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                                  5998--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 25, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to notice of adult
   care facility closure requirements

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 461-v to read as follows:
   § 461-V.  CLOSURE OF ADULT CARE FACILITIES. 1. IN THE EVENT  THAT  THE
 DEPARTMENT REVOKES OR SUSPENDS OR INTENDS TO REVOKE OR SUSPEND OR OTHER-
 WISE  LIMIT  THE  OPERATING  CERTIFICATE FOR AN ADULT CARE FACILITY, THE
 FOLLOWING SHALL APPLY:
   (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  PROVIDE  COPIES  OF  ALL  WRITTEN  MATERIALS
 PERTAINING  TO  THE  ACTION  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE HEARING
 NOTICE AND NOTICE OF CHARGES SERVED UPON THE OPERATOR OF  SUCH  FACILITY
 TO  THE GOVERNOR, THE OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER, THE OFFICE OF THE
 NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE JUSTICE CENTER FOR  THE  PROTECTION
 OF  PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY AND
 THE STATE SENATE REPRESENTING THE MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE FACILITY  IS
 LOCATED.
   (B)  COPIES OF ALL WRITTEN MATERIALS SHALL ALSO BE CONCURRENTLY DELIV-
 ERED TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND THE  PRESIDING  OFFICER  OF  THE
 LOCAL  LEGISLATIVE BODY OF EACH COUNTY, EXCEPT A COUNTY WHOLLY CONTAINED
 WITHIN A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE IN WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED AND,  IN
 A  CITY  WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY
 BOARD IN WHOSE DISTRICT THE FACILITY IS LOCATED.
   2. (A) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE
 WRITTEN  MATERIALS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT
 BE SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE UNDER ARTICLE SIX OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (B) DURING THE THIRTY-DAY  PERIOD  PRIOR  TO  THE  HEARING  DATE,  THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL POST ON ITS WEBSITE:
   (I) A SUMMARY OF THE VIOLATIONS AT THE ADULT CARE FACILITY;
   (II) AN EXPLANATION OF THE GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED
 BY THE CLOSURE; AND
   (III)  A  SUMMARY  OF THE FACILITY OPERATOR'S PLAN TO ENSURE CONTINUED
 CARE FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO BE IMPACTED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
 the  date  on  which  it  shall have become a law and shall apply to all
 closures of adult care facilities occurring on or after  such  effective
 date  and  to all closures of adult care facilities pending on and after
 such effective date.  Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.