHED AND OPERATED WITHIN THE
 STATE BY A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR PROVIDER UNDER CONTRACT OR SIMILAR AGREE-
 MENT WITH A STATE AGENCY OR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR
 ARRIVING ASYLEES. SUCH ASSISTANCE MAY INCLUDE  BUT  IS  NOT  LIMITED  TO
 RESPITE,  FOOD,  MEDICAL  CARE,  CASE WORK SERVICES, SOCIAL SERVICES AND
 ASSISTANCE IN ACCESSING A RANGE OF SETTLEMENT OPTIONS, INCLUDING THROUGH
 CONNECTIONS TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS WITHIN THE UNITED  STATES  AND  DIRECT
 REFERRALS  TO  ALTERNATIVE EMERGENCY SUPPORTS; AND (B) WHERE INDIVIDUALS
 AND FAMILIES RESIDE FOR MORE THAN NINETY-SIX HOURS AND WHERE SUCH  INDI-
 VIDUALS  AND  FAMILIES SLEEP IN A CONGREGATE SETTING WITH SHARED FACILI-
 TIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SLEEPING QUARTERS AND BATHROOMS.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section  42  of  the  social  services  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  458  of  the  laws  of 1986, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. "Homeless project" shall mean a HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND
 RELIEF CENTER OR A specific facility,  including  lands,  buildings  and
 improvements acquired, constructed, renovated or rehabilitated and oper-
 ated  by  a  not-for-profit corporation, charitable organization, wholly
 owned subsidiary of a not-for-profit  corporation  or  of  a  charitable
 organization,  public  corporation  or  a  municipality  to increase the
 availability of housing for homeless persons, which  may  include  other
 non-housing  services  such  as but not limited to dining, recreational,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13247-02-3

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