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                                         3534
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 23, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. TITUS, WRIGHT, JAFFEE, PEOPLES-STOKES, AUBRY,
         CRESPO, ROBERTS, COOK, ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.
         GLICK, ROBINSON, SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the Committee on
         Social Services
       AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the creation by
         each social services district of a homeless housing task force
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
    2  50-a to read as follows:
    3    S 50-A. HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE. 1. EACH SOCIAL SERVICES  DISTRICT
    4  IN  THE  STATE  SHALL  CREATE A HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A
    5  TEN-YEAR HOMELESS HOUSING PLAN ADDRESSING SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM HOUS-
    6  ING FOR HOMELESS PERSONS. SUCH PLAN SHALL INCLUDE GUIDELINES  FOR  EMER-
    7  GENCY  SHELTERS;  SHORT-TERM  HOUSING; TEMPORARY ENCAMPMENTS; SUPPORTIVE
    8  HOUSING FOR CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PERSONS; LONG-TERM  HOUSING;  STANDARDS
    9  FOR  HEALTH  AND SAFETY; AND PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING LOCATION OF FACILI-
   10  TIES.
   11    2. MEMBERSHIP ON THE TASK FORCE SHALL INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
   12  COUNTIES,  CITIES, TOWNS, HOUSING AUTHORITIES, CIVIL AND FAITH ORGANIZA-
   13  TIONS,  SCHOOLS,  COMMUNITY  NETWORKS,  HUMAN  SERVICES  PROVIDERS,  LAW
   14  ENFORCEMENT  PERSONNEL,  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  TREATMENT  PROVIDERS,  MENTAL
   15  HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS,  EMERGENCY  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDERS,  BUSINESSES,
   16  AT-LARGE  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE COMMUNITY, AND A HOMELESS OR FORMERLY
   17  HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL.
   18    3. ANY PLAN AND GUIDELINES DEVELOPED BY  A  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT
   19  HOMELESS  HOUSING TASK FORCE SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH REGULATIONS APPLI-
   20  CABLE TO PROJECTS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO TITLE ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   21    4. EACH DISTRICT HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE  SHALL  MAKE  RECOMMENDA-
   22  TIONS BASED ON THE PLAN AND GUIDELINES REGARDING THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
   23  RECEIVED FROM ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SOURCE.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06593-01-5
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    1    S  2.  Paragraphs  (c)  and  (d) of subdivision 2 of section 50 of the
    2  social services law as amended by chapter 204 of the laws of  1998,  are
    3  amended and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
    4    (c)  a  description  of  the  manner  in which coordination with other
    5  federal, state, local and privately funded services  will  be  achieved;
    6  [and]
    7    (d)  a  description  of  how  the  services will be designed to assist
    8  households transition from a reliance on outside interventions and  move
    9  toward housing stability and economic self reliance[.]; AND
   10    (E)  A  COPY OF THE TEN-YEAR PLAN AND GUIDELINES DEVELOPED BY A SOCIAL
   11  SERVICES DISTRICT HOMELESS TASK FORCE ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
   12  FIFTY-A OF THIS TITLE.
   13    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   14  it  shall have become a law; provided however, that effective immediate-
   15  ly, the commissioner of temporary and disability assistance  is  author-
   16  ized  and  directed  to  add, amend and/or repeal any rule or regulation
   17  necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date.