Senate Bill S6031A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to therapy dogs and cats for persons with a disability

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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
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S6031 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8705
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§292, 296 & 356, Exec L; amd §108, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5080, A7083
2019-2020: S2705

2015-S6031 - Summary

Relates to therapy dogs and cats for persons with a disability.

2015-S6031 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6031 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6031

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             August 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the executive law and the agriculture and  markets  law,
  in relation to therapy dogs and cats for persons with disabilities

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 21 of section 292  of  the  executive  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  269  of  the  laws  of 1997, is amended to read as
follows:
  21. The term "disability" means (a)  a  physical,  mental  or  medical
impairment  resulting  from anatomical, physiological, genetic or neuro-
logical conditions which prevents the exercise of a normal bodily  func-
tion,  SUBSTANTIALLY  LIMITS  ONE  OR  MORE  OF SUCH PERSON'S MAJOR LIFE
ACTIVITIES, or is demonstrable by medically accepted clinical or labora-
tory diagnostic techniques or (b) a record of such an impairment or  (c)
a condition regarded by others as such an impairment, provided, however,
that in all provisions of this article dealing with employment, the term
shall be limited to disabilities which, upon the provision of reasonable
accommodations,  do  not  prevent  the  complainant from performing in a
reasonable manner the activities  involved  in  the  job  or  occupation
sought  or  held.    FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIES
INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, CARING FOR ONESELF,  PERFORMING  MANUAL
TASKS,  SEEING,  HEARING,  EATING, SLEEPING, WALKING, STANDING, LIFTING,
BENDING, SPEAKING, BREATHING, LEARNING, READING,  CONCENTRATING,  THINK-
ING,  COMMUNICATING, AND WORKING. MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIES ALSO INCLUDE THE
OPERATION OF A MAJOR BODILY FUNCTION,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
FUNCTIONS  OF  THE  IMMUNE SYSTEM, NORMAL CELL GROWTH, DIGESTIVE, BOWEL,
BLADDER, NEUROLOGICAL, BRAIN, RESPIRATORY, CIRCULATORY,  ENDOCRINE,  AND
REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTIONS.
  S 2. Subdivision 14 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended by
chapter 536 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11819-01-5
              

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2015-S6031A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8705
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§292, 296 & 356, Exec L; amd §108, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5080, A7083
2019-2020: S2705

2015-S6031A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to therapy dogs and cats for persons with a disability.

2015-S6031A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6031A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 6031--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             August 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the executive law and the agriculture and markets law,
  in relation to therapy dogs and cats for persons with disabilities

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  21  of  section 292 of the executive law, as
amended by chapter 269 of the laws  of  1997,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  21.  The  term  "disability"  means  (a) a physical, mental or medical
impairment resulting from anatomical, physiological, genetic  or  neuro-
logical  conditions which prevents the exercise of a normal bodily func-
tion, SUBSTANTIALLY LIMITS ONE OR  MORE  OF  SUCH  PERSON'S  MAJOR  LIFE
ACTIVITIES, or is demonstrable by medically accepted clinical or labora-
tory  diagnostic techniques or (b) a record of such an impairment or (c)
a condition regarded by others as such an impairment, provided, however,
that in all provisions of this article dealing with employment, the term
shall be limited to disabilities which, upon the provision of reasonable
accommodations, do not prevent the  complainant  from  performing  in  a
reasonable  manner  the  activities  involved  in  the job or occupation
sought or held.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,  MAJOR  LIFE  ACTIVITIES
INCLUDE,  BUT  ARE NOT LIMITED TO, CARING FOR ONESELF, PERFORMING MANUAL
TASKS, SEEING, HEARING, EATING, SLEEPING,  WALKING,  STANDING,  LIFTING,
BENDING,  SPEAKING,  BREATHING, LEARNING, READING, CONCENTRATING, THINK-
ING, COMMUNICATING, AND WORKING. MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIES ALSO INCLUDE  THE
OPERATION  OF  A  MAJOR  BODILY  FUNCTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
FUNCTIONS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, NORMAL CELL  GROWTH,  DIGESTIVE,  BOWEL,
BLADDER,  NEUROLOGICAL,  BRAIN, RESPIRATORY, CIRCULATORY, ENDOCRINE, AND
REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTIONS.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11819-02-5
              

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