New York S 9869: Establishes a task force to study aging in place in mental health housing

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S09869 Summary:

BILL NOS09869 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05569

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SPONSORBROUK

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COSPNSRASHBY, CLEARE, MAY, PALUMBO, RHOADS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Establishes a task force to study aging in place in mental health housing; provides for the repeal of such task force upon expiration thereof.

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BILL NOS09869 

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04/09/2026REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

06/02/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/02/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1570

06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

06/02/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9869

 IN SENATE

 April 9, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. BROUK, ASHBY, CLEARE, MAY, PALUMBO, RIVERA, SALAZAR,
 WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
 ted to the Committee on Mental Health

 AN ACT in relation to establishing a task force to study aging in place
 in mental health housing; and providing for the repeal of such
 provisions upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. 1. A task force shall be established within the office of
 2 mental health to be known as the mental health housing evaluation task
 3 force for aging in place (hereinafter referred to as the "task force")
 4 to make recommendations including, but not limited to, the following:
 5 (a) solutions for removing barriers to ensure residents of community-
 6 based mental health housing programs can successfully age in place while
 7 receiving adequate care;
 8 (b) identifying policy, procedure, or regulatory changes that aim to
 9 remove barriers to residents of community-based mental health housing
 10 programs to receive both mental health and medical care, including the
 11 ability to hire health care professionals, including but not limited to
 12 nurses and/or health home aides;
 13 (c) an action plan for making residences Americans with Disabilities
 14 Act compliant;
 15 (d) necessary training for residential staff to understand the needs
 16 of the elderly for which they are providing care; and
 17 (e) types of assistance to consider when transporting residents to
 18 medical appointments and ensuring the proper follow-up occurs.
 19 2. The task force shall consist of nine members as follows: three
 20 members shall be appointed by the governor; two members shall be
 21 appointed by the speaker of the assembly; two members shall be appointed
 22 by the temporary president of the senate; one member shall be appointed
 23 by the minority leader of the senate; and one member shall be appointed
 24 by the minority leader of the assembly. The task force members shall be
 25 appointed within 60 days after this act shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03572-01-5

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 1 Members so appointed shall consist of at least: one representative of
 2 a statewide organization or advocacy group for residents of mental
 3 health housing programs; at least one health care professional with
 4 expertise in the needs of the elderly/aging residents of a congregate
 5 care setting with significant medical issues; at least one mental health
 6 professional with expertise in the needs of elderly mental health hous-
 7 ing residents with a severe and persistent mental illness; and at least
 8 one member shall be a director of a mental health housing program. A
 9 chairperson shall be nominated by a majority vote from among the members
 10 of the task force.
 11 3. No member, officer or employee of the task force shall be disquali-
 12 fied from holding any other public office or employment, nor shall they
 13 forfeit any such office or employment by reason of their appointment
 14 hereunder, notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special, or
 15 local law, ordinance or city charter.
 16 4. The members of the task force shall receive no compensation for
 17 their services but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 18 incurred in the per