S4845 • 2025

Extends provisions of law relating to the closure or transfer of a state-operated individualized residential alternative

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Sponsor: Patricia Fahy
Last action: 2026-06-05
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Extends provisions of law relating to the closure or transfer of a state-operated individualized residential alternative

Extends provisions of law relating to the closure or transfer of a state-operated individualized residential alternative Extends for two years the requirement for OPWDD to give a 90-day notice to the Senate, Assembly, and labor organizations of any closures or transfer of a state operated individualized residential alternative.

What This Bill Does

Extends provisions of law relating to the closure or transfer of a state-operated individualized residential alternative Extends for two years the requirement for OPWDD to give a 90-day notice to the Senate, Assembly, and labor organizations of any closures or transfer of a state operated individualized residential alternative.

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Bill History

2026-06-05 Senate
COMMITTED TO RULES
2026-04-07 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-04-01 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-03-31 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.678
2026-01-07 Senate
REFERRED TO DISABILITIES
2025-02-13 Senate
REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

Official Summary Text

Extends provisions of law relating to the closure or transfer of a state-operated individualized residential alternative
Extends for two years the requirement for OPWDD to give a 90-day notice to the Senate, Assembly, and labor organizations of any closures or transfer of a state operated individualized residential alternative.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          4845

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    February 13, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities

        AN ACT to amend part Q of chapter 59 of the laws of  2016  amending  the
          mental  hygiene law relating to the closure or transfer of a state-op-
          erated individualized residential  alternative,  in  relation  to  the
          effectiveness thereof

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Section 2 of part Q of chapter 59  of  the  laws  of  2016,
     2  amending the mental hygiene law relating to the closure or transfer of a
     3  state-operated  individualized  residential  alternative,  as amended by
     4  section 11 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2024,  is  amended  to
     5  read as follows:
     6    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
     7  deemed repealed March 31, [2026] 2028.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09545-01-5