Bill Text: NY A01349 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a moratorium on the site selection of state facilities (defined) in cities of one million or more until the governor completes a comprehensive review of all existing and proposed state facilities; provides such report shall include an assessment of the oversaturation of state facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to social services [A01349 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A01349-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1349
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 12, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. TITUS, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, BENEDETTO, CLARK, ROBIN-
         SON  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. COLTON, PERRY, RIVERA -- read
         once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
       AN ACT establishing a moratorium on the site selection of state  facili-
         ties in cities of one million or more
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a city  with
    2  a  population of one million or more, no new site selection or the open-
    3  ing of state facilities shall be commenced or completed from the  effec-
    4  tive  date  of  this  act until there has been completed a comprehensive
    5  review by the governor or his designee  of  all  existing  and  proposed
    6  state  facilities.  Such review shall include, but not be limited to, an
    7  assessment of the oversaturation of communities within a half mile radi-
    8  us within such city with state facilities. The governor shall  establish
    9  a  plan  for  correcting  the oversaturation of state facilities in such
   10  communities. Such review and plan shall be completed by January 1,  2016
   11  and  shall  be  prepared  for submission to the legislature on or before
   12  such date.
   13    S 2. For the purposes of this act:
   14    (a) "State facility" shall mean and include a group home as defined in
   15  section 371 of the social services law and  a  residential  facility  as
   16  defined in section 473-d of the social services law.
   17    (b) "State services" shall mean services provided by the state for the
   18  benefit  of  its  residents,  including  but not limited to, residential
   19  facilities, community residences, services for the aged, blind or  disa-
   20  bled,  community  centers and services for seniors, homeless housing and
   21  assistance programs, child care resources and  referral  programs,  drug
   22  rehabilitation services and youth centers.
   23    (c)  "Oversaturation"  shall be measured by and be based on the number
   24  of residential beds within a half  mile  radius,  such  number  of  beds
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  should  not  exceed  50; the amount of traffic caused by the siting of a
    2  state facility; the number of persons sought  to  be  serviced  by  such
    3  facility;  and  any  other  factors that may change the character of the
    4  community and have an impact on the environment.
    5    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.