Senate Bill S7794

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes a living allowance for adults with developmental disabilities

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S7794 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8841
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §240-d, Dom Rel L; amd §413-b, Fam Ct Act (as proposed in S.4467-B & A.898-B)

2021-S7794 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a living allowance for adults with developmental disabilities; provides that a determination made pursuant to this section that the person is or is not developmentally disabled, as defined in subdivision twenty-two of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law, shall not be binding on the state, a local government or the person for any other purpose, including determinations of eligibility for services authorized by the office for people with developmental disabilities.

2021-S7794 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7794 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7794
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law and the family court act,  in
   relation  to  establishing a living allowance for adults with develop-
   mental disabilities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  5 of section 240-d of the domestic relations
 law, as added by a chapter of the laws of  2021  amending  the  domestic
 relations law and the family court act relating to establishing a living
 allowance  for  adults  with  developmental disabilities, as proposed in
 legislative bills numbers S. 4467-B and A. 898-B, is amended and  a  new
 subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
   5. Except where inconsistent with this section, all provisions of this
 article relating to orders of child support shall apply to all orders of
 support  for  adults with developmental disabilities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT SUCH ORDERS SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR SERVICES PURSUANT TO  SECTION
 ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN-G OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
   6. A DETERMINATION MADE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION THAT THE PERSON IS OR
 IS NOT DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO OF
 SECTION  1.03  OF  THE  MENTAL  HYGIENE LAW, SHALL NOT BE BINDING ON THE
 STATE, A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR THE PERSON FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE, INCLUDING
 DETERMINATIONS OF ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICES AUTHORIZED BY THE OFFICE  FOR
 PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
   §  2. Subdivision 5 of section 413-b of the family court act, as added
 by a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the domestic relations law and
 the family court act relating to establishing  a  living  allowance  for
 adults with developmental disabilities, as proposed in legislative bills
 numbers  S.  4467-B  and A. 898-B, is amended and a new subdivision 6 is
 added to read as follows:
   5. Except where inconsistent with this section, all provisions of this
 article relating to orders of child support shall apply to all orders of
 support for adults with developmental disabilities;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08323-05-2

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