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Senate Bill S170
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S170 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง41.34, Ment Hyg L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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2009-S170 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S170 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to limiting the site selection for community residences for the disabled SUMMARY : This bill amends section 41.34 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 1024 of the laws of 1981 so that if a sponsoring agency intends to establish a residential facility for the disabled within a municipality and does not have a specific site for this facility, they may notify the chief executive officer of the municipality in writing. The sponsoring agency must provide the nature, size and community support requirements of the program. However, as an additional provision, this bill holds that no new residential facility shall be sited or established within a one mile radius of an existing facility. JUSTIFICATION : We are approaching a situation in which oversaturation by residential facilities for the disabled in certain areas is becoming an issue. In the past, the coordination of the development and construction of these residential facilities has been done irresponsibly and inefficiently. It is the hope that by restricting the proximity within which an organization can establish a residential facility for the
2009-S170 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 170 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop- mental Disabilities AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to limiting the site selection for community residences for the disabled THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 41.34 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 1024 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows: (b) If a sponsoring agency intends to establish a residential facility for the disabled within a municipality but does not have a specific site selected, it may notify the chief executive officer of the municipality in writing of its intentions and include in such notice a description of the nature, size and community support requirements of the program. [Provided, however, nothing] NOTHING in this subdivision shall preclude the proposed establishment of a site pursuant to subdivision (c) of this section PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO NEW RESIDENTIAL FACILITY SHALL BE SITED OR ESTABLISHED WITHIN A ONE MILE RADIUS OF AN EXISTING FACILITY. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to site selections made on and after the effective date of this act. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02696-01-9
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