Assembly Bill A10012

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   10012
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2022
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 Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the banking law, the general business law, the social
   services law and the insurance law, in relation to  a  braille  option
   for all identifications cards
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The banking law is amended by adding a  new  section  3  to
 read as follows:
   §  3.  BRAILLE OPTION FOR ALL IDENTIFICATION CARDS. ANY AND ALL FINAN-
 CIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ISSUE DEBIT, CREDIT OR OTHER IDENTIFICATION CARDS
 SHALL, UPON REQUEST, SUPPLY A CUSTOMER WITH A CARD THAT HAS  EITHER  ALL
 INFORMATION WRITTEN IN BRAILLE OR IN BOTH BRAILLE AND PRINT.
   § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 397-b
 to read as follows:
   §  397-B.  BRAILLE  OPTION  FOR  ALL IDENTIFICATION CARDS. ANY AND ALL
 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ISSUE DEBIT, CREDIT, HEALTH OR  OTHER  IDEN-
 TIFICATION CARDS SHALL, UPON REQUEST, SUPPLY A CUSTOMER WITH A CARD THAT
 HAS  EITHER  ALL  INFORMATION  WRITTEN IN BRAILLE OR IN BOTH BRAILLE AND
 PRINT.
   § 3. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 24  to
 read as follows:
   §  24. BRAILLE OPTION FOR ALL IDENTIFICATION CARDS. ANY AND ALL CARDS,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO IDENTIFICATION CARDS ISSUED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT SHALL, UPON REQUEST, SUPPLY AN INDIVIDUAL  WITH  A  CARD  THAT  HAS
 EITHER ALL INFORMATION WRITTEN IN BRAILLE OR IN BOTH BRAILLE AND PRINT.
   §  4. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 313 to read
 as follows:
   § 313. BRAILLE OPTION FOR ALL IDENTIFICATION CARDS. ANY AND ALL INSTI-
 TUTIONS THAT ISSUE HEALTH OR  OTHER  IDENTIFICATION  CARDS  SHALL,  UPON
 REQUEST,  SUPPLY  A CUSTOMER WITH A CARD THAT HAS EITHER ALL INFORMATION
 WRITTEN IN BRAILLE OR IN BOTH BRAILLE AND PRINT.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08659-01-1