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History
- Print number 4579a
- Amend and recommit to mental health
- Committed to mental health
- Ordered to third reading cal.339
- Returned to assembly
- Died in senate
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.50
- Rules report cal.50
- Reported
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- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to mental health
Companion bill
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Requires the establishment of community housing waiting lists within the office of mental health service system
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Thomas P. Morahan
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:A4579A
Title of bill
An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the establishment of community housing waiting lists for adults within the office of mental health service system
Purpose or general idea of bill
This legislation would enable the state to track the wait time for persons with psychiatlic disabilities seeking supportive, supervised or congregate housing in the office of mental health system.
Summary of specific provisions
- Amends section 7.15 of the mental hygiene law, providing for establishing waiting lists, - Defines terms "provider of housing services" and "agency or institution".
- The agency shall forward for collection names of the applicants to the office of mental health.
- The Commissioner shall prepare a written report on the community hous- ing waiting list.
Justification
There is a great need for the establishment of a waiting list that would truly reflect the need for housing and related services for people in New York with mental disabilities, and also match those people up with appropriate housing, in the most integrated setting. This bill would help to bring the state in line with the already-existing obligations under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, the Supreme Court's decision in Olmstead v. L.C., and New York State Execu- tive Law sections 701-703.
Several changes, were made to this bill in 2008 address past veto messages including clarifying that individuals have a documented mental illness and meet eligibility criteria for OMH funded housing before being included on a wait list. The effective date has also been changed.
Prior legislative history
S.3653-A of 2005-06 Veto# 323 of 2006; S.568 of 2007 Veto #103 of 2007; S.6819 of 2008 Veto# 46 of 2008.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
180 days after enactment.
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