New York S 4474: Enacts "Melanie's law"

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S04474 Summary:

BILL NOS04474 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06096

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SPONSORRAMOS

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COSPNSRCLEARE, COMRIE, HINCHEY, PARKER, SALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §20, Soc Serv L

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Directs the office of temporary and disability assistance to promulgate rules and regulations requiring quarterly inspections of homeless shelters.

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BILL NOS04474 

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02/05/2025REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4474

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 5, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. RAMOS, CLEARE, COMRIE, HINCHEY, PARKER, SALAZAR --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Social Services

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring quar-
 terly inspections of homeless shelters

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

 1 Section 1. Section 20 of the social services law is amended by adding
 2 a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
 3 9. The office of temporary and disability assistance shall promulgate
 4 rules and regulations requiring that the department, or a local social
 5 services district where appropriate, shall each year conduct a minimum
 6 of four full unannounced inspections of each facility which is used to
 7 shelter homeless persons within the state, with at least one full
 8 inspection performed each quarter.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08747-01-5

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