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S 4907: Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to create a staffing plan for workforce emergencies when experiencing staffing shortages.
What S 4907 does, verified January 10, 2026
The bill aims to improve staffing levels in state-operated facilities for people with developmental disabilities. The commissioner must establish an emergency staffing plan, which includes incentives for current workers, measures to minimize staff transfers, and enhanced recruitment efforts. The plan will be publicly available and published on the Office's website. The plan will be implemented when a region's fill level falls below 90%. The bill will take effect 120 days after it becomes law.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO DISABILITIES (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 4907
- What is the current status of S 4907?
- As of January 10, 2026, S 4907 is recorded as "Passed first house": it has passed the chamber it started in and is now before the second chamber. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO DISABILITIES".
- Did S 4907 pass?
- Not yet. S 4907 has passed its house of origin and is now before the second chamber, where it needs committee approval and a floor vote.
- Who wrote S 4907, and where is it now?
- S 4907 was authored by Sen. Patricia Fahy with 4 coauthors. Its committee of record is Senate Disabilities.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO DISABILITIES |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | returned to senate |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | died in assembly |
| Mar. 12, 2025 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY |
| Mar. 12, 2025 | PASSED SENATE |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 14, 2025 · 255 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4907 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring the office for people with developmental disabilities to create a staffing plan for workforce emergencies when experiencing staffing shortages 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) The commissioner shall establish an emergency staffing plan for 4 state operated facilities in each region. Such emergency staffing plan 5 shall include incentivizing the current workforce through enhanced over- 6 time pay, actions to improve staffing that minimize the transfer of 7 individuals from their residences and movement of staff between resi- 8 dences, and enhanced recruitment initiatives. The emergency staffing 9 plan shall be in effect when any region's fill level is less than ninety 10 percent. The emergency staffing plan shall be made publicly available 11 and shall be published on the office's website. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 13 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00151-01-5
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