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NY A03548
Bill
Status
1/28/2025
Primary Sponsor
Angelo Santabarbara
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AI Summary
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Expands the legal definition of "developmental disability" in the mental hygiene law to include individuals whose condition results in an inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity
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Adds an alternative qualifying criterion alongside the existing standard of constituting a "substantial handicap to function normally in society"
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Applies to disabilities that are attributable to conditions such as intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, neurological impairment, or autism
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Takes effect 30 days after becoming law
Legislative Description
Amends the definition of "developmental disability" to include an inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of the disability.
Last Action
referred to people with disabilities
1/7/2026