senate Bill S7672

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to adding fetal alcohol spectrum disorders to the definition of developmental disability

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Current Bill Status - Passed Senate

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
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  • Delivered to Governor
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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 16, 2022 referred to ways and means
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Feb 28, 2022 advanced to third reading
Feb 17, 2022 2nd report cal.
Feb 16, 2022 1st report cal.532
Jan 06, 2022 referred to mental health

Votes

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May 16, 2022 - floor Vote

S7672
61
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floor
61
Aye
0
Nay
0
Absent
2
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: May 16, 2022

aye (61)
excused (2)

Feb 16, 2022 - Mental Health committee Vote

S7672
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committee
7
Aye
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Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Mental Health Committee Vote: Feb 16, 2022

aye (7)

S7672 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9096
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1.03, Ment Hyg L

S7672 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds fetal alcohol spectrum disorders to the definition of developmental disability.

S7672 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S7672 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7672
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to  amend the mental hygiene law, in  relation  to  adding  fetal
   alcohol  spectrum disorders   to the definition of developmental disa-
   bility
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  1  of  paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 22 of
 section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 114 of the
 laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  is  attributable  to  intellectual  disability,  cerebral  palsy,
 epilepsy,  neurological  impairment, familial dysautonomia, Prader-Willi
 syndrome, FETAL  ALCOHOL  SPECTRUM  DISORDERS  INCLUDING  FETAL  ALCOHOL
 SYNDROME,  PARTIAL  FETAL  ALCOHOL  SYNDROME (PFAS), AND ALCOHOL-RELATED
 NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER (ARND), or autism;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13909-02-1

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