NY State Senate Bill 2017-S2347

Senate Bill S2347

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires social services districts to establish a homeless housing task force for purposes of developing a ten year plan and guidelines

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018	referred to social services
Jan 13, 2017	referred to social services

2017-S2347 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5314
Current Committee:: Senate Social Services
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Add §50-a, amd §50, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2086, A1493
2011-2012: S1063, A2971, A9457
2013-2014: S1635, A1982
2015-2016: S2619, A3534
2019-2020: S3255, A5714

2017-S2347 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2017-S2347 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S2347

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the social services law, in relation
to the creation by each social services district of a homeless housing
task force

 PURPOSE :

To create 10-year task forces in each local social services district
to address long-term and short-term housing for homeless persons in
their counties.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

A new section (§ 50-a) is added to create homelessness task forces for
the 58 local services districts (one for each county outside of New
York City and one for New York City). The task force will consist of
members of the community such as representatives of the counties,
towns and communities, human services providers, emergency health care
providers, a homeless or formerly homeless individual, etc. The task
force may then offer recommendations or guidelines regarding the
allocation of funds received from any public or private source.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The need to address homelessness in New York State has increased

dramatically. These 10-year homeless housing task forces are needed in
order to alleviate homelessness by addressing the long-term and
short-term housing for homeless persons. After determining the cause
of homelessness in each service district, the task force will be able
to make suggestions and set guidelines to reduce or alleviate
homelessness. Currently, the centralized decision making process of
funding distribution and determining homelessness need assistance by a
single commissioner is neither efficient or accurate. This law would
give the power of fighting homelessness back in the counties and local
communities who are best able to determine distribution of the needed
funds to combat homelessness in their own counties.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16: S.2619/3534 - Reported and Committed to Finance
2013-14: S.1635/A.1982 - Referred to Social Services
2011-12: S.1062/A.9457 - Referred to Social Services
2009-10: S.2162/A.1463 - Referred to Finance/Passed Assembly
2007-08: S.2852/A.8347
2006-07: S.6650

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

 LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have
become law.

2017-S2347 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2347
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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:
 
   Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
 50-a to read as follows:
   §  50-A. HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE. 1. EACH SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT
 IN THE STATE SHALL CREATE A HOMELESS HOUSING TASK  FORCE  TO  DEVELOP  A
 TEN-YEAR HOMELESS HOUSING PLAN ADDRESSING SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM HOUS-
 ING  FOR  HOMELESS PERSONS. SUCH PLAN SHALL INCLUDE GUIDELINES FOR EMER-
 GENCY SHELTERS; SHORT-TERM HOUSING;  TEMPORARY  ENCAMPMENTS;  SUPPORTIVE
 HOUSING  FOR  CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PERSONS; LONG-TERM HOUSING; STANDARDS
 FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY; AND PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING LOCATION  OF  FACILI-
 TIES.
   2.  MEMBERSHIP  ON THE TASK FORCE SHALL INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
 COUNTIES, CITIES, TOWNS, HOUSING AUTHORITIES, CIVIL AND FAITH  ORGANIZA-
 TIONS,  SCHOOLS,  COMMUNITY  NETWORKS,  HUMAN  SERVICES  PROVIDERS,  LAW
 ENFORCEMENT  PERSONNEL,  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  TREATMENT  PROVIDERS,  MENTAL
 HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDERS,  EMERGENCY  HEALTH  CARE PROVIDERS, BUSINESSES,
 AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY, AND A  HOMELESS  OR  FORMERLY
 HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL.
   3.  ANY  PLAN  AND  GUIDELINES DEVELOPED BY A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT
 HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH REGULATIONS  APPLI-
 CABLE TO PROJECTS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO TITLE ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   4.  EACH  DISTRICT  HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDA-
 TIONS BASED ON THE PLAN AND GUIDELINES REGARDING THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
 RECEIVED FROM ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SOURCE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02802-01-7

 S. 2347                             2
 
   § 2. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 2  of  section  50  of  the
 social  services law, as amended by chapter 204 of the laws of 1998, are
 amended and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
   (c)  a  description  of  the  manner  in which coordination with other
 federal, state, local and privately funded services  will  be  achieved;
 [and]
   (d)  a  description  of  how  the  services will be designed to assist
 households transition from a reliance on outside interventions and  move
 toward housing stability and economic self reliance[.]; AND
   (E)  A  COPY OF THE TEN-YEAR PLAN AND GUIDELINES DEVELOPED BY A SOCIAL
 SERVICES DISTRICT HOMELESS TASK FORCE ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 FIFTY-A OF THIS TITLE.
   § 3. 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 commissioner of temporary and disability assistance  is  author-
 ized  and  directed  to  add, amend and/or repeal any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date.

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