Bill Text: NY A08992 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends for two years the requirement for OPWDD to give a 90-day notice to the Senate, Assembly, and labor organizations of any closures or transfer of a state operated individualized residential alternative.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-01 - referred to people with disabilities [A08992 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08992-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8992

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 1, 2024
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEAWRIGHT  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on People with Disabilities

        AN ACT to amend part Q of chapter 59 of the laws of  2016  amending  the
          mental  hygiene law relating to the closure or transfer of a state-op-
          erated individualized residential  alternative,  in  relation  to  the
          effectiveness thereof

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 2 of part Q of chapter 59  of  the  laws  of  2016,
     2  amending the mental hygiene law relating to the closure or transfer of a
     3  state-operated  individualized  residential  alternative,  as amended by
     4  chapter 176 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
     6  deemed repealed March 31, [2024] 2026.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13883-01-3