Bill Text: NY S07247 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the Office of Community Living to advocate on behalf of persons with disabilities and assure that persons with disabilities are afforded the opportunity to exercise all of the rights and responsibilities accorded to citizens of the state of New York and to promote and fund services that assist persons with disabilities to live independently in their home communities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-11 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S07247 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S07247-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7247
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 11, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
        AN ACT to amend the executive  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
          office  of  community  living; and to repeal certain provisions of the
          executive law, the education law and the private housing  finance  law
          relating thereto
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new  article  19-E
     2  to read as follows:
     3                                ARTICLE 19-E
     4                         OFFICE OF COMMUNITY LIVING
     5  Section 460. Purpose.
     6          461. Office of community living.
     7          462. Director; general responsibilities.
     8          463. Additional powers of the office of community living.
     9          464. Most integrated setting coordinating council.
    10          465. Independent living centers.
    11          466. New York access to home program.
    12          467. Other responsibilities of the office of community living.
    13    §  460. Purpose. Persons with disabilities comprise a major segment of
    14  the state of New  York's  population  and  their  particular  needs  and
    15  concerns  must  be  considered  as  an integral part of the planning and
    16  implementation of all state programs and services affecting their  lives
    17  and  well-being. The office of community living shall advocate on behalf
    18  of persons with disabilities and assure that persons  with  disabilities
    19  are afforded the opportunity to exercise all of the rights and responsi-
    20  bilities  accorded  to citizens of this state, and will promote and fund
    21  services that assist persons with disabilities to live independently  in
    22  their home communities.
    23    §  461. Office of community living. There is hereby established within
    24  the executive department an office of community living.  The  office  of
    25  community  living  shall  advise  and  assist the governor in developing
    26  policies designed to help meet the needs of  persons  with  disabilities
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14204-02-6