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                                   6959
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 27, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to notice of  adult
   care facility closure requirements
 
   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
 461-v to read as follows:
   §  461-V.   CLOSURE OF ADULT CARE FACILITIES. 1. IN THE EVENT THAT THE
 DEPARTMENT REVOKES OR SUSPENDS OR INTENDS TO REVOKE OR SUSPEND OR OTHER-
 WISE LIMIT THE OPERATING CERTIFICATE FOR AN  ADULT  CARE  FACILITY,  THE
 FOLLOWING SHALL APPLY:
   (A)  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  PROVIDE  COPIES  OF ALL WRITTEN MATERIALS
 PERTAINING TO THE ACTION INCLUDING, BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  THE  HEARING
 NOTICE  AND  NOTICE OF CHARGES SERVED UPON THE OPERATOR OF SUCH FACILITY
 TO THE GOVERNOR, THE OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER, THE OFFICE OF  THE
 NEW  YORK  STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE JUSTICE CENTER FOR THE PROTECTION
 OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY  AND
 THE  STATE SENATE REPRESENTING THE MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE FACILITY IS
 LOCATED.
   (B) COPIES OF ALL WRITTEN MATERIALS SHALL ALSO BE CONCURRENTLY  DELIV-
 ERED  TO  THE  CHIEF  EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE
 LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODY OF EACH COUNTY, EXCEPT A COUNTY WHOLLY  CONTAINED
 WITHIN  A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE IN WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED AND, IN
 A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, ALSO TO  THE  COMMUNITY
 BOARD IN WHOSE DISTRICT THE FACILITY IS LOCATED.
   2.  (A)  EXCEPT  AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE
 WRITTEN MATERIALS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL  NOT
 BE SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE UNDER ARTICLE SIX OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
   (B)  DURING  THE  THIRTY-DAY  PERIOD  PRIOR  TO  THE HEARING DATE, THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL POST ON ITS WEBSITE:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06735-03-5
              

 S. 6959                             2
 
   (I) A SUMMARY OF THE VIOLATIONS AT THE ADULT CARE FACILITY;
   (II) AN EXPLANATION OF THE GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED
 BY THE CLOSURE; AND
   (III)  A  SUMMARY  OF THE FACILITY OPERATOR'S PLAN TO ENSURE CONTINUED
 CARE FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO BE IMPACTED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
 the  date  on  which  it  shall have become a law and shall apply to all
 closures of adult care facilities occurring on or after  such  effective
 date  and  to all closures of adult care facilities pending on and after
 such effective date.  Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.