BILL NUMBER: S4102
SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the establishment
of community housing waiting lists for adults within the office of
mental health service system
 
PURPOSE:
This legislation would enable the state to track the wait time for
persons with Psychiatric disabilities seeking supportive, supervised or
congregate housing in the office of mental health system.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Section 7.15 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
three new subdivisions (c), (d), and (e).
Section 2: This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day
after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,
amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the
implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be
made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
There is a great need for the establishment of a waiting list that would
truly reflect the need for housing and related services for people in
New York with mental disabilities, and match those people up with appro-
priate housing in the most integrated setting. This bill would help to
bring the state in line with the already-existing obligations under the
federal Americans with disabilities Act, the Supreme Court's decision in
Olmstead v. L.C., and New York State Executive Law sections 701-703.
Several changes were made to this bill in 2008 to address past veto
messages including clarifying that individuals have a documented mental
illness and meet eligibility criteria for OMH funded housing before
being included on a wait list. The effective date has also been changed.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-24: S6042- Referred to Mental Health
2021-22: S5035 - Referred to Mental Health
2019-20: S4749 -REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
2017-18: S3400 -REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
2015-16: S.1399A- Amend and Recommit to Mental Health and Dev. Disabil-
ities
2013-14: S.3248A- Amend and Recommit to Mental Health and Dev. Disabil-
ities
2011-12: S.3427-Referred to Mental Health and Dev. Disabilities
2009-10: S.184A/A.4579A - Passed Assembly, Died in Senate Rules
2008: S.6819/A.10079 - Veto 46
2007: S.568/A.3864A - Veto 103
2005-06: S.3653A/A.2895A - Veto 323
2004: S.66461A.8622A - Passed Assembly, Died in Mental Health
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
completed on or before such effective date.

Statutes affected:
S4102: 7.15 mental hygiene law