Senate Bill S3142

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to develop and maintain a community residence opportunities waitlist

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Disabilities 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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2023-S3142 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §16.15, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S6305

2023-S3142 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to develop and maintain a community residence opportunities waitlist which include the names and contact information of all individuals seeking placement in a community residence.

2023-S3142 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3142 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3142
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MANNION, HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in  relation  to  requiring  the
   office for people with developmental disabilities to develop and main-
   tain a community residence opportunities waitlist

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
 16.15 to read as follows:
 § 16.15 COMMUNITY RESIDENCE OPPORTUNITIES WAITLIST AND PLACEMENT REPORT.
   (A) THE OFFICE SHALL DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A COMMUNITY RESIDENCE OPPOR-
 TUNITIES  WAITLIST,  HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE CROW, WHICH INCLUDES
 THE NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF ALL INDIVIDUALS  SEEKING  PLACEMENT
 IN  A  COMMUNITY  RESIDENCE  AS  DEFINED  IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-EIGHT OF
 SECTION 1.03 OF THIS CHAPTER, WHO HAVE BEEN DETERMINED BY THE OFFICE  TO
 REQUIRE  A  LEVEL  OF  SUPERVISION PROVIDED IN A COMMUNITY RESIDENCE AND
 HAVE BEEN ENROLLED OR ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE ENROLLED IN THE HOME AND COMMU-
 NITY-BASED SERVICES WAIVER FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES.
 ENROLLMENT  IN  THE  CROW SHALL BE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE NATURE, TYPE OR
 URGENCY OF NEED OF THE INDIVIDUAL SEEKING ENROLLMENT IN THE CROW. A CROW
 PLACEMENT  REPORT  CONTAINING  INFORMATION  ABOUT  INDIVIDUALS  WHO  ARE
 ACTIVELY  LOOKING FOR HOUSING AND WHO HAVE BEEN DETERMINED BY THE OFFICE
 TO BE IN NEED OF CERTIFIED RESIDENTIAL OPPORTUNITY SHALL BE  DISTRIBUTED
 AT LEAST MONTHLY AND UPON REQUEST TO PROVIDERS OF SERVICES AS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION 1.03 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (B)  A  PROVIDER  OF SERVICES THAT HAS VACANCIES IN ONE OR MORE OF ITS
 SUPERVISED LIVING FACILITIES AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-EIGHT-A OF
 SECTION 1.03 OF THIS CHAPTER MAY REVIEW THE INDIVIDUALS  LISTED  IN  THE
 CROW PLACEMENT REPORT TO IDENTIFY AN INDIVIDUAL WHICH THE PROVIDER DEEMS
 APPROPRIATE FOR PLACEMENT IN THE VACANCY IN ITS SUPERVISED LIVING FACIL-
 ITY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04910-01-3
              

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