NY State Senate Bill 2019-S7028

Senate Bill S7028

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to ensuring that the offices of mental health and people with developmental disabilities provide materials to individuals in different languages

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Jan 08, 2020	referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

2019-S7028 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Law Section:: Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§7.07 & 13.07, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S4829
2023-2024: S2925

2019-S7028 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Ensures that the office of mental health and the office for people with developmental disabilities provide materials to individuals in English and the top six languages spoken in the state.

2019-S7028 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7028

SPONSOR: CARLUCCI
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to ensuring that the
office of mental health and the office for people with developmental
disabilities provide materials to individuals in different languages

 
PURPOSE:

To require the Office for Mental Health and the Office for People With
Developmental Disabilities to have materials printed in English and
other different languages.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 - The Office of Mental Health shall provide all materials,
including but not limited to, documents, instructions, applications and
forms, in English and the six most common non-English languages spoken
by individuals with limited-English proficiency in the state of New

York, based on United States census data.

Section 2 - The Office of People With Developmental Disabilities shall
provide all materials, including but not limited to, documents,
instructions, applications and forms, in English and the six most common
non-English languages spoken by individuals with limited-English profi-
ciency in the state of New York, based on United States census data.

Section 3 - Effective Date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Because the need for information regarding OMH & OPWDD programs,
services and material spans various demographics, the forms and applica-
tions necessary for compliance should be made available in multiple
languages, including English, and the six most common non-English
languages spoken by individuals with limited-English proficiency in the
state of New York, based on United States census data.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Legislation.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S7028 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7028
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
   mental Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to ensuring that the
   office of mental health and the office for people  with  developmental
   disabilities provide materials to individuals in different languages
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 7.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision (h) to read as follows:
   (H) THE OFFICE SHALL PROVIDE ALL MATERIALS, INCLUDING BUT NOT  LIMITED
 TO,  DOCUMENTS, INSTRUCTIONS, APPLICATIONS AND FORMS, IN ENGLISH AND THE
 SIX MOST COMMON NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY INDIVIDUALS WITH  LIMIT-
 ED-ENGLISH  PROFICIENCY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BASED ON UNITED STATES
 CENSUS DATA.
   § 2. Section 13.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
   (F)  THE OFFICE SHALL PROVIDE ALL MATERIALS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO, DOCUMENTS, INSTRUCTIONS, APPLICATIONS AND FORMS, IN ENGLISH AND  THE
 SIX  MOST COMMON NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMIT-
 ED-ENGLISH PROFICIENCY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BASED ON UNITED  STATES
 CENSUS DATA.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14470-01-9

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