New York Assembly Bill A05216 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5216 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 7, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK, TAGUE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring a spon- soring agency to make a presentation to a municipality prior to consideration of placement of a residential facility for the disabled The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (c) of section 41.34 of the 2 mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 1024 of the laws of 1981, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (2) Prior to forwarding a response to the sponsoring agency and the 5 commissioner, the municipality may hold a public hearing pursuant to 6 local law. Should the municipality decide to hold a public hearing, the 7 sponsoring agency shall make a presentation, using appropriate audio-vi- 8 sual technology, at which the sponsoring agency shall present the histo- 9 ry and background of the sponsoring agency, the number of employees who 10 will be working at the residential facility, the number of residents who 11 will be living in the residential facility, and an outline of any struc- 12 tural changes which will be made to existing buildings on the premises 13 where it is proposed that this facility be located. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08543-01-3