NY State Senate Bill 2019-S4604

Senate Bill S4604

2019-2020 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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2019-S4604 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §837, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S4384
2011-2012: S4643
2013-2014: S4557
2015-2016: S551
2017-2018: S3626
2021-2022: S6069
2023-2024: S7908

2019-S4604 (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.

2019-S4604 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4604

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
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 indi-
viduals 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 Develop-
mental 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 person-
nel 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 individ-
ual at a point when time is most critical.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18- S.3626 - REFERRED TO FINANCE
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.

2019-S4604 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4604
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, KENNEDY, PERSAUD -- 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 22 to read as follows:
   22. 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.
                                                            LBD10626-01-9

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Kevin S. Parker