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Assembly Bill A9400

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to the closure or transfer of a state-operated individualized residential alternative

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2025-A9400 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly People With Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene
Laws Affected:
Amd Part Q §2, Chap 59 of 2016

2025-A9400 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the effectiveness of the requirement that upon the closure or transfer of a state-operated individualized residential alternative the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities shall provide appropriate and timely notification to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and appropriate representatives of impacted labor organizations, and shall make reasonable efforts to inform the affected workforce, residents and family members of the proposed closure or transfer plan.

2025-A9400 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9400
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 19, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- 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
 section 11 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2024,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed March 31, 2026].
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14205-01-5

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