Senate Bill S398

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Rename the office of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, within the department of mental hygiene, as the office of developmental disability assistance

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

2009-S398 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1037
Current Committee:
Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene

2009-S398 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Renames the office of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, within the department of mental hygiene, as the office of developmental disability assistance.

2009-S398 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S398 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

    S. 398                                                   A. 1037

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health
  and Developmental Disabilities

IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. McENENY -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Mental Health,  Mental  Retardation  and  Develop-
  mental Disabilities

AN  ACT  in  relation  to  renaming the office of mental retardation and
  developmental disabilities as the office of  developmental  disability
  assistance

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of  law  to  the
contrary,  effective April 1, 2009, the office of mental retardation and
developmental disabilities, within the department of mental hygiene,  as
established  by  chapter  978 of the laws of 1977, is hereby renamed the
office of developmental disability assistance.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01069-01-9

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.