Assembly Bill A10566A

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the commissioner to prepare a report of sheltered and unsheltered homeless population during a state disaster emergency

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A10566 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8643
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §17, Soc Serv L

2019-A10566 - Summary

Requires the commissioner to collect information regarding the sheltered and unsheltered homeless population during a state disaster emergency and publish a report containing such information on the department's website.

2019-A10566 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10566
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 3, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hevesi) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  requiring  the
   commissioner  to  prepare  a  report  of the sheltered and unsheltered
   homeless population during a state disaster emergency

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 17 of the social services law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision (d-1) to read as follows:
   (D-1)(1) IN CONSULTATION WITH EACH  LOCAL  HEALTH  DEPARTMENT  IN  THE
 COUNTY IN WHICH THE HOMELESS SHELTER IS LOCATED, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS
 SERVICES, AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 AND MENTAL HYGIENE, SHALL COLLECT INFORMATION  REGARDING  THE  SHELTERED
 AND  UNSHELTERED HOMELESS POPULATION, DURING A STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY,
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY OF THE EXECUTIVE  LAW,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED TO:
   (I) THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED INFECTED INDIVIDUALS;
   (II) THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS;
   (III) THE NUMBER OF DEATHS;
   (IV)  INFORMATION  REGARDING  THE  INDIVIDUAL,  IF KNOWN; (A) AGE; (B)
 RACE; (C) FAMILY COMPOSITION; (D) SHELTER STATUS; (E)  TYPE  OF  SHELTER
 INCLUDING:  FAMILY  SHELTER, A SHELTER FOR ADULTS, A HOTEL, AN EMERGENCY
 APARTMENT, A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER, A  RUNAWAY  AND  HOMELESS  YOUTH
 SHELTER,  OR  AS  A SAFE HOUSE FOR REFUGEES; (F) ANY KNOWN RISK FACTORS;
 AND (G) ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE OFFICE DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
   (2) UTILIZING THE INFORMATION COLLECTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  (1)  OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE  COMMISSIONERS SHALL PUBLISH A REPORT CONTAINING
 SUCH INFORMATION AGGREGATED BY COUNTY AND POST IT ON THE WEBSITE OF EACH
 RESPECTIVE AGENCY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16493-01-0

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2019-A10566A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8643
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §17, Soc Serv L

2019-A10566A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner to collect information regarding the sheltered and unsheltered homeless population during a state disaster emergency and publish a report containing such information on the department's website.

2019-A10566A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10566--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 3, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hevesi) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  requiring  the
   commissioner  to  prepare  a  report  of the sheltered and unsheltered
   homeless population during a state disaster emergency
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 17 of the social services law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision (d-1) to read as follows:
   (D-1)(1) IN CONSULTATION WITH EACH  LOCAL  HEALTH  DEPARTMENT  IN  THE
 COUNTY IN WHICH THE HOMELESS SHELTER IS LOCATED, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS
 SERVICES, AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 AND MENTAL HYGIENE, SHALL COLLECT INFORMATION  REGARDING  THE  SHELTERED
 AND  UNSHELTERED HOMELESS POPULATION, DURING A STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY,
 DECLARED PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER TWO HUNDRED  TWO  OF  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY IN RESPONSE TO THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC, INCLUD-
 ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (I) THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED INFECTED INDIVIDUALS;
   (II) THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS;
   (III) THE NUMBER OF DEATHS;
   (IV)  INFORMATION  REGARDING  THE  INDIVIDUAL,  IF KNOWN; (A) AGE; (B)
 RACE; (C) FAMILY COMPOSITION; (D) SHELTER STATUS; (E)  TYPE  OF  SHELTER
 INCLUDING:  FAMILY  SHELTER, A SHELTER FOR ADULTS, A HOTEL, AN EMERGENCY
 APARTMENT, A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER, A  RUNAWAY  AND  HOMELESS  YOUTH
 SHELTER,  OR  AS  A SAFE HOUSE FOR REFUGEES; (F) ANY KNOWN RISK FACTORS;
 AND (G) ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE OFFICE DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
   (2) UTILIZING THE INFORMATION COLLECTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  (1)  OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE  COMMISSIONERS SHALL PUBLISH A REPORT CONTAINING
 SUCH INFORMATION AGGREGATED BY COUNTY AND POST IT ON THE WEBSITE OF EACH
 RESPECTIVE AGENCY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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