Assembly Bill A7836

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring certain residential facilities provide free internet access to certain residents

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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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2021-A7836 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4545
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §16.39, Ment Hyg L

2021-A7836 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires voluntary and state-run residential facilities provide free internet access to residents who are developmentally disabled.

2021-A7836 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7836
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 26, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on People with Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring certain
   residential  facilities  provide free internet access to certain resi-
   dents
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
 16.39 to read as follows:
 §  16.39 RESIDENTIAL FACILITY INTERNET SERVICE.
   (A) EVERY PROVIDER OF SERVICES HOLDING AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE FOR  A
 RESIDENTIAL FACILITY FOR THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS WITH DEVELOP-
 MENTAL  DISABILITIES,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO FAMILY CARE HOMES,
 SHALL PROVIDE UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS TO  HIGH  QUALITY  INTERNET  SERVICE,
 INCLUDING  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO PROVIDING A WIRELESS NETWORK FOR PERSONAL
 DEVICES, TO ALL RESIDENTS  OF  THE  FACILITY  RECEIVING  SERVICES.  SUCH
 CERTIFIED  RESIDENTIAL FACILITY SHALL NOT IMPOSE ANY FEE RELATED TO SUCH
 INTERNET ACCESS, THE WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY, OR THE USE OF ANY DEVICE  TO
 RECEIVE  OR  PROVIDE  INTERNET ACCESS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 THE TERM "HIGH QUALITY INTERNET SERVICE" MEANS AN  INTERNET  SERVICE  OF
 THE  CURRENT  INDUSTRY  STANDARD  OR  AT  LEAST ONE HUNDRED MEGABITS PER
 SECOND DOWNLOAD SPEED AND AT LEAST TEN MEGABITS PER SECOND UPLOAD SPEED,
 WHICHEVER IS HIGHER, OR WHERE SUCH SPEEDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE, THE COMMER-
 CIALLY AVAILABLE INTERNET SERVICE PLAN WITH  THE  MAXIMUM  DOWNLOAD  AND
 UPLOAD  SPEEDS.  THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY IN
 GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS IN WHICH THERE IS LIMITED OR NO ACCESS TO HIGH QUALI-
 TY INTERNET SERVICE, UPON APPROVAL BY THE COMMISSIONER OR THEIR DELEGEE,
 NOR SHALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION APPLY IN  CASES  WHERE  A
 RESIDENT'S TREATMENT TEAM HAS DETERMINED THAT SUCH INTERNET ACCESS WOULD
 NOT BE CLINICALLY APPROPRIATE FOR THAT RESIDENT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08586-04-1

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