NY State Senate Bill 2021-S3129

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to housing, construction and community development
Jan 27, 2021	referred to housing, construction and community development

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2021-S3129 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3612
Current Committee:: Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:: Private Housing Finance Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 29-A §1265, Priv Hous Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S7866, A10017
2019-2020: S4538, A4358
2023-2024: S2080, A4716

2021-S3129 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an affordable independent senior housing assistance program.

2021-S3129 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3129

SPONSOR: KAVANAGH
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to estab-
lishing an affordable independent senior housing assistance program

 
PURPOSE:

Establishes the Affordable Independent Senior Housing Assistance Program
to be administered by the Division of Housing and Community Renewal and
the Department of Health.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Private Housing Finance Law is amended by adding a new Article 29a.

Section 1265 of Article 29a establishes the Affordable Independent
Senior Housing Assistance Program to be developed by the Division of
Housing and Community Renewal in conjunction with the Department of

Health.

The Program shall serve residents sixty years of age, or older, with a
household income not to exceed 80% of the area median income.  Resident
assistance includes optional support services, defined by the Department
of Health, that promote independent living. No such services shall
include activities that would require licensure as an adult care facili-
ty, or assisted living residence.

Sixty percent of the total funds awarded shall be allocated to projects
located in urban areas of the state, and forty percent in rural areas.
Funding appropriated for the purposes of this program may be transferred
to the Department of Health, and a portion may be retained for program
administration.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The enacted FY 2017-18 State Budget provided $125 million in capital
appropriations over five years, for 100% affordable and independent
senior housing projects serving residents sixty years of age, or older.
This program would complement the State's capital investment in afforda-
ble and independent senior housing, by providing residents with optional
services that would further promote independent living.  It will advance
opportunities for seniors to live in the most integrated setting appro-
priate to their individual needs and preferences, while also deterring
unwarranted institutional care.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2020: S4538 (Kavanagh) / A4358 (Cymbrowitz) - HOUSING/ housing
2019: S4538 (Kavanagh) / A4358 (Cymbrowitz) - HOUSING/ housing
2018: S7866A/A10017A - AMENDED AND RECOMMITTED TO FINANCE/referred to
housing

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None. This program would be subject to annual appropriations.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S3129 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3129
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KAVANAGH, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, MAY, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA,
   STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed  to  be
   committed  to  the  Committee  on  Housing, Construction and Community
   Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation  to  estab-
   lishing an affordable independent senior housing assistance program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The private housing finance law is amended by adding a  new
 article 29-A to read as follows:
                              ARTICLE XXIX-A
         AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
 SECTION 1265. AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
   § 1265. AFFORDABLE  INDEPENDENT  SENIOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 1.
 ESTABLISHMENT. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
 HEALTH, SHALL DEVELOP AN AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR  HOUSING  ASSIST-
 ANCE  PROGRAM, WHICH SHALL PROVIDE GRANTS WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED OR
 OTHERWISE AVAILABLE THEREFOR TO AFFORDABLE  INDEPENDENT  SENIOR  HOUSING
 PROPERTIES  TO  ESTABLISH  AND OPERATE RESIDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. THE
 GRANTS SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
   2. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS
 SHALL  HAVE  THE  FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (A) "AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR
 HOUSING PROPERTY" SHALL MEAN APARTMENT BUILDINGS OR APARTMENT  COMPLEXES
 OCCUPIED  BY INDIVIDUALS OVER SIXTY YEARS OF AGE, WHO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY
 AND AT LEAST EIGHTY PERCENT OF WHOM HAVE A TOTAL HOUSEHOLD  INCOME  THAT
 DOES NOT EXCEED SIXTY PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME; AND
   (B)  "RESIDENT  ASSISTANCE" SHALL MEAN SUPPORT OFFERED TO RESIDENTS OF
 AFFORDABLE INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TO HELP PROMOTE HEALTHY
 LIVING BY EXTENDING INDEPENDENCE AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE.
   3. ASSISTANCE. RESIDENT ASSISTANCE SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  OF  HEALTH; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THE PROVISION OF SUCH ASSIST-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD06338-01-1

 S. 3129                             2
 
 ANCE SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY SERVICES  OR  ASSISTANCE  THAT  REQUIRES  THE
 PROPERTY  TO  BE  LICENSED AS AN ADULT CARE FACILITY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 SEVEN OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW OR AN ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE  PURSU-
 ANT  TO  ARTICLE  FORTY-SIX-B OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW. PRIOR TO ISSUING
 ANY GRANTS PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE,  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  SHALL
 SOLICIT  INPUT FROM VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS TO DETERMINE WHAT WOULD CONSTI-
 TUTE ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE THAT SUCH ASSISTANCE WOULD  NOT  REQUIRE  SUCH
 LICENSURE.  A SUMMARY OF SUCH INPUT AND THE DETERMINATION BY THE DEPART-
 MENT OF HEALTH AS TO WHETHER THE ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY THE GRANT APPLI-
 CANT WOULD REQUIRE LICENSURE AS  AN  ADULT  CARE  FACILITY  OR  ASSISTED
 LIVING  RESIDENCE SHALL BE IN WRITING AND SHARED WITH THE VARIOUS STAKE-
 HOLDERS PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF ANY GRANTS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   4. ALLOCATION. SIXTY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL FUNDS  AWARDED  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  ARTICLE  IN ANY FISCAL YEAR SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS LOCATED
 IN URBAN AREAS OF THE STATE, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR
 OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER. FORTY  PERCENT  OF
 THE  TOTAL  FUNDS  AWARDED  PURSUANT  TO THIS ARTICLE IN ANY FISCAL YEAR
 SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS LOCATED IN RURAL AREAS OF THE  STATE,  AS
 SUCH  TERM  IS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED
 THIRTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER. ANY FUNDS APPROPRIATED OR  OTHERWISE  AVAIL-
 ABLE  THEREFOR  FOR  THE PROGRAM MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH. A PORTION OF ANY AMOUNTS  APPROPRIATED  OR  OTHERWISE  AVAILABLE
 THEREFOR  MAY  BE  USED  BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH TO ADMINISTER THE
 PROGRAM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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2021-S3129 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S3129 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S3129 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3129 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

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2021-S3129 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S3129 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S3129 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3129 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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