Senate Bill S2705

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to therapy dogs and cats for persons with a disability

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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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2019-S2705 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§292, 296 & 356, Exec L; amd §108, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6031
2017-2018: S5080

2019-S2705 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to therapy dogs and cats for persons with a disability.

2019-S2705 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2705 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2705
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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.
                                                            LBD03679-01-9
              

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