Bill Text: NY A05225 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the department of state to establish and maintain a statewide registry of mental hygiene and child supervision residential facilities which shall include residential facilities for juvenile delinquents and persons in need of supervision subject to the supervision of the office of children and family services, for the mentally ill subject to the supervision of the office of mental health, for the developmentally disabled subject to the supervision of the office for people with developmental disabilities, and for the chemically dependent subject to the supervision of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A05225 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05225-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5225
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 7, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the  depart-
          ment  of state to establish a statewide registry of mental hygiene and
          child supervision residential facilities
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 101-c
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 101-c. Statewide registry of mental hygiene  and  child  supervision
     4  residential  facilities.  1. The department of state shall establish and
     5  maintain a statewide registry of mental hygiene  and  child  supervision
     6  residential  facilities. Such registry shall be composed of the name and
     7  address of every residential housing facility:
     8    a. subject to  supervision  of  the  office  of  children  and  family
     9  services pursuant to article nineteen-G of this chapter;
    10    b.  subject  to  regulation of the office of mental health pursuant to
    11  the mental hygiene law;
    12    c. subject to the regulation of the office for  people  with  develop-
    13  mental disabilities; and
    14    d. subject to the regulation of the office of alcoholism and substance
    15  abuse services.
    16    2.  Commencing on the first of January, two thousand twenty and on the
    17  first of every other month thereafter, the offices of children and fami-
    18  ly services, mental health, alcoholism and substance abuse services, and
    19  the office for people with developmental disabilities  shall  submit  to
    20  the department of state a list of the name and address of every residen-
    21  tial  housing facility subject to the jurisdiction of such office, which
    22  is required to be included in the statewide registry of  mental  hygiene
    23  and child supervision residential facilities pursuant to subdivision one
    24  of this section.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07461-01-9
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     1    3.  The  statewide  registry  of  mental hygiene and child supervision
     2  residential facilities shall be regularly updated and maintained  in  an
     3  accurate  manner  by the department of state. Such department shall make
     4  the registry available to the general public in print,  electronic  form
     5  and on a website maintained by the department.
     6    4.  The  department  of  state  shall transmit a copy of the statewide
     7  registry of mental hygiene and child supervision residential  facilities
     8  to the legislature not less than twice each year.
     9    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect January 1, 2020, provided that any
    10  actions necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its  effec-
    11  tive  date are authorized and directed to be completed on or before such
    12  date.