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                                  3534

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 23, 2015
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A. TITUS, WRIGHT, JAFFEE, PEOPLES-STOKES, AUBRY,
  CRESPO, ROBERTS, COOK, ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.
  GLICK, ROBINSON, SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Social Services

AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the creation by
  each social services district of a homeless housing task force

  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
50-a to read as follows:
  S 50-A. HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE. 1. EACH SOCIAL SERVICES  DISTRICT
IN  THE  STATE  SHALL  CREATE A HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A
TEN-YEAR HOMELESS HOUSING PLAN ADDRESSING SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM HOUS-
ING FOR HOMELESS PERSONS. SUCH PLAN SHALL INCLUDE GUIDELINES  FOR  EMER-
GENCY  SHELTERS;  SHORT-TERM  HOUSING; TEMPORARY ENCAMPMENTS; SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING FOR CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PERSONS; LONG-TERM  HOUSING;  STANDARDS
FOR  HEALTH  AND SAFETY; AND PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING LOCATION OF FACILI-
TIES.
  2. MEMBERSHIP ON THE TASK FORCE SHALL INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
COUNTIES,  CITIES, TOWNS, HOUSING AUTHORITIES, CIVIL AND FAITH ORGANIZA-
TIONS,  SCHOOLS,  COMMUNITY  NETWORKS,  HUMAN  SERVICES  PROVIDERS,  LAW
ENFORCEMENT  PERSONNEL,  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  TREATMENT  PROVIDERS,  MENTAL
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS,  EMERGENCY  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDERS,  BUSINESSES,
AT-LARGE  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE COMMUNITY, AND A HOMELESS OR FORMERLY
HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL.
  3. ANY PLAN AND GUIDELINES DEVELOPED BY  A  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT
HOMELESS  HOUSING TASK FORCE SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH REGULATIONS APPLI-
CABLE TO PROJECTS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO TITLE ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
  4. EACH DISTRICT HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE  SHALL  MAKE  RECOMMENDA-
TIONS BASED ON THE PLAN AND GUIDELINES REGARDING THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
RECEIVED FROM ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SOURCE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06593-01-5
              

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  S  2.  Paragraphs  (c)  and  (d) of subdivision 2 of section 50 of the
social services law as amended by chapter 204 of the laws of  1998,  are
amended and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
  (c)  a  description  of  the  manner  in which coordination with other
federal, state, local and privately funded services  will  be  achieved;
[and]
  (d)  a  description  of  how  the  services will be designed to assist
households transition from a reliance on outside interventions and  move
toward housing stability and economic self reliance[.]; AND
  (E)  A  COPY OF THE TEN-YEAR PLAN AND GUIDELINES DEVELOPED BY A SOCIAL
SERVICES DISTRICT HOMELESS TASK FORCE ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
FIFTY-A OF THIS TITLE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it  shall have become a law; provided however, that effective immediate-
ly, the commissioner of temporary and disability assistance  is  author-
ized  and  directed  to  add, amend and/or repeal any rule or regulation
necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date.