NY A06648 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on March 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-08 - referred to social services
Pending: Assembly Social Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Prohibits homeless shelters from denying shelter to a person because the person is considered to have other housing available unless the department of social services determines that such other housing is actually available, would not cause overcrowding, or put any person at unreasonable health or safety risk.

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Title

Prohibits homeless shelters from denying shelter to a person because the person is considered to have other housing available unless the department of social services determines that such other housing is actually available, would not cause overcrowding, or put any person at unreasonable health or safety risk.

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History

DateChamberAction
2020-01-08Assemblyreferred to social services
2019-03-14Assemblyreferred to social services

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