Assembly Bill A9779

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the office for people with developmental disabilities to submit an updated waitlist and placement report to the senate and assembly

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


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

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2023-A9779 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2897
Current Committee:
Assembly People With Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §13.28, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5210
2011-2012: S3167
2013-2014: S482
2015-2016: S661
2017-2018: S8378
2019-2020: S2444
2021-2022: S5809

2023-A9779 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to submit an updated waitlist and placement report to the senate and assembly.

2023-A9779 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9779
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 9, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on People with Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in  relation  to  requiring  the
   office for people with developmental disabilities to submit an updated
   waitlist and placement report to the senate and assembly
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
 13.28 to read as follows:
 §  13.28  OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; RESIDENTIAL
           WAITLIST AND PLACEMENT REPORT.
   THE OFFICE SHALL SUBMIT BY JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE,
 AND  EVERY  SIX  MONTHS  THEREAFTER,  AN  UPDATED WAITLIST AND PLACEMENT
 REPORT TO THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER  OF  THE
 ASSEMBLY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (A)  SUCH  WAITLIST  INFORMATION SHALL INCLUDE THE STATEWIDE NUMBER OF
 INDIVIDUALS AWAITING PLACEMENT BROKEN DOWN  INTO  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF
 INDIVIDUALS  FROM WITHIN EACH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES OFFICE'S
 GEOGRAPHIC AREA WHO AWAIT RESIDENTIAL  PLACEMENT  AND  ARE  EXPECTED  TO
 REQUIRE  SUCH  PLACEMENT WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE
 GROUPED BY THE AGE OF THE INDIVIDUAL AWAITING PLACEMENT AND THE  AGE  OF
 THEIR CAREGIVER, IF ANY. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL ALSO INCLUDE:
   1.  THE  TYPE  OF  PLACEMENT  SUCH INDIVIDUALS ARE EXPECTED TO REQUIRE
 DIVIDED INTO CERTIFIED OUT-OF-HOME, SUPERVISED, SUPPORTIVE PLACEMENT AND
 THE NUMBER OF SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE MEDICALLY FRAIL  REQUIRING  INTENSIVE
 MEDICAL CARE;
   2.  NON-CERTIFIED  RESIDENTIAL  PLACEMENT  OUTSIDE  OF THE PARENT'S OR
 PARENTS' OR OTHER CAREGIVER'S HOME; AND
   3. THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS EXPECTED TO REQUIRE  HOME  AND  COMMUNITY
 BASED SERVICES WAIVER-FUNDED HABILITATION SERVICES AT-HOME;
   (B) SUCH PLACEMENT INFORMATION SHALL INCLUDE:
   1.  THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS PLACED WITHIN EACH OF THE SETTINGS
 LISTED IN PARAGRAPHS ONE, TWO AND  THREE  OF  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  THIS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04603-01-3
              

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