Assembly Bill A9523

Vetoed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to produce and publish a report on staffing at state-operated institutions under the jurisdiction of such office

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Current Bill Status Via S3105 - Vetoed by Governor

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

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2023-A9523 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3105
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10483, S9086

2023-A9523 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to produce and publish a report to assess the staffing and other issues causing the continued displacement of individuals with developmental disabilities from various state-operated institutions under the jurisdiction of the office for people with developmental disabilities.

2023-A9523 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9523
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEAWRIGHT  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on People with Disabilities
 
 AN ACT relating to assessing the staffing and other issues  causing  the
   continued  displacement of individuals with developmental disabilities
   from various state-operated institutions under the jurisdiction of the
   office for people with developmental disabilities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares that
 the  continued  displacement  of individuals with disabilities caused by
 the closure or suspension of services at various  state-operated  insti-
 tutions  due to staffing and other issues must be assessed and remedied.
 The legislature further finds that in  order  to  assess  these  ongoing
 staffing issues, the commissioner of the office for people with develop-
 mental disabilities shall submit a report to the governor, the temporary
 president  of  the  senate, and the speaker of the assembly on or before
 December 31, 2024 detailing the  number  and  nature  of  state-operated
 residential  facilities serving individuals with developmental disabili-
 ties, a census of staff delivering services at state-operated facilities
 to individuals with developmental disabilities and  the  hiring  of  new
 staff at state-operated residential facilities.
   §  2.  Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the following
 information:
   1. the total number of full-time equivalent staff by position or title
 for the office for people with developmental disabilities as of April 1,
 2024;
   2. the 2024-2025 fiscal year full-time  equivalent  budgeted  staffing
 level  by position or title for the office for people with developmental
 disabilities as of April 1, 2024;
   3. the number  of  full-time  equivalent  staff  that  separated  from
 service  between  April 1, 2024 and December 1, 2024, including a break-
 down of each staff member's job title and job location;
   4. the number of staff hired from April 1, 2024 to December  1,  2024,
 including a breakdown of each staff member's job title and job location;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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