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| 1 | 1 | <STYLE><!--U {color: Green}S {color: RED} I {color: DARKBLUE; background-color:yellow} P.brk {page-break-before:always}--></STYLE> <BASEFONT SIZE=3> <PRE WIDTH="99"> <FONT SIZE=5><B> STATE OF NEW YORK</B></FONT> ________________________________________________________________________ 5998--A 2025-2026 Regular Sessions <FONT SIZE=5><B> IN ASSEMBLY</B></FONT> February 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to notice of adult care facility closure requirements <B><U>The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-</U></B> <B><U>bly, do enact as follows:</U></B> 1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 2 461-v to read as follows: 3 <B><U>§ 461-v. Closure of adult care facilities. 1. In the event that the</U></B> 4 <B><U>department revokes or suspends or intends to revoke or suspend or other-</U></B> 5 <B><U>wise limit the operating certificate for an adult care facility, the</U></B> 6 <B><U>following shall apply:</U></B> 7 <B><U>(a) The department shall provide copies of all written materials</U></B> 8 <B><U>pertaining to the action including, but not limited to, the hearing</U></B> 9 <B><U>notice and notice of charges served upon the operator of such facility</U></B> 10 <B><U>to the governor, the office of the state comptroller, the office of the</U></B> 11 <B><U>New York state attorney general, the justice center for the protection</U></B> 12 <B><U>of people with special needs, and the members of the state assembly and</U></B> 13 <B><U>the state senate representing the municipality in which the facility is</U></B> 14 <B><U>located.</U></B> 15 <B><U>(b) Copies of all written materials shall also be concurrently deliv-</U></B> 16 <B><U>ered to the chief executive officer and the presiding officer of the</U></B> 17 <B><U>local legislative body of each county, except a county wholly contained</U></B> 18 <B><U>within a city, town or village in which the facility is located and, in</U></B> 19 <B><U>a city with a population of one million or more, also to the community</U></B> 20 <B><U>board in whose district the facility is located.</U></B> 21 <B><U>2. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subdivision, the</U></B> 22 <B><U>written materials provided in subdivision one of this section shall not</U></B> 23 <B><U>be subject to disclosure under article six of the public officers law.</U></B> EXPLANATION--Matter in <B><U>italics</U></B> (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [<B><S> </S></B>] is old law to be omitted. LBD06735-04-5 </PRE><P CLASS="brk"><PRE WIDTH="99"> A. 5998--A 2 1 <B><U>(b) During the thirty-day period prior to the hearing date, the</U></B> 2 <B><U>department shall post on its website:</U></B> 3 <B><U>(i) a summary of the violations at the adult care facility;</U></B> 4 <B><U>(ii) an explanation of the groups or individuals likely to be impacted</U></B> 5 <B><U>by the closure; and</U></B> 6 <B><U>(iii) a summary of the facility operator's plan to ensure continued</U></B> 7 <B><U>care for all residents to be impacted.</U></B> 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding 9 the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to all 10 closures of adult care facilities occurring on or after such effective 11 date and to all closures of adult care facilities pending on and after 12 such effective date. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment 13 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation 14 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 15 completed on or before such effective date. |