S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2835
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 27, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law and the state technology law, in
relation to providing for multi-formatted services menus for the
cognitively impaired on websites operated by certain state agencies
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-g
to read as follows:
§ 170-G. MULTI-FORMATTED SERVICES MENUS FOR THE COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISA-
BILITIES AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH SHALL DEVELOP, WITH THE ASSIST-
ANCE OF THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, MULTI-FORMATTED
SERVICES MENUS FOR PERSONS WHO SUFFER FROM A DISABILITY ARISING FROM A
COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, WHICH SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE FROM THE HOME PAGE OF
SUCH WEBSITE. SUCH SERVICES MENUS SHALL INCLUDE A COMPLETE LIST OF
AVAILABLE SERVICES FROM EACH SUCH AGENCY IN THE FOLLOWING FORMATS:
1. CHARTS AND GRAPHS FOR VISUAL LEARNERS;
2. DYNAMIC FLOWCHARTS FOR VISUAL THINKERS. SUCH FLOWCHARTS SHALL:
(A) MATCH THE WEBSITE VISITOR TO THE AREAS MOST CLOSELY RELATED TO
SUCH WEBSITE VISITOR'S INQUIRY BY ASKING THE WEBSITE VISITOR INDIVIDUAL
QUESTIONS AND THEN PRODUCING RESPONSES IN LOGICAL SEQUENCE; AND
(B) ALLOW WEBSITE VISITORS TO REVISE THEIR ANSWERS AT ANY POINT IN
ORDER TO BE PROMPTED TO THE NEXT MENU; AND
3. VIDEOS FOR AUDITORY LEARNERS. SUCH VIDEOS SHALL INCLUDE CLOSED
CAPTIONS AND A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF SUCH VIDEOS FOR REVIEW OF REFERENCES
OR INFORMATION MENTIONED IN SUCH VIDEOS.
§ 2. Subdivisions 21 and 22 of section 103 of the state technology law
are renumbered subdivisions 22 and 23, and a new subdivision 21 is added
to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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21. TO ADVISE AND ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE OFFICE FOR
PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH
IN DEVELOPING MULTI-FORMATTED SERVICES MENUS FOR PERSONS WHO SUFFER FROM
A DISABILITY ARISING FROM A COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE
HUNDRED SEVENTY-G OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however that the provisions of
section two of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
same manner as chapter 658 of the laws of 2022, takes effect.