Bill Text: NY A03534 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires social services districts to establish a homeless housing task force for purposes of developing a ten-year plan and guidelines to address long-term and short-term housing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to social services [A03534 Detail]
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3534
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 23, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. TITUS, WRIGHT, JAFFEE, PEOPLES-STOKES, AUBRY,
CRESPO, ROBERTS, COOK, ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
GLICK, ROBINSON, SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the creation by
each social services district of a homeless housing task force
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
2 50-a to read as follows:
3 S 50-A. HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE. 1. EACH SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT
4 IN THE STATE SHALL CREATE A HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A
5 TEN-YEAR HOMELESS HOUSING PLAN ADDRESSING SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM HOUS-
6 ING FOR HOMELESS PERSONS. SUCH PLAN SHALL INCLUDE GUIDELINES FOR EMER-
7 GENCY SHELTERS; SHORT-TERM HOUSING; TEMPORARY ENCAMPMENTS; SUPPORTIVE
8 HOUSING FOR CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PERSONS; LONG-TERM HOUSING; STANDARDS
9 FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY; AND PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING LOCATION OF FACILI-
10 TIES.
11 2. MEMBERSHIP ON THE TASK FORCE SHALL INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
12 COUNTIES, CITIES, TOWNS, HOUSING AUTHORITIES, CIVIL AND FAITH ORGANIZA-
13 TIONS, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY NETWORKS, HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDERS, LAW
14 ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROVIDERS, MENTAL
15 HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, BUSINESSES,
16 AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY, AND A HOMELESS OR FORMERLY
17 HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL.
18 3. ANY PLAN AND GUIDELINES DEVELOPED BY A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT
19 HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH REGULATIONS APPLI-
20 CABLE TO PROJECTS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO TITLE ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
21 4. EACH DISTRICT HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDA-
22 TIONS BASED ON THE PLAN AND GUIDELINES REGARDING THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
23 RECEIVED FROM ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SOURCE.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 S 2. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 2 of section 50 of the
2 social services law as amended by chapter 204 of the laws of 1998, are
3 amended and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
4 (c) a description of the manner in which coordination with other
5 federal, state, local and privately funded services will be achieved;
6 [and]
7 (d) a description of how the services will be designed to assist
8 households transition from a reliance on outside interventions and move
9 toward housing stability and economic self reliance[.]; AND
10 (E) A COPY OF THE TEN-YEAR PLAN AND GUIDELINES DEVELOPED BY A SOCIAL
11 SERVICES DISTRICT HOMELESS TASK FORCE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION
12 FIFTY-A OF THIS TITLE.
13 S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
14 it shall have become a law; provided however, that effective immediate-
15 ly, the commissioner of temporary and disability assistance is author-
16 ized and directed to add, amend and/or repeal any rule or regulation
17 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date.
