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NY S07377
Bill
Status
11/23/2022
Primary Sponsor
Shelley Mayer
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AI Summary
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Establishes a 20-member statewide group home families working group consisting of residents with developmental disabilities, family members, and guardians living in or connected to group homes, with members selected by legislative leaders and the commissioner.
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Requires the working group to meet at least quarterly and hold at least one annual public regional meeting in each city, town, or village with a developmental disabilities services office to solicit input on group home operations, care, and financial matters.
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Directs the working group to advise the commissioner on priorities and goals for group home residents and their families, hold regional public meetings, and submit annual reports to the commissioner, governor, and legislature by January 30, 2023, and annually thereafter.
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Requires the working group's recommendations to be incorporated into the statewide comprehensive five-year mental health and developmental disabilities services plan developed by state offices.
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Members serve three-year terms and receive no compensation but are reimbursed for necessary expenses; the working group elects its own chairperson biannually and has no executive, administrative, or appointive duties.
Legislative Description
Establishes the statewide group home families working group; provides that duties include informing and advising the commissioner as to matters of importance for persons with developmental disabilities residing in group homes and their families and guardians, providing recommendations for statewide and regional priorities and goals for individuals residing in group homes and families and guardians of individuals residing in group homes, advising the commissioner on such other matters related to group homes as the statewide group home families working group deems relevant, holding regional public meetings to solicit and receive input from residents of group homes and family members and guardians of residents of group homes, and any matter relating to the performance of their duties with relation to individuals in group homes and on policies, goals, budget and operation of group homes.
Last Action
VETOED MEMO.78
11/23/2022