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Feb 26, 2016 |
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Senate Bill S6840
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 62nd 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
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2015-S6840 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9309
- Current Committee:
- Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §41.56, Ment Hyg L; add §99-y, St Fin L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2017-2018:
S872
2019-2020: S290
2021-2022: S3195
2015-S6840 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes the housing opportunities for people to empower excellence and equity (HOPE) trust fund to provide access to rental housing; to facilitate the construction, renovation and rehabilitation of facilities to provide additional residential opportunities; to develop new and innovative approaches to residential living and to promote creation of sustainable living environments for people with developmental disabilities.
2015-S6840 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6840 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the mental hygiene law and the state finance law, in relation to the housing opportunities for people to empower excellence and equity trust fund PURPOSE GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To support aging family caregivers who provide for those with developmental disabilities who can no longer effectively provide care due to their own age related disabilities SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 establishes legislative findings. Section 2 amends the mental hygiene law by adding a new section 41.56. (a) The HOPE trust fund is established for the purpose of providing access to rental housing for persons with developmental disabilities as well as facilitating new construction and renovation. The fund would be administered by the Office of People with Developmental Disabilities in consultation with the Department of Health. OPWDD and DOH would provide a mechanism to identify and prioritize need by
2015-S6840 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6840 I N S E N A T E February 26, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 and the state finance law, in relation to the housing opportunities for people to empower excellence and equity trust fund THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings. Many adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities have lived at home with family their entire lives, which has resulted in substantial savings for the state of New York over many years. In a growing number of cases, however, these indi- viduals now live with aging family caregivers who can no longer effec- tively provide care due to their own age related disabilities and these individuals and their families remain on waiting lists for years at a time, awaiting the opportunity to access an appropriate residential opportunity. The legislature therefore finds that it is incumbent upon the state of New York to address the needs of these aging caregivers and their loved ones by identifying a source of funding to assist in meeting the residential needs of these individuals. S 2. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 41.56 to read as follows: S 41.56 THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO EMPOWER EXCELLENCE AND EQUITY TRUST FUND. (A) THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO EMPOWER EXCELLENCE AND EQUITY, HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE HOPE TRUST FUND, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-NINE-Y OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, SHALL BE ADMINISTERED AND OVERSEEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE PROVISIONS WITH THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ACCESS TO RENTAL HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOP- MENTAL DISABILITIES; TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION AND REHABILITATION OF FACILITIES TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL OPPORTU- NITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; TO DEVELOP NEW AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO RESIDENTIAL LIVING WHICH BRING PEOPLE INTO THE COMMUNITY CONSISTENT WITH THE GOAL OF FULL INTEGRATION OF PERSONS WITH EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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