Senate Bill S6977

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Clarifies the definition of persons with a disability for purposes of the definition of special populations

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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
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2023-S6977 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7533
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2, Cor L

2023-S6977 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Clarifies the definition of persons with a disability for purposes of the definition of special populations to include people with a mental health diagnosis, people on the office of mental health caseload, people with an intellectual, developmental or cognitive diagnosis, people with physical disability or mobility impairment, and people with a sensorial disability diagnosis.

2023-S6977 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6977 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6977
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
   Correction
 
 AN  ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to clarifying the defi-
   nition of persons with a disability for purposes of the definition  of
   special populations

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (c)  of  subdivision  33  of  section  2  of  the
 correction  law,  as added by chapter 93 of the laws of 2021, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (c) with a disability as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision twen-
 ty-one of section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law, INCLUDING
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (I) ALL PEOPLE WITH  ANY  MENTAL  HEALTH  DIAGNOSIS;
 (II)  ALL  PEOPLE  ON  THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH CASELOAD CURRENTLY OR
 WITHIN THE PAST YEAR; (III) ALL PEOPLE WITH ANY  INTELLECTUAL,  DEVELOP-
 MENTAL,  OR COGNITIVE DIAGNOSIS; (IV) ALL PEOPLE WITH ANY PHYSICAL DISA-
 BILITY DIAGNOSIS OR MOBILITY IMPAIRMENT; AND (V)  ALL  PEOPLE  WITH  ANY
 SENSORIAL DISABILITY DIAGNOSIS; or
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11386-01-3



              

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