S 5505 NY
Requires the development of mental illness training for providers of temporary housing
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Summary
This bill requires the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, working with the Office of Mental Health and the Office of Children and Family Services, to develop a training course for providers of temporary housing assistance. The training course shall focus on recognizing the signs and symptoms of mental illness and providing appropriate referrals to individuals who may be experiencing mental illness. Providers subject to this requirement include family shelters, adult shelters, hotels, emergency apartments, domestic violence shelters, youth shelters, and refugee safe houses. All employees and volunteers at these facilities must receive the training, and at least one trained employee or volunteer who handles intake services must be present at the facility when required by law or regulation. The bill takes effect immediately.
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Official abstract
Requires the office of temporary and disability assistance, in conjunction with the office of mental health and the office of children and family services, to develop a mental illness training course to be utilized by providers of temporary housing assistance to focus on recognizing signs and symptoms of mental illness.
Sponsor (1)
- Julia Salazar Democratic · primary
2 coauthors / cosponsors
- Jabari Brisport Democratic · cosponsor
- Andrew Gounardes Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (11)
- Feb 24, 2025 REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES · upper
- May 6, 2025 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE · upper
- Jun 12, 2025 COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES · upper
- Jun 12, 2025 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1879 · upper
- Jun 12, 2025 PASSED SENATE · upper
- Jun 12, 2025 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- Jun 12, 2025 REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 DIED IN ASSEMBLY · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES · upper
- May 12, 2026 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE · upper
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S05505 Summary: BILL NO S05505   SAME AS SAME AS A01856
  SPONSOR SALAZAR   COSPNSR BRISPORT, GOUNARDES   MLTSPNSR   Add Art 2-A Title 3 §47, Soc Serv L   Requires the office of temporary and disability assistance, in conjunction with the office of mental health and the office of children and family services, to develop a mental illness training course to be utilized by providers of temporary housing assistance to focus on recognizing signs and symptoms of mental illness.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
5505
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 24, 2025 ___________
Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, BRISPORT, GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to mental illness training in temporary housing
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Article 2-A of the social services law is amended by adding 2 a new title 3 to read as follows: 3 TITLE 3 4 MENTAL ILLNESS TRAINING IN TEMPORARY HOUSING 5 Section 47. Training to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental 6 illness. 7 § 47. Training to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental illness. 8 1. The office of temporary and disability assistance, in conjunction 9 with the office of mental health and the office of children and family 10 services, shall develop a training course to be utilized by providers of 11 temporary housing assistance. Such training course shall focus on iden- 12 tifying best practices to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental 13 illness and providing referrals, as appropriate, to individuals who may 14 be suffering from a mental illness. 15 2. Providers of temporary housing assistance shall include, but are 16 not limited to, a family shelter, a shelter for adults, a hotel, an 17 emergency apartment, a domestic violence shelter, a runaway and homeless 18 youth shelter, or a safe house for refugees operating in the state. 19 3. Such training shall be provided to all employees and volunteers 20 working or volunteering at a provider of temporary housing assistance. 21 4. Providers of temporary housing assistance shall ensure at least one 22 employee or volunteer who provides intake services and has received such 23 training is at the facility at all times, when applicable law, regu- 24 lation, code, or operating plan approved by a social services district 25 or the commissioner otherwise requires employees or volunteers to be at 26 the premises. 27 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03017-01-5
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