Assembly Bill A5974

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Adds Prader-Willi to the definition of developmental disorder

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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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2017-A5974 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1219
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1.03, Ment Hyg L

2017-A5974 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds Prader-Willi to the definition of developmental disorder.

2017-A5974 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5974
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 21, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GUNTHER, ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation  to  adding  Prader-
   Willi syndrome to the definition of developmental disability
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph 1  of  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  22  of
 section  1.03 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by section 4 of part
 MM of chapter 58 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  is  attributable  to  intellectual  disability,  cerebral  palsy,
 epilepsy,  neurological  impairment, familial dysautonomia, PRADER-WILLI
 SYNDROME or autism;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07000-01-7

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