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NY A09194
Bill
Status
11/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Angelo Santabarbara
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AI Summary
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Creates an Innovative Housing Initiative through the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) to enable persons with developmental disabilities to live independently in residential environments with support services including staffing support and social engagement opportunities
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Allows residential environments to include leased units, cooperative housing, or condominiums, with ownership or leases held by the individual, an entity on their behalf, or a trust established for their benefit
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Requires the person with a developmental disability and their qualified representative to have sole decision-making authority over selecting their residential environment and housemates
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Mandates OPWDD coordinate with the Department of Health within 30 days to determine if federal Medicaid waivers or state plan amendments are needed, with submission required within 12 months if necessary
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Exempts housing development fund corporations formed under this initiative from certain Martin Act filing requirements when supervised by the Division of Housing and Community Renewal and monitored by a qualified nonprofit organization
Legislative Description
Relates to the creation of an innovative housing initiative for persons with a developmental disability who wish and are able to safely reside in such a setting; directs the division of housing and community renewal to establish guidelines for the dissemination of disclosure materials for the offer and sale of interests in residential environments formed under the innovative housing initiative; creates an exemption from certain filing requirements for residential environments that are formed as cooperative interests in realty for persons receiving services under the innovative housing initiative.
Last Action
referred to people with disabilities
1/7/2026