New York S 4102: Requires the establishment of community housing waiting lists within the office of mental health service system

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S04102 Summary:

BILL NOS04102 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06425

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSRMAY, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §7.15, Ment Hyg L

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Requires the establishment of community housing waiting lists within the office of mental health service system; directs each provider of housing services in the office of mental health system to provide, on a monthly basis, the office of mental health with a list of each person referred to, admitted to, applying for, withdrawing an application for and denied admission to housing provided by such provider; requires the community-based agency performing assessments of persons with a documented mental illness to provide the office with the names of such who have been assessed and who meet the eligibility criteria for the array of funded and/or licensed housing programs; requires such office to publish such waiting lists on a monthly basis.

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BILL NOS04102 

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

05/21/20251ST REPORT CAL.1270

05/22/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/27/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to mental health

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

06/02/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/02/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1533

06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

06/02/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/02/2026referred to mental health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4102

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, MAY, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health

 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

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

 1 Section 1. Section 7.15 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
 2 three new subdivisions (c), (d) and (e) to read as follows:
 3 (c) The commissioner shall establish a community housing waiting list
 4 for adults seeking housing services in the office of mental health
 5 service system. For the purposes of this section, the term "community
 6 housing waiting list" shall mean an unduplicated list or roster of
 7 adults with a documented mental illness who meet the eligibility crite-
 8 ria for the array of office of mental health funded and/or licensed
 9 housing programs who have been referred to or applied for but not yet
 10 received supported, supportive, supervised or congregate housing
 11 services in the office of mental health service system.
 12 For the purposes of this section, the term "provider of housing
 13 services" shall include every holder of an operating certificate issued
 14 pursuant to article thirty-one of this chapter, or every housing program
 15 funded, operated or administered by the office including any local
 16 government unit mental health housing referral system and each single
 17 point of entry office, operated by or under contract with a director of
 18 community services pursuant to article forty-one of this chapter.
 19 For the purposes of this section, the term "agency or institution"
 20 shall include adult homes, nursing homes, foster care providers, home-
 21 less shelters, state psychiatric centers, hospitals, correctional facil-
 22 ities and other referring entities.
 23 Each month, each provider of housing services shall provide to the
 24 office the name of each person who is referred to, applies for, is

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05992-01-5

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 1 admitted to, withdraws an application for or is denied admission to the
 2 provider's housing program, along with such other information as the
 3 commissioner may require.
 4 Each month, each agency or institution making referrals for housing
 5 services in the office of mental heal