STATE OF NEW YORK
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                    IN SENATE
                                     April 17, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Mental  Health  and
          Developmental Disabilities
        AN  ACT  to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to prohibiting the
          head of the office for people  with  developmental  disabilities  from
          changing  the  auspice  of  any individualized residential alternative
          that is operated by the state
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  13.17  of  the  mental hygiene law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision (e) to read as follows:
     3    (e) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,  the  commissioner  shall
     4  not  change  the  auspice  of any individualized residential alternative
     5  that is, as of the effective date of this subdivision, operated  by  the
     6  state.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Effective immediately the
     8  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
     9  for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
    10  to be made on or before such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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