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Assembly Bill A7331

Signed By Governor

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to clarifying that reasonable accomodation to enable a person with a disability to use and enjoy a dwelling includes the use of an animal to alleviate the symptoms or effects of a disability

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2019-A7331 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6172
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §296, Exec L

2019-A7331 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to clarifying that reasonable accommodation to enable a person with a disability to use and enjoy a dwelling includes the use of an animal to alleviate the symptoms or effects of a disability.

2019-A7331 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7331
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 23, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. DILAN, TITUS -- (at request of the Division of
   Human Rights) -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Govern-
   mental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law,  in relation to clarifying that
   reasonable accommodation to enable a person with a disability  to  use
   and  enjoy  a  dwelling includes the use of an animal to alleviate the
   symptoms or effects of a disability
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  2  of  paragraph  (d) of subdivision 2-a of
 section 296 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 196 of the  laws
 of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  To  refuse  to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies,
 practices, or services, when such accommodations  may  be  necessary  to
 afford  a  person with a disability equal opportunity to use and enjoy a
 dwelling, INCLUDING THE USE OF AN ANIMAL AS A  REASONABLE  ACCOMMODATION
 TO  ALLEVIATE SYMPTOMS OR EFFECTS OF A DISABILITY, AND including reason-
 able modification to common use portions of the dwelling, or
   § 2. Paragraph 2 of subdivision 18 of section  296  of  the  executive
 law,  as  amended by chapter 196 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (2) To refuse to make reasonable accommodations  in  rules,  policies,
 practices,  or  services,  when  such accommodations may be necessary to
 afford said person with a disability equal opportunity to use and  enjoy
 a dwelling, INCLUDING THE USE OF AN ANIMAL AS A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
 TO  ALLEVIATE SYMPTOMS OR EFFECTS OF A DISABILITY, AND including reason-
 able modification to common use portions of the dwelling, or
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09281-01-9

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