NY State Senate Bill 2013-S3248A

Senate Bill S3248A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires the establishment of community housing waiting lists within the office of mental health service system

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Feb 10, 2014	print number 3248a
Feb 10, 2014	amend and recommit to mental health and developmental disabilities
Jan 08, 2014	referred to mental health and developmental disabilities
Jan 31, 2013	referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

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2013-S3248 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Law Section:: Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §7.15, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S184
2011-2012: S3427
2015-2016: S1399
2017-2018: S3400
2019-2020: S4749
2021-2022: S5035
2023-2024: S6042

2013-S3248 - Summary

Requires the establishment of community housing waiting lists within the office of mental health service system; directs each provider of housing services in the office of mental health system to provide, on a monthly basis, the office of mental health with a list of each person referred to, admitted to, applying for, withdrawing an application for and denied admission to housing provided by such provider; requires the community-based agency performing assessments of persons with a documented mental illness to provide the office with the names of such who have been assessed and who meet the eligibility criteria for the array of funded and/or licensed housing programs; requires such office to publish such waiting lists on a monthly basis.

2013-S3248 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3248 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3248

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 31, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 the establishment
  of community housing waiting lists for adults  within  the  office  of
  mental health service system

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 7.15 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
three new subdivisions (d), (e) and (f) to read as follows:
  (D) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY HOUSING WAITING  LIST
FOR  ADULTS  SEEKING  HOUSING  SERVICES  IN  THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICE SYSTEM. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  THE  TERM  "COMMUNITY
HOUSING  WAITING  LIST"  SHALL  MEAN  AN  UNDUPLICATED LIST OR ROSTER OF
ADULTS WITH A DOCUMENTED MENTAL ILLNESS WHO MEET THE ELIGIBILITY  CRITE-
RIA  FOR  THE  ARRAY  OF  OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH FUNDED AND/OR LICENSED
HOUSING PROGRAMS WHO HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO OR APPLIED FOR  BUT  NOT  YET
RECEIVED   SUPPORTED,   SUPPORTIVE,  SUPERVISED  OR  CONGREGATE  HOUSING
SERVICES IN THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM.
  FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE  TERM  "PROVIDER  OF  HOUSING
SERVICES"  SHALL INCLUDE EVERY HOLDER OF AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE ISSUED
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, OR EVERY HOUSING PROGRAM
FUNDED, OPERATED OR ADMINISTERED  BY  THE  OFFICE  INCLUDING  ANY  LOCAL
GOVERNMENT  UNIT  MENTAL  HEALTH HOUSING REFERRAL SYSTEM AND EACH SINGLE
POINT OF ENTRY OFFICE, OPERATED BY OR UNDER CONTRACT WITH A DIRECTOR  OF
COMMUNITY SERVICES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER.
  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, THE TERM "AGENCY OR INSTITUTION"
SHALL INCLUDE ADULT HOMES, NURSING HOMES, FOSTER CARE  PROVIDERS,  HOME-
LESS SHELTERS, STATE PSYCHIATRIC CENTERS, HOSPITALS, CORRECTIONAL FACIL-
ITIES AND OTHER REFERRING ENTITIES.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06872-01-3

S. 3248                             2

  EACH  MONTH,  EACH  PROVIDER  OF HOUSING SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE TO THE
OFFICE THE NAME OF EACH PERSON WHO  IS  REFERRED  TO,  APPLIES  FOR,  IS
ADMITTED  TO, WITHDRAWS AN APPLICATION FOR OR IS DENIED ADMISSION TO THE
PROVIDER'S HOUSING PROGRAM, ALONG WITH SUCH  OTHER  INFORMATION  AS  THE
COMMISSIONER MAY REQUIRE.
  EACH  MONTH,  EACH  AGENCY OR INSTITUTION MAKING REFERRALS FOR HOUSING
SERVICES IN THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM  MAY  PROVIDE  TO
THE  OFFICE  THE  NAMES OF PERSONS WHOM IT HAS REFERRED TO A PROVIDER OF
HOUSING SERVICES, ALONG WITH SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AS THE  COMMISSIONER
MAY REQUIRE.
  EACH  MONTH,  EACH  COUNTY'S COMMUNITY-BASED AGENCY PERFORMING ASSESS-
MENTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES USING THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT TOOL,  AS
REQUIRED  BY  PARAGRAPH  (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED
THREE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, SHALL PROVIDE TO THE OFFICE THE NAME OF EACH
PERSON WITH A DOCUMENTED MENTAL ILLNESS WHO IS ASSESSED  AND  MEETS  THE
ELIGIBILITY  CRITERIA  FOR  THE  ARRAY OF OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH FUNDED
AND/OR LICENSED HOUSING PROGRAMS, AND THE NAMES OF THOSE PERSONS IT  HAS
REFERRED  TO  PROVIDERS  OF  HOUSING  AND SERVICES ALONG WITH SUCH OTHER
INFORMATION AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY REQUIRE.
  (E) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH POLICIES,  PROCEDURES  AND  FORMS
FOR  THE  COMMUNITY  HOUSING WAITING LIST IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT APPLI-
CANTS AND PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS  FOR  HOUSING  PROGRAMS,  PROVIDERS  OF
HOUSING  SERVICES,  AND  REFERRING  AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS MAY SUBMIT
WAITING LIST  INFORMATION  AND  COPIES  OF  APPLICATIONS  AND  REFERRALS
DIRECTLY  TO  THE OFFICE VIA ELECTRONIC MEANS. SUCH POLICIES, PROCEDURES
AND FORMS SHALL SAFEGUARD THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION  CONCERNING
PERSONS  SEEKING  HOUSING IN THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM,
AND ACCORD EACH PERSON ON THE WAITING LIST THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE  A
WRITTEN COPY OF ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION MAINTAINED ON THE WAITING LIST.
SUCH  POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES  SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY HOUSING
WAITING LIST TO INCLUDE ALL PERSONS ON ANY LOCAL OR STATE  WAITING  LIST
FOR  HOUSING  IN  THE  OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM BEFORE THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND THE DATE  UPON  WHICH  EACH  SUCH
PERSON  WAS  FIRST  PLACED  ON  SUCH  WAITING LIST. SUCH LIST SHALL ALSO
INCLUDE PERSONS WHO ARE PLACED ON ANY SUCH LOCAL OR STATE  WAITING  LIST
ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  (F)  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL PREPARE A WRITTEN REPORT ON THE COMMUNITY
HOUSING WAITING LIST OF PERSONS WITH A DOCUMENTED MENTAL ILLNESS SEEKING
HOUSING IN THE OFFICE OF MENTAL  HEALTH  SERVICE  SYSTEM.  SUCH  HOUSING
SHALL  INCLUDE  COMMUNITY-BASED  HOUSING  AND RELATED SERVICES FOR WHICH
PERSONS ARE ASSESSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE
LAW.  SUCH  REPORT  SHALL  INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE NUMBER OF
ADULTS, BY COUNTY, REFERRED TO THE COMMUNITY HOUSING WAITING  LIST;  THE
NUMBER  OF ADULTS, BY COUNTY, THAT APPLIED FOR EACH CATEGORY OF RESIDEN-
TIAL SERVICE; THE NUMBER OF ADULTS, BY COUNTY, ADMITTED TO EACH CATEGORY
OF RESIDENTIAL SERVICE; THE NUMBER OF ADULTS, BY COUNTY,  DENIED  ADMIS-
SION  TO  EACH CATEGORY OF RESIDENTIAL SERVICE; THE NUMBER OF ADULTS, BY
COUNTY, WHO WITHDREW  APPLICATIONS  FOR  EACH  CATEGORY  OF  RESIDENTIAL
SERVICE;  AND  THE NUMBER OF ADULTS, BY COUNTY, ON THE STATEWIDE WAITING
LIST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF RESIDENTIAL SERVICE.  FOR  EACH  CATEGORY  AND
COUNTY,  THE  NUMBER OF MONTHS ON THE WAITING LIST SHALL BE REPORTED FOR
EACH PERSON. SUCH REPORT ALSO SHALL INCLUDE THE  TYPES,  CAPACITIES  AND
VACANCY  RATES OF RESIDENTIAL SERVICES OFFERED IN EACH COUNTY AND DETAIL
THE EFFORTS OF THE OFFICE TO REDUCE THE LENGTH OF THE WAITING  LIST  FOR
EACH CATEGORY OF RESIDENTIAL SERVICE, INCLUDING THE METHODS BY WHICH THE
OFFICE PRIORITIZES THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO PERSONS ON THE STATEWIDE

S. 3248                             3

COMMUNITY  HOUSING  WAITING  LIST AND THE EFFORTS OF THE STATE TO INFORM
THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE COMMUNITY HOUSING WAITING LIST AND THE AVAILABILITY
OF COMMUNITY HOUSING AND SERVICES FOR ADULTS WITH  A  DOCUMENTED  MENTAL
ILLNESS.    SUCH  REPORT  SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR, THE CHAIR-
PERSON OF  THE  SENATE  MENTAL  HEALTH  AND  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES
COMMITTEE  AND  THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ASSEMBLY MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE,
AND EACH LOCAL COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST,  TWO
THOUSAND SIXTEEN AND MONTHLY THEREAFTER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
effective date.

2013-S3248A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Law Section:: Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §7.15, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S184
2011-2012: S3427
2015-2016: S1399
2017-2018: S3400
2019-2020: S4749
2021-2022: S5035
2023-2024: S6042

2013-S3248A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S3248A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S3248A

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to
the establishment of community housing waiting lists for adults within
the office of mental health service system

PURPOSE:

This legislation would enable the state to track the wait time for
persons with Psychiatric disabilities seeking supportive, supervised
or congregate housing in the office of mental health system.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

*Amends section 7.15 of the mental hygiene law, providing for
establishing waiting lists.

*Defines terms "provider of housing services" and "agency or
institution".

*The agency shall forward for collection names of the applicants to
the office of mental health.

*The Commissioner shall prepare a written report on the community
housing waiting list.

JUSTIFICATION:

There is a great need for the establishment of a waiting list that
would truly reflect the need for housing and related services for
people in New York with mental disabilities, and match those people Up
with appropriate housing in the most integrated setting. This bill
would help to bring the state in line with the already-existing
obligations under the federal Americans with disabilities Act, the
Supreme Court's decision in Olmstead v. L.C., and New York State
Executive Law sections 701-703.

Several changes were made to this bill in 2008 to address past veto
messages including clarifying that individuals have a documented
mental illness and meet eligibility criteria for OMH funded housing
before being included on a wait list. The effective date has also been
changed.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2011-12: S.3427 - Referred to Mental Health and Dev. Disabilities
2009-10: S.184A/A.4579A - Passed Assembly, Died in Senate Rules
2008: S.6819/A.10079 - Veto 46 of 2008 2007:
S.568/A.3864A - Veto 103 of 2007 2006:
S.3653A/A.2895A - Veto 323 of
2006 2004: S.6646/A.8622A - Passed Assembly, Died in Mental Health

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:


180 days after enactment.

2013-S3248A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 3248--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 31, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
  mental Disabilities -- recommitted to the Committee on  Mental  Health
  and  Developmental Disabilities in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec.
  8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended
  and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the establishment
  of  community  housing  waiting  lists for adults within the office of
  mental health service system

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 7.15 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
three new subdivisions (c), (d) and (e) to read as follows:
  (C)  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY HOUSING WAITING LIST
FOR ADULTS SEEKING HOUSING SERVICES  IN  THE  OFFICE  OF  MENTAL  HEALTH
SERVICE  SYSTEM.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "COMMUNITY
HOUSING WAITING LIST" SHALL MEAN  AN  UNDUPLICATED  LIST  OR  ROSTER  OF
ADULTS  WITH A DOCUMENTED MENTAL ILLNESS WHO MEET THE ELIGIBILITY CRITE-
RIA FOR THE ARRAY OF OFFICE OF  MENTAL  HEALTH  FUNDED  AND/OR  LICENSED
HOUSING  PROGRAMS  WHO  HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO OR APPLIED FOR BUT NOT YET
RECEIVED  SUPPORTED,  SUPPORTIVE,  SUPERVISED  OR   CONGREGATE   HOUSING
SERVICES IN THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM.
  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE  TERM "PROVIDER OF HOUSING
SERVICES" SHALL INCLUDE EVERY HOLDER OF AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE  ISSUED
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, OR EVERY HOUSING PROGRAM
FUNDED,  OPERATED  OR  ADMINISTERED  BY  THE  OFFICE INCLUDING ANY LOCAL
GOVERNMENT UNIT MENTAL HEALTH HOUSING REFERRAL SYSTEM  AND  EACH  SINGLE
POINT  OF ENTRY OFFICE, OPERATED BY OR UNDER CONTRACT WITH A DIRECTOR OF
COMMUNITY SERVICES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER.
  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE  TERM  "AGENCY  OR  INSTITUTION"
SHALL  INCLUDE  ADULT HOMES, NURSING HOMES, FOSTER CARE PROVIDERS, HOME-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06872-02-4

S. 3248--A                          2

LESS SHELTERS, STATE PSYCHIATRIC CENTERS, HOSPITALS, CORRECTIONAL FACIL-
ITIES AND OTHER REFERRING ENTITIES.
  EACH  MONTH,  EACH  PROVIDER  OF HOUSING SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE TO THE
OFFICE THE NAME OF EACH PERSON WHO  IS  REFERRED  TO,  APPLIES  FOR,  IS
ADMITTED  TO, WITHDRAWS AN APPLICATION FOR OR IS DENIED ADMISSION TO THE
PROVIDER'S HOUSING PROGRAM, ALONG WITH SUCH  OTHER  INFORMATION  AS  THE
COMMISSIONER MAY REQUIRE.
  EACH  MONTH,  EACH  AGENCY OR INSTITUTION MAKING REFERRALS FOR HOUSING
SERVICES IN THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM  MAY  PROVIDE  TO
THE  OFFICE  THE  NAMES OF PERSONS WHOM IT HAS REFERRED TO A PROVIDER OF
HOUSING SERVICES, ALONG WITH SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AS THE  COMMISSIONER
MAY REQUIRE.
  EACH  MONTH,  EACH  COUNTY'S COMMUNITY-BASED AGENCY PERFORMING ASSESS-
MENTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES USING THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT TOOL,  AS
REQUIRED  BY  PARAGRAPH  (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED
THREE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, SHALL PROVIDE TO THE OFFICE THE NAME OF EACH
PERSON WITH A DOCUMENTED MENTAL ILLNESS WHO IS ASSESSED  AND  MEETS  THE
ELIGIBILITY  CRITERIA  FOR  THE  ARRAY OF OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH FUNDED
AND/OR LICENSED HOUSING PROGRAMS, AND THE NAMES OF THOSE PERSONS IT  HAS
REFERRED  TO  PROVIDERS  OF  HOUSING  AND SERVICES ALONG WITH SUCH OTHER
INFORMATION AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY REQUIRE.
  (D) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH POLICIES,  PROCEDURES  AND  FORMS
FOR  THE  COMMUNITY  HOUSING WAITING LIST IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT APPLI-
CANTS AND PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS  FOR  HOUSING  PROGRAMS,  PROVIDERS  OF
HOUSING  SERVICES,  AND  REFERRING  AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS MAY SUBMIT
WAITING LIST  INFORMATION  AND  COPIES  OF  APPLICATIONS  AND  REFERRALS
DIRECTLY  TO  THE OFFICE VIA ELECTRONIC MEANS. SUCH POLICIES, PROCEDURES
AND FORMS SHALL SAFEGUARD THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION  CONCERNING
PERSONS  SEEKING  HOUSING IN THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM,
AND ACCORD EACH PERSON ON THE WAITING LIST THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE  A
WRITTEN COPY OF ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION MAINTAINED ON THE WAITING LIST.
SUCH  POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES  SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY HOUSING
WAITING LIST TO INCLUDE ALL PERSONS ON ANY LOCAL OR STATE  WAITING  LIST
FOR  HOUSING  IN  THE  OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM BEFORE THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND THE DATE  UPON  WHICH  EACH  SUCH
PERSON  WAS  FIRST  PLACED  ON  SUCH  WAITING LIST. SUCH LIST SHALL ALSO
INCLUDE PERSONS WHO ARE PLACED ON ANY SUCH LOCAL OR STATE  WAITING  LIST
ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  (E)  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL PREPARE A WRITTEN REPORT ON THE COMMUNITY
HOUSING WAITING LIST OF PERSONS WITH A DOCUMENTED MENTAL ILLNESS SEEKING
HOUSING IN THE OFFICE OF MENTAL  HEALTH  SERVICE  SYSTEM.  SUCH  HOUSING
SHALL  INCLUDE  COMMUNITY-BASED  HOUSING  AND RELATED SERVICES FOR WHICH
PERSONS ARE ASSESSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE
LAW.  SUCH  REPORT  SHALL  INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE NUMBER OF
ADULTS, BY COUNTY, REFERRED TO THE COMMUNITY HOUSING WAITING  LIST;  THE
NUMBER  OF ADULTS, BY COUNTY, THAT APPLIED FOR EACH CATEGORY OF RESIDEN-
TIAL SERVICE; THE NUMBER OF ADULTS, BY COUNTY, ADMITTED TO EACH CATEGORY
OF RESIDENTIAL SERVICE; THE NUMBER OF ADULTS, BY COUNTY,  DENIED  ADMIS-
SION  TO  EACH CATEGORY OF RESIDENTIAL SERVICE; THE NUMBER OF ADULTS, BY
COUNTY, WHO WITHDREW  APPLICATIONS  FOR  EACH  CATEGORY  OF  RESIDENTIAL
SERVICE;  AND  THE NUMBER OF ADULTS, BY COUNTY, ON THE STATEWIDE WAITING
LIST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF RESIDENTIAL SERVICE.  FOR  EACH  CATEGORY  AND
COUNTY,  THE  NUMBER OF MONTHS ON THE WAITING LIST SHALL BE REPORTED FOR
EACH PERSON. SUCH REPORT ALSO SHALL INCLUDE THE  TYPES,  CAPACITIES  AND
VACANCY  RATES OF RESIDENTIAL SERVICES OFFERED IN EACH COUNTY AND DETAIL
THE EFFORTS OF THE OFFICE TO REDUCE THE LENGTH OF THE WAITING  LIST  FOR

S. 3248--A                          3

EACH CATEGORY OF RESIDENTIAL SERVICE, INCLUDING THE METHODS BY WHICH THE
OFFICE PRIORITIZES THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO PERSONS ON THE STATEWIDE
COMMUNITY  HOUSING  WAITING  LIST AND THE EFFORTS OF THE STATE TO INFORM
THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE COMMUNITY HOUSING WAITING LIST AND THE AVAILABILITY
OF  COMMUNITY  HOUSING  AND SERVICES FOR ADULTS WITH A DOCUMENTED MENTAL
ILLNESS.  SUCH REPORT SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO  THE  GOVERNOR,  THE  CHAIR-
PERSON  OF  THE  SENATE  MENTAL  HEALTH  AND  DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ASSEMBLY MENTAL  HEALTH  COMMITTEE,
AND  EACH LOCAL COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND SEVENTEEN AND MONTHLY THEREAFTER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
effective date.

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