NY S03196

Establishes housing navigation services for individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities, including developing individualized housing action plans, assisting with state and federal assistance applications, coordinating housing transitions, and creating housing sustainability plans.

Requires the commissioner to develop and implement a statewide housing navigation training curriculum, which may be contracted to entities with demonstrated expertise in housing navigator services.

Creates a housing navigation task force co-chaired by commissioners from four state offices plus a representative from New York State Homes and Community Renewal, with ten additional members from affordable housing, banking, financial planning, and non-profit provider fields.

Directs the task force to coordinate regional access to services, create public awareness materials, develop train-the-trainer recommendations, measure outcomes, evaluate reimbursability, and examine expansion to other systems of care including high-utilization Medicaid enrollees.

Authorizes the commissioner of health to submit federal waivers to implement housing navigation services under Medicaid, and requires progress reports in the statewide comprehensive plan; effective date is April 1, 2025.