Loading chat...
NY S06977
Bill
Status
5/30/2024
Primary Sponsor
Julia Salazar
Click for details
AI Summary
-
Expands the definition of "persons with a disability" within the correction law's "special populations" category to explicitly include five groups: people with any mental health diagnosis, those on the Office of Mental Health caseload currently or within the past year, people with intellectual/developmental/cognitive diagnoses, people with physical disabilities or mobility impairments, and people with sensorial disability diagnoses
-
Amends paragraph (c) of subdivision 33 of section 2 of the correction law, which was originally added in 2021
-
Builds upon the existing disability definition from the executive law (section 292) by adding specific, enumerated categories
-
Takes effect immediately upon passage
Legislative Description
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.
Last Action
referred to correction
5/30/2024