NY State Senate Bill 2017-S5080B

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Jun 18, 2018	referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1834 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jun 13, 2018	print number 5080b
Jun 13, 2018	amend (t) and recommit to investigations and government operations
Jan 03, 2018	referred to investigations and government operations
Jun 14, 2017	print number 5080a
Jun 14, 2017	amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
Mar 07, 2017	referred to investigations and government operations

Votes

- Jun 18, 2018 - Floor Vote
  S5080B
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 18, 2018
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Mayer
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      excused (1)
      
      Croci
  Jun 18, 2018 - Rules Committee Vote
  S5080B
  
  22
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 18, 2018
      
      aye (22)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Seward
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Griffo
      
      Hannon
      
      Little

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

co-Sponsors

2017-S5080 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7083
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: S6031, A8705
2019-2020: S2705

2017-S5080 - Summary

Relates to therapy dogs for persons with a disability.

2017-S5080 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S5080

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the executive law and the
agriculture and markets law, in relation to therapy dogs and cats for
persons with disabilities

 PURPOSE :

This bill provides that persons with disabilities may not be subjected
to housing discrimination for living with a therapy dog or cat.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1: amends subdivision 21 of section 292 of the executive law
to include that a condition which substantially limits one or more of
a person's major life activities is a disability.

Major life activities include a list of human functions, both
operative and cognitive, as well as bodily functions.

Section 2: amends subdivision of section 296 of the executive law to
include service dogs of any breed and therapy dogs or cats within the
class of animals protected from unlawful discriminatory practices.

Section 3: amends subdivision 26 of section 108 of the agriculture and
markets law to include therapy cats within the existing definition of

therapy dogs and to include personal residences within places therapy
dogs and cats are protected.

Section 4: amends subdivision 1 of section 356 of the executive law to
include housing services, not limited to instances of discrimination,
within the state veterans' service agency's powers and duties to
inform.

Section 5: effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The federal Fair Housing Act (42 USC 3602, et seq) protects persons
with a disability from housing discrimination based on that
disability. While New York State Human Rights Law has recognized many
of these protections, individuals with disabilities, especially
returning veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
(PTSD) who rely on medically-prescribed therapy dogs or cats, are
still being denied housing or are being forced to leave adequate
housing due to the presence of their therapy animal in the home.

Federal and state agencies charged with implementing the Fair Housing
Act (including the NY Attorney General's Civil Rights Bureau, NYS
Division of Human Rights, and U.S. Department of Justice) have
recognized that individuals with therapy and emotional support animals
must be reasonably accommodated. Yet, veterans living with PTS
throughout New York state are targeted for their therapy dogs and cats
and denied otherwise publicly-available housing.

According to a 2011 RAND Corporation study, PTSD or combat-related
depression affects approximately 22 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan
veterans.(1) In another report, according to Veteran's Affairs
facilities, roughly 30 percent of post-9/11 veterans treated at these
medical departments have screened positive for PTSD. (2) Finally, a
Stanford University study projects that in the coming years, upwards
of 35 percent of all veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan will suffer from
PTSD and other mental illnesses following their deployment.(3) These
figures affect people from every part of New York State. This
legislation is in response to concerns raised by a local veterans
services agency regarding the denial of housing-or an eviction based
on the presence of a therapy dog or cat in the home, which is often
utilized in a treatment plan for veterans with PTSD. These local
heroes may then face homelessness or must rely on the nearest VA
hospital for housing until they can find a place that will accommodate
their therapy dog or cat, which provides them with critical therapy
and support.

In order to correct this injustice and close this loophole, this
legislation codifies outlying portions of the federal Fair Housing Act
into New York State law to afford more complete, explicit protections
on not only persons with disabilities, but particularly veterans
suffering from PTSD. After these young men and women serve our
country, it is our duty to protect their right to be safely and
adequately housed when they return home.

(1) http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/technical_reports/2011/
RAND TR920.pdf

(2) http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/benefits/healthcare/
2015/05/10/ptsd-service-dogs-va-perdue/70944650/

(3)
http://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Sen.%20Gillibrand%20
PTSD%20andt20TBIt20Report.pdf

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S5080 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5080
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment 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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10456-01-7

 S. 5080                             2
 
   § 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:
   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.
   § 3. 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:
   26.  "Therapy  dog OR CAT" means any dog OR CAT that is trained to aid
 the emotional and physical health  of  patients  in  hospitals,  nursing
 homes,  retirement homes, PERSONAL RESIDENCES, and other settings and is
 actually used for such purpose, or any dog OR CAT during the period such
 dog OR CAT is being trained or bred for such purpose.
   § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 356 of the executive law is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1. A state veterans' service agency established by the division pursu-
 ant  to this article shall have power and it shall be its duty to inform
 military and naval authorities of the United States and  assist  members
 of  the  armed forces and veterans, who are residents of this state, and
 their families, in relation to (1)  matters  pertaining  to  educational
 training and retraining services and facilities, (2) health, medical and
 rehabilitation services and facilities, (3) provisions of federal, state
 and  local  laws and regulations affording special rights and privileges
 to members of the armed forces and war veterans and their families,  (4)
 employment  and  re-employment  services,  [and]  (5)  HOUSING  SERVICES
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INSTANCES OF DISCRIMINATION, AND (6)  other
 matters  of  similar, related or appropriate nature. The state veterans'
 service agency also shall perform such other duties as may  be  assigned
 by the state director.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2017-S5080A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7083
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: S6031, A8705
2019-2020: S2705

2017-S5080A - Summary

Relates to therapy dogs for persons with a disability.

2017-S5080A - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S5080A

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the executive law and the
agriculture and markets law, in relation to therapy dogs and cats for
persons with disabilities

 PURPOSE :

This bill provides that persons with disabilities may not be subjected
to housing discrimination for living with a therapy dog or cat.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1: amends subdivision of section 296 of the executive law to
include service dogs of any breed and therapy dogs or cats within the
class of animals protected from unlawful discriminatory practices.

Section 2: amends subdivision 26 of section 108 of the agriculture and
markets law to include therapy cats within the existing definition of
therapy dogs and to include personal residences within places therapy
dogs and cats are protected.

Section 3: amends subdivision 1 of section 356 of the executive law to
include housing services, not limited to instances of discrimination,
within the state veterans' service agency's powers and duties to
inform.

Section 4: effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The federal Fair Housing Act (42 USC 3602, et seq) protects persons
with a disability from housing discrimination based on that
disability. While New York State Human Rights Law has recognized many
of these protections, individuals with disabilities, especially
returning veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
(PTSD) who rely on medically-prescribed therapy dogs or cats, are
still being denied housing or are being forced to leave adequate
housing due to the presence of their therapy animal in the home.

Federal and state agencies charged with implementing the Fair Housing
Act (including the NY Attorney General's Civil Rights Bureau, NYS
Division of Human Rights, and U.S. Department of Justice) have
recognized that individuals with therapy and emotional support animals
must be reasonably accommodated. Yet, veterans living with PTS
throughout New York state are targeted for their therapy dogs and cats
and denied otherwise publicly-available housing.

According to a 2011 RAND Corporation study, PTSD or combat-related
depression affects approximately 22 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan
veterans.(1) In another report, according to Veteran's Affairs
facilities, roughly 30 percent of post-9/11 veterans treated at these
medical departments have screened positive for PTSD. (2) Finally, a
Stanford University study projects that in the coming years, upwards
of 35 percent of all veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan will suffer from
PTSD and other mental illnesses following their deployment.(3) These
figures affect people from every part of New York State. This
legislation is in response to concerns raised by a local veterans
services agency regarding the denial of housing-or an eviction based
on the presence of a therapy dog or cat in the home, which is often
utilized in a treatment plan for veterans with PTSD. These local
heroes may then face homelessness or must rely on the nearest VA
hospital for housing until they can find a place that will accommodate
their therapy dog or cat, which provides them with critical therapy
and support.

In order to correct this injustice and close this loophole, this
legislation codifies outlying portions of the federal Fair Housing Act
into New York State law to afford more complete, explicit protections
on not only persons with disabilities, but particularly veterans
suffering from PTSD. After these young men and women serve our
country, it is our duty to protect their right to be safely and
adequately housed when they return home.

(1) http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/technical_reports/2011/
RAND TR920.pdf

(2) http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/benefits/healthcare/
2015/05/10/ptsd-service-dogs-va-perdue/70944650/

(3)
http://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Sen.%20Gillibrand%20
PTSW620andt2OTBIt2OReport.pdf

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately

2017-S5080A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5080--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KENNEDY, HOYLMAN, PERALTA -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi-
   gations  and  Government  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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10456-02-7

 S. 5080--A                          2
 
   § 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:
   26.  "Therapy  dog OR CAT" means any dog OR CAT that is trained to aid
 the emotional and physical health  of  patients  in  hospitals,  nursing
 homes,  retirement homes, PERSONAL RESIDENCES, and other settings and is
 actually used for such purpose, or any dog OR CAT during the period such
 dog OR CAT is being trained or bred for such purpose.
   § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 356 of the executive law is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1. A state veterans' service agency established by the division pursu-
 ant  to this article shall have power and it shall be its duty to inform
 military and naval authorities of the United States and  assist  members
 of  the  armed forces and veterans, who are residents of this state, and
 their families, in relation to (1)  matters  pertaining  to  educational
 training and retraining services and facilities, (2) health, medical and
 rehabilitation services and facilities, (3) provisions of federal, state
 and  local  laws and regulations affording special rights and privileges
 to members of the armed forces and war veterans and their families,  (4)
 employment  and  re-employment  services,  [and]  (5)  HOUSING  SERVICES
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INSTANCES OF DISCRIMINATION, AND (6)  other
 matters  of  similar, related or appropriate nature. The state veterans'
 service agency also shall perform such other duties as may  be  assigned
 by the state director.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2017-S5080B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7083
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: S6031, A8705
2019-2020: S2705

2017-S5080B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to therapy dogs for persons with a disability.

2017-S5080B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5080B

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the executive law and the agriculture
and markets law, in relation to therapy dogs for persons with disabili-
ties

 
PURPOSE:

This bill provides that persons with disabilities may not be subjected
to housing discrimination for living with a therapy dog.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: amends subdivision of section 296 of the executive law to
include service dogs of any breed and therapy dogs within the class of
animals protected from unlawful discriminatory practices.

Section 2: amends subdivision 26 of section 108 of the agriculture and
markets law to include personal residences within places therapy dogs
are protected.

Section 3: amends subdivision 1 of section 356 of the executive law to
include housing services, not limited to instances of discrimination,
within the state veterans' service agency's powers and duties to inform.

Section 4: effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The federal Fair Housing Act (42 USC 3602, et seq) protects persons with
a disability from housing discrimination based on that disability. While
New York State Human Rights Law has recognized many of these
protections, individuals with disabilities, especially returning veter-
ans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.  (PTSD) who rely on
medically-prescribed therapy dogs, are still being denied housing or are
being forced to leave adequate housing due to the presence of their
therapy animal in the home.

Federal and state agencies charged with implementing the Fair Housing
Act (including the NY Attorney General's Civil Rights Bureau, NYS Divi-
sion of Human Rights, and U.S. Department of Justice) have recognized
that individuals with therapy and emotional support animals must be
reasonably accommodated. Yet, veterans living with PTS throughout New
York state are targeted for their therapy dogs and denied otherwise
publicly-available housing.

According to a 2011 RAND Corporation study, PTSD or combat-related
depression affects approximately 22 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan
veterans.(1) In another report, according to Veteran's Affairs facili-
ties, roughly 30 percent of post-9/11 veterans treated at these medical
departments have screened positive for PTSD. (2) Finally, a Stanford
University study projects that in the coming years, upwards of 35
percent of all veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan will suffer from PTSD
and other mental illnesses following their deployment.(3) These figures
affect people from every part of New York State. This legislation is in
response to concerns raised by a local veterans services agency regard-
ing the denial of housing-or an eviction based on the presence of a
therapy dog in the home, which is often utilized in a treatment plan for
veterans with PTSD. These local heroes may then face homelessness or
must rely on the nearest VA hospital for housing until they can find a
place that will accommodate their therapy dog, which provides them with
critical therapy and support.

In order to correct this injustice and close this loophole, this legis-
lation codifies outlying portions of the federal Fair Housing Act into
New York State law to afford more complete, explicit protections on not
only persons with disabilities, but particularly veterans suffering from
PTSD. After these young men and women serve our country, it is our duty
to protect their right to be safely and adequately housed when they
return home.

(1) http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/technical_reports/2011/
RAND TR920.pdf

(2) http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/benefits/healthcare/
2015/05/10/ptsd-service-dogs-va-perdue/70944650/

(3) http://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Sen.%20Gillibrand%20
PTSW620andt2OTBIt2OReport.pdf

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2017-S5080B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5080--B
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KENNEDY, HOYLMAN, PERALTA -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi-
   gations  and  Government  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations  and  Government
   Operations  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- 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 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.

                                                            LBD10456-04-8

 S. 5080--B                          2
 
 disability, whether or not accompanied by the person for whom the dog is
 being trained. THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS OF BREED.
   § 2. Subdivision 26 of section 108 of the agriculture and markets law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  497 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
   26. "Therapy dog" means any dog that is trained to aid  the  emotional
 and  physical health of patients in hospitals, nursing homes, retirement
 homes, PERSONAL RESIDENCES, and other settings and is actually used  for
 such  purpose, or any dog during the period such dog is being trained or
 bred for such purpose, and does not qualify under federal or  state  law
 or regulations as a service dog.
   §  3.  Subdivision 1 of section 356 of the executive law is amended to
 read as follows:
   1. A state veterans' service agency established by the division pursu-
 ant to this article shall have power and it shall be its duty to  inform
 military  and  naval authorities of the United States and assist members
 of the armed forces and veterans, who are residents of this  state,  and
 their  families,  in  relation  to (1) matters pertaining to educational
 training and retraining services and facilities, (2) health, medical and
 rehabilitation services and facilities, (3) provisions of federal, state
 and local laws and regulations affording special rights  and  privileges
 to  members of the armed forces and war veterans and their families, (4)
 employment  and  re-employment  services,  [and]  (5)  HOUSING  SERVICES
 INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO INSTANCES OF DISCRIMINATION, AND (6) other
 matters of similar, related or appropriate nature. The  state  veterans'
 service  agency  also shall perform such other duties as may be assigned
 by the state director.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S5080B

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Jun 18, 2018 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 18, 2018

Jun 18, 2018 - Rules Committee Vote

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Timothy M. Kennedy

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

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co-Sponsors

Brad Hoylman-Sigal

Jose Peralta

2017-S5080 - Details

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2017-S5080 - Sponsor Memo

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Brad Hoylman-Sigal

Jose Peralta

2017-S5080A - Details

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Brad Hoylman-Sigal

Jose Peralta

2017-S5080B (ACTIVE) - Details

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