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Assembly Bill A8992

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Extends provisions of law relating to the closure or transfer of a state-operated individualized residential alternative

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2023-A8992 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8183
Current Committee:
Assembly People With Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Part Q §2, Chap 59 of 2016
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S4845

2023-A8992 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends for two years the requirement for OPWDD to give a 90-day notice to the Senate, Assembly, and labor organizations of any closures or transfer of a state operated individualized residential alternative.

2023-A8992 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8992
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEAWRIGHT  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on People with Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend part Q of chapter 59 of the laws of  2016  amending  the
   mental  hygiene law relating to the closure or transfer of a state-op-
   erated individualized residential  alternative,  in  relation  to  the
   effectiveness thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2 of part Q of chapter 59  of  the  laws  of  2016,
 amending the mental hygiene law relating to the closure or transfer of a
 state-operated  individualized  residential  alternative,  as amended by
 chapter 176 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed March 31, [2024] 2026.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13883-01-3

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