New York 2021-2022 Regular Session

Senate Disabilities Committee Bills & Legislation

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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08353

Introduced
1/19/24  
Requires funding for special education services and programs for preschool children with disabilities to cover joint classroom instruction for such children with disabilities and other children for the same number of hours each day.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S09246

Introduced
5/7/24  
Refer
5/7/24  
Engrossed
6/4/24  
Refer
6/4/24  
Engrossed
6/6/24  
Enrolled
11/15/24  
Chaptered
11/22/24  
Requires boards of visitors provide greater transparency to the public regarding such boards' activities including when it meets and providing materials to the public.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S09107

Introduced
4/26/24  
Refer
4/26/24  
Report Pass
5/13/24  
Engrossed
5/29/24  
Refer
5/29/24  
Engrossed
6/6/24  
Refer
6/6/24  
Engrossed
6/6/24  
Enrolled
11/15/24  
Chaptered
11/22/24  
Relates to reserved funds for special educational services for certain children with disabilities.
NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S09155

Introduced
5/1/24  
Establishes a comprehensive training program for care managers employed by care coordination organizations; mandates care managers complete the training before working with clients.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07465

Introduced
5/30/23  
Refer
5/30/23  
Engrossed
6/7/23  
Refer
6/7/23  
Relates to providing licensed facilities, provider agencies, and other providers of services a summary of final substantiated reports of category two conduct of an employee or volunteer.
NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07580

Introduced
6/9/23  
Refer
6/9/23  
Requires all state and private agencies with mandatory reporters of incidents involving vulnerable people to retrain all staff on reporting to a 9-1-1 operator and the county district attorney's office and state and private websites; requires written materials to be updated.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04634

Introduced
2/13/23  
Refer
2/13/23  
Requires the justice center to establish procedures for when to report incidents which include suspicious and unexplained injuries including broken bones, hematomas, open wounds beyond minor first aid, black eyes, swollen noses, extreme and questionable bruising, choke marks, burns, individuals found unresponsive and all deaths to a 9-1-1 operator.
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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04127

Introduced
2/3/23  
Refer
2/3/23  
Report Pass
3/27/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Establishes a direct support wage enhancement to employees that provide direct care support or any other form of treatment, to individuals with developmental disabilities and whose income is less than $125,000.
NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A03982

Introduced
2/8/23  
Refer
2/8/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Report Pass
2/28/24  
Engrossed
5/23/24  
Refer
5/23/24  
Engrossed
5/29/24  
Enrolled
6/26/24  
Chaptered
6/28/24  
Extends certain provisions relating to implementation of the federal individuals with disabilities education improvement act of 2004.
NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07450

Introduced
5/26/23  
Refer
5/26/23  
Engrossed
6/7/23  
Refer
6/7/23  
Provides for the release of patient or client clinical records to correctional facilities or a public health authority.
NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07664

Introduced
9/22/23  
Refer
9/22/23  
Relates to adding spina bifida to the definition of developmental disability in the mental hygiene law.
NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S07697

Introduced
10/13/23  
Refer
10/13/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Provides for adult changing tables to be placed within an enclosed restroom facility or other similar private facility that is for use by persons with disabilities who need help with diapering at commercial places of public amusement and state-owned buildings open to the public.