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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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Senate Bill S2919
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 15th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Social Services 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, WF) 13th Senate District
2021-S2919 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A334
- Current Committee:
- Senate Social Services
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 2-B §53, Soc Serv L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
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S8567, A10659
2021-S2919 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires social distancing room configurations in new homeless housing constructions; provides any individual placed in a hotel, motel or apartment by local social services in response to COVID-19 shall not be permitted to return until such housing has ensured appropriate distancing between beds of at least six-feet.
2021-S2919 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2919 SPONSOR: ADDABBO TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring social distancing room configurations in homeless housing PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To require social distancing room configurations in homeless housing. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new article 2-B to require that homeless housing configurations not contain beds within six feet of each other, and that any homeless resident that had to be placed in a. commercial hotel as a result of their previous resi- dence not being able to space beds further than six feet apart cannot return to their previous shelter that does allow for that space.
2021-S2919 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2919 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 26, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, RAMOS -- 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 requiring social distancing room configurations in homeless housing 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 article 2-B to read as follows: ARTICLE 2-B ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATED TO HOMELESS HOUSING SECTION 53. HOMELESS HOUSING; ROOM CONFIGURATION. § 53. HOMELESS HOUSING; ROOM CONFIGURATION. 1. ON AND AFTER THE EFFEC- TIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, NO HOMELESS HOUSING CONSTRUCTION SHALL INCLUDE SINGLE ROOMS WITH BEDS FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS PLACED WITHIN SIX-FEET OF ONE ANOTHER. 2. ANY INDIVIDUAL PLACED IN A HOTEL, MOTEL OR APARTMENT BY A LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICE OFFICE, MUNICIPALITY, NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION OR SUBSIDIARY THEREOF AS A RESULT OF THE OUTBREAK OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED TO RETURN TO A HOMELESS HOUSING UNTIL SUCH HOUSING HAS ENSURED THE APPROPRIATE DISTANCING BETWEEN BEDS OF AT LEAST SIX-FEET. 3. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION: (A) "HOMELESS HOUSING" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO A FAMILY SHELTER, A SHELTER FOR ADULTS, A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER, A RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH SHELTER, A SAFE HOUSE FOR REFUGEES, ANY OTHER SUPER- VISED PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY OPERATED SHELTER DESIGNED TO PROVIDE TEMPO- RARY LIVING ARRANGEMENTS OR ANY OTHER LOCATION WHERE HOMELESS INDIVID- UALS AND FAMILIES MAY BE RESIDING; AND (B) "HOMELESS PERSON" SHALL MEAN AN UNDOMICILED PERSON WHO IS UNABLE TO SECURE PERMANENT AND STABLE HOUSING WITHOUT SPECIAL ASSISTANCE, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER. § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
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