Assembly Bill A10366

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the development of a training program to educate first responders on effective communication with deaf and hard of hearing individuals in emergency situations

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A10366 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §559, Exec L

2023-A10366 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state interagency coordinating council for services to persons who are deaf, deaf-blind, or hard of hearing to develop and implement a training program to educate first responders on effective communication with deaf and hard of hearing individuals in emergency situations.

2023-A10366 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10366
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 21, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Lavine) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  requiring  the  state
   interagency coordinating council for services to persons who are deaf,
   deaf-blind,  or  hard  of  hearing to develop and implement a training
   program to educate first responders on  effective  communication  with
   deaf and hard of hearing individuals in emergency situations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "deaf and hard of hearing emergency communications act".
   §  2.  Section  559  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. THE STATE INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR SERVICES TO  PERSONS
 WHO  ARE  DEAF,  DEAF-BLIND,  OR HARD OF HEARING SHALL, IN COLLABORATION
 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEVELOP  AND  IMPLEMENT  A  COMPREHENSIVE
 LANGUAGE  ACCESS  TRAINING  PROGRAM  FOR  FIRST  RESPONDERS, DESIGNED TO
 EDUCATE FIRST RESPONDERS ON STRATEGIES TO COMMUNICATE  EFFECTIVELY  WITH
 DEAF  AND  HARD OF HEARING INDIVIDUALS IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. IN ADDI-
 TION TO  DEVELOPING  AND  IMPLEMENTING  SUCH  LANGUAGE  ACCESS  TRAINING
 PROGRAM, THE STATE INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL SHALL:
   (A)  CREATE  AND DISTRIBUTE INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO BROCHURES OR PAMPHLETS, TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON  HOW
 TO  COMMUNICATE  EFFECTIVELY  WITH  DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING INDIVIDUALS
 DURING EMERGENCIES;
   (B) ESTABLISH A SYSTEM TO ALLOW DEAF AND HARD OF  HEARING  INDIVIDUALS
 TO  PROVIDE  FEEDBACK  ON THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH FIRST RESPONDERS AND TO
 SUGGEST POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LANGUAGE ACCESS TRAINING PROGRAM;
   (C) CONDUCT REGULAR REVIEWS AND EVALUATIONS OF  THE  EFFECTIVENESS  OF
 THE LANGUAGE ACCESS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ANY NECES-
 SARY CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM TO ENSURE ITS ONGOING IMPROVEMENT;
   (D)  DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AND DOCUMENTING INCI-
 DENTS INVOLVING DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING INDIVIDUALS TO IDENTIFY TRENDS,
 CHALLENGES, AND AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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