Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 04, 2012 |
ordered to third reading cal.6 returned to assembly died in senate |
May 16, 2011 |
referred to investigations and government operations delivered to senate passed assembly |
Mar 24, 2011 |
advanced to third reading cal.141 |
Mar 22, 2011 |
reported |
Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to governmental operations |
Assembly Bill A71
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PAULIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Michael Cusick
Aileen Gunther
Joan Millman
Jose Rivera
multi-Sponsors
Thomas Abinanti
Robert Castelli
Barbara Clark
William Colton
2011-A71 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A71 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Clarifies the scope of protections against discrimination on the basis of disability in services provided by public entities including exclusion from participation or denial of benefits, services, programs or activities of a public entity and refusal of a public entity to make reasonable accommodations unless such entity can establish undue hardship; defines terms.
2011-A71 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 71 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, CUSICK, GUNTHER, MILLMAN, J. RIVERA, ROSENTHAL, SCHROEDER, WEISENBERG, JAFFEE, TITUS, KAVANAGH, LANCMAN, SPANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BING, CLARK, COLTON, GABRYS- ZAK, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, LUPARDO, MARKEY, MAYERSOHN, McENENY, PHEFFER, REILLY, SWEENEY, TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to certain unlawful discriminatory practices THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 292 of the executive law is amended by adding two new subdivisions 35 and 36 to read as follows: 35. THE TERM "PUBLIC ENTITY" MEANS THE STATE OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVI- SION THEREOF, AND ANY DEPARTMENT, AGENCY, SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT, OR OTHER INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 36. THE TERM "AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES" INCLUDES: (A) QUALIFIED INTERPRETERS OR OTHER EFFECTIVE METHODS OF MAKING AURAL- LY DELIVERED MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS WITH HEARING IMPAIR- MENTS; (B) QUALIFIED READERS, TAPED TEXT OR OTHER EFFECTIVE METHODS OF MAKING VISUALLY DELIVERED MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS; (C) ACQUISITION OR MODIFICATION OF EQUIPMENT OR DEVICES; AND (D) OTHER SIMILAR SERVICES AND ACTIONS. S 2. Section 296 of the executive law is amended by adding three new subdivisions 3-c, 3-d and 3-e to read as follows: 3-C. NO QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY SHALL, BY REASON OF SUCH DISABILITY, BE EXCLUDED FROM PARTICIPATION IN OR BE DENIED THE BENEFITS OF THE SERVICES, PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES OF A PUBLIC ENTITY, OR BE SUBJECTED TO DISCRIMINATION BY ANY SUCH ENTITY. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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