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Assembly Bill A821A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the persons authorized to visit facilities operated by the department of social services or a social services district and homeless projects

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2025-A821 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §40-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7994

2025-A821 - Summary

Specifies the persons authorized to visit facilities operated by the department of social services or a social services district and homeless projects; amends the definition of homeless project.

2025-A821 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    821
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. FORREST, SHIMSKY, BORES -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to persons author-
   ized to visit facilities operated by the department of social services
   or a social services district and homeless projects
 
   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. "EMERGENCY CONGREGATE HOUSING" SHALL MEAN ANY LOCATION OPERATED  BY
 A STATE AGENCY, CITY AGENCY, OR LOCAL MUNICIPALITY OR A  PROVIDER  UNDER
 CONTRACT OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH A STATE AGENCY, CITY AGENCY, OR LOCAL
 MUNICIPALITY  WHERE  INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES RESIDE FOR MORE THAN NINE-
 TY-SIX CONTINUOUS HOURS AND WHERE SUCH INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES SLEEP IN
 A  CONGREGATE SETTING WITH SHARED FACILITIES, INCLUDING BUT  NOT LIMITED
 TO  SLEEPING  QUARTERS AND BATHROOMS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT  EMERGENCY
 CONGREGATE  HOUSING  SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE  ANY  LOCATION  OPERATED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT OR A PROVIDER UNDER CONTRACT OR  SIMILAR AGREEMENT  WITH  THE
 DEPARTMENT.
   §  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 EMERGENCY CONGREGATE HOUSING OR a
 specific facility, including lands, buildings and improvements acquired,
 constructed, renovated or rehabilitated and operated by a not-for-profit
 corporation, charitable organization, wholly owned subsidiary of a  not-
 for-profit  corporation  or  of a charitable organization, public corpo-
 ration 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, sanitary, social,  medical  and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2025-A821A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §40-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7994

2025-A821A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Specifies the persons authorized to visit facilities operated by the department of social services or a social services district and homeless projects; amends the definition of homeless project.

2025-A821A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  821--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. FORREST, SHIMSKY, BORES -- read once and referred
   to  the  Committee  on  Social  Services -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to persons author-
   ized to visit facilities operated by the department of social services
   or a social services district and homeless projects
 
   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
 40-a to read as follows:
   § 40-A. PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO VISIT  FACILITIES.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
 RULE, REGULATION, OR LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE FOLLOWING PERSONS SHALL BE
 AUTHORIZED  TO  VISIT AT PLEASURE ALL FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT OR A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT, INCLUDING ADULT CARE  FACILITIES  AS
 DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  TWENTY-ONE  OF SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER AND
 HOMELESS PROJECTS AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FORTY-TWO  OF
 THIS  CHAPTER:  THE  GOVERNOR  AND  LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR, COMPTROLLER AND
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL, MEMBERS OF  THE  LEGISLATURE  AND  THEIR  ACCOMPANYING
 STAFF  AS  REQUESTED  BY  THE  MEMBER  OF  THE LEGISLATURE IF THE MEMBER
 REQUESTS TO BE SO ACCOMPANIED, MEMBERS OF THE ELECTED  LEGISLATIVE  BODY
 OF  THE  COUNTY  IN WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED AND THEIR ACCOMPANYING
 STAFF AS REQUESTED BY THE MEMBER OF SUCH LEGISLATIVE BODY IF THE  MEMBER
 REQUESTS  TO BE SO ACCOMPANIED, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AND THEIR ACCOM-
 PANYING STAFF AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL  MEMBER  IF  THE  COUNCIL
 MEMBER  REQUESTS  TO  BE SO ACCOMPANIED, JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS,
 JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT AND COUNTY JUDGES, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS  AND
 EVERY CLERGYMAN OR MINISTER, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF
 THE  RELIGIOUS  CORPORATIONS LAW, HAVING CHARGE OF A CONGREGATION IN THE
 COUNTY IN WHICH SUCH FACILITY IS LOCATED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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