Assembly Bill A7083B

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to therapy dogs for persons with a disability

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    • Passed Assembly
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  • Delivered to Governor
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2017-A7083 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5080
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§296 & 356, Exec L; amd §108, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8705, S6031
2019-2020: S2705

2017-A7083 - Summary

Relates to therapy dogs for persons with a disability.

2017-A7083 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7083
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 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.
   § 2. Subdivision 14 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended by
 chapter 141 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

2017-A7083A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5080
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§296 & 356, Exec L; amd §108, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8705, S6031
2019-2020: S2705

2017-A7083A - Summary

Relates to therapy dogs for persons with a disability.

2017-A7083A - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7083--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 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 14 of section 296 of  the  executive  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  141  of  the  laws  of 2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
   14. In addition to reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or
 procedures, including those defined in subparagraph  (iv)  of  paragraph
 (d)  of subdivision two of this section or reasonable accommodations for
 persons with disabilities as otherwise provided in this section, includ-
 ing the use of an animal as a reasonable accommodation, it shall  be  an
 unlawful  discriminatory practice for any person engaged in any activity
 covered by this section to deny  access  or  otherwise  to  discriminate
 against  a  blind  person,  a  hearing  impaired person or a person with
 another disability because he or she is accompanied by a  dog  that  has
 been  trained  to work or perform specific tasks for the benefit of such
 person by a professional guide dog, hearing dog or service dog  training
 center or professional guide dog, hearing dog or service dog trainer, or
 to  discriminate  against  such  professional  guide dog, hearing dog or
 service dog trainer engaged in such training of  a  dog  for  use  by  a
 person  with  a disability, whether or not accompanied by the person for
 whom the dog is being trained.  THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY  REGARDLESS  OF
 BREED, OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF THERAPY DOG OR CAT.
   § 2. Subdivision 26 of section 108 of the agriculture and markets 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.

2017-A7083B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5080
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§296 & 356, Exec L; amd §108, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8705, S6031
2019-2020: S2705

2017-A7083B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to therapy dogs for persons with a disability.

2017-A7083B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7083--B
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee -- recommitted to the  Committee  on  Governmental  Operations  in
   accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the executive law and the agriculture and markets law,
   in relation to therapy dogs 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  14 of section 296 of the executive law, as
 amended by chapter 141 of the laws  of  2015,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   14. In addition to reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or
 procedures,  including  those  defined in subparagraph (iv) of paragraph
 (d) of subdivision two of this section or reasonable accommodations  for
 persons with disabilities as otherwise provided in this section, includ-
 ing  the  use of an animal as a reasonable accommodation, it shall be an
 unlawful discriminatory practice for any person engaged in any  activity
 covered  by  this  section  to  deny access or otherwise to discriminate
 against a blind person, a hearing  impaired  person  or  a  person  with
 another disability because he or she is accompanied by A THERAPY DOG, AS
 DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  TWENTY-SIX OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THE
 AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, a dog that has  been  trained  to  work  or
 perform  specific tasks for the benefit of such person by a professional
 guide dog, hearing dog or service dog training  center  or  professional
 guide  dog,  hearing  dog  or  service  dog  trainer, or to discriminate
 against such THERAPY DOG, professional guide dog, hearing dog or service
 dog trainer engaged in such training of a dog for use by a person with a

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10456-05-8

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