NY State Senate Bill 2017-S3626

Senate Bill S3626

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes a registry to help locate individuals with autism, Alzheimer's and dementia in the event they go missing

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Jan 03, 2018	referred to finance
Jan 25, 2017	referred to finance

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2017-S3626 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A342
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §837, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S4384, A6662
2011-2012: S4643, A4434
2013-2014: S4557, A3545
2015-2016: S551, A5273
2019-2020: S4604
2021-2022: S6069
2023-2024: S7908

2017-S3626 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a voluntary registry of individuals with autism, Alzheimer's or dementia who may be at risk of wandering away from home; creates a standardized form available that may be submitted to local law enforcement agencies by family members and caregivers of such individuals that would include identifying information and may include a photograph of the registrant.

2017-S3626 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3626

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the executive law, in relation to
assisting state and local law enforcement agencies in establishing a
registry to locate certain missing individuals

 PURPOSE :

The purpose of this bill is to establish a voluntary registry of
individuals with Autism, Alzheimer's or Dementia who may be at risk of
wandering away from home. This legislation would make a standardized
form available that may be submitted to local law enforcement agencies
by family members and caregivers of such individuals. This form would
include identifying information and may include a photograph of the
registrant.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Adds a new subdivision (21) to Section 837 of the Executive Law to
direct the Division of Criminal Justice Services to promulgate, in
consultation with the Commissioner of Mental Retardation and
Developmental Disabilities, a voluntary registry that may be
established and used by state and local law enforcement agencies.

 JUSTIFICATION :

A voluntary registry would enable caretakers and loved ones to
register individuals with Autism, Alzheimer's or Dementia with state
or local law enforcement agencies. By filing in such a form, law
enforcement personnel may be more equipped with vital information,
including a photograph of the individual, to help locate or identify
the person if they are wandering or lost.

Many localities across the country have implemented similar measures
protect our most vulnerable citizens. Such measure would benefit the
affected individual, family and law enforcement personnel by enabling
them to refer to a standardized form to help locate the missing
individual at a point when time is most critical.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16: S.551A - Amend and Recommit to Finance
2013-14: S.4557/A.3545 - Referred to Finance
2011-12: S.4643/A.4434 - Committed to Rules/Governmental Operations
2009-10: S.4384/A.6662 - Referred to Finance/Governmental Operations
2008: S.7868/A.11551 - Passed Senate/Referred to Governmental Ops

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

Minimal.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2017-S3626 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3626
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  assisting  state  and
   local  law  enforcement  agencies in establishing a registry to locate
   certain missing individuals

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 837 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21.  PROMULGATE,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE
 FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, A STANDARDIZED FORM THAT MAY
 BE USED BY STATE AND LOCAL  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCIES  AS  A  VOLUNTARY
 REGISTRY  TO  HELP  LOCATE PERSONS DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISOR-
 DERS, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE OR OTHER DEMENTIA, OR WHO ARE OTHERWISE UNABLE
 TO COMMUNICATE AND WHO LOSE THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE FAMILIAR PLACES  OR
 FACES.  SUCH  FORM  MAY  INCLUDE  IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON THE MISSING
 REGISTRANT SUCH AS PHYSICAL FEATURES, MEDICAL  CONDITIONS,  WHETHER  THE
 PERSON  IS  NON-VERBAL, AND NAMES OF FAMILY OR FRIENDS TO CONTACT IF THE
 PERSON IS LOCATED. SUCH FORM MAY ALSO PROVIDE FOR A  PHOTOGRAPH  OF  THE
 REGISTRANT TO BE SUBMITTED WITH THE FORM.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a  law.  Effective  immediately  the  division  of  criminal
 justice  services is authorized to take any and all actions necessary to
 implement the provisions of this act on its effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04009-01-7

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Kevin S. Parker