Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 13, 2015 |
signed chap.106 |
Aug 03, 2015 |
delivered to governor |
May 19, 2015 |
returned to assembly passed senate substituted for s1696 |
May 19, 2015 |
substituted by a866a |
May 18, 2015 |
ordered to third reading cal.712 |
Jan 14, 2015 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S1696
Signed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A866 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2015-S1696 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A866
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§13.37-a & 13.38, Ment Hyg L
2015-S1696 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1696 Revised 03/09/15 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to transitional care PURPOSE: To preserve the majority of due process protections for people with developmental disabilities as provided by chapter 478 of the laws of 2014. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The bill would amend mental hygiene law by: *Preserving the newly created requirement that notice be given in writing, however, certified mail transmittal is not required. *Preserving the requirement that another person, other than the developmentally disabled person receiving transitional care, be provided written notice of the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities' (OPWDD) intended change in placement, however, a third person need not be notified.
2015-S1696 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1696 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 14, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to transitional care THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 13.37-a of the mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 478 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: (a) For purposes of this section, "transitional care" shall mean care and maintenance of persons: 1. who were placed in foster care by a social services district pursu- ant to article six of the social services law and who have become twen- ty-one years of age, or who were placed in a residential educational placement by a school district pursuant to article eighty-nine of the education law and who are no longer eligible for free educational services because they have completed the school year in which they became twenty-one; 2. who were disabled and in need of residential care prior to becoming age twenty-one or prior to becoming ineligible for free education services and who have since remained continuously disabled and contin- uously in need of residential care; 3. WHO BECAME TWENTY-ONE OR BECAME INELIGIBLE FOR FREE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES PRIOR TO JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-SIX; 4. with respect to whom the office has approved a plan of continued out of home care for the person but has not yet identified a currently available appropriate placement; [and 4.] 5. whose residential needs can be met by the facility in which the persons resided prior to becoming age twenty-one or becoming ineligible for free educational services[.]; AND 6. WHO ON JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT ARE IN RECEIPT OF TRANSITIONAL CARE, OR WHO HAVE CONTINUOUSLY REMAINED IN THE FOSTER CARE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07679-01-5
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