Assembly Bill A11614

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   11614
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 29, 2026
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Santabar-
   bara) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing  the  New
   York state take me home program
 
   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
 837-f-3 to read as follows:
   § 837-F-3. NEW  YORK  STATE  TAKE  ME HOME PROGRAM. 1. THERE IS HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE DIVISION THE NEW YORK STATE TAKE ME HOME PROGRAM.
   2. THE DIVISION SHALL CREATE A SECURE, VOLUNTARY  STATEWIDE  EMERGENCY
 INFORMATION  REGISTRY  TO  ALLOW PARTICIPANTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO, PARENTS, LEGAL GUARDIANS AND CAREGIVERS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT
 INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE AT INCREASED RISK OF WANDERING, BECOMING LOST  OR
 HAVING DIFFICULTY COMMUNICATING DURING AN EMERGENCY, BEFORE AN EMERGENCY
 OCCURS.  PARTICIPANTS MAY VOLUNTARILY PROVIDE INFORMATION TO SUCH REGIS-
 TRY THAT MAY ASSIST FIRST RESPONDERS TO LOCATE AND ASSIST SUCH  INDIVID-
 UALS  IN  THE  CASE  OF AN EMERGENCY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT SUCH INDIVIDUALS:
   (A) RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS;
   (B) PHYSICAL DESCRIPTIONS;
   (C) EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION;
   (D) COMMUNICATION METHODS OR LIMITATIONS;
   (E) MEDICAL CONSIDERATIONS;
   (F) BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS;
   (G) SENSORY SENSITIVITIES;
   (H) INFORMATION REGARDING A HISTORY OF WANDERING OR BECOMING LOST;
   (I) PLACES FREQUENTLY VISITED; AND
   (J) OTHER INFORMATION THAT MAY ASSIST FIRST RESPONDERS DURING AN EMER-
 GENCY.
   3. INFORMATION PROVIDED TO SUCH REGISTRY SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE  ONLY  TO
 AUTHORIZED  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  PERSONNEL, EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS AND OTHER
 AUTHORIZED FIRST RESPONDERS RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY OR MISSING PERSON
 INVESTIGATION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   4. PARTICIPANT INFORMATION SHALL REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL.
   5.  THE DIVISION SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR PARTICIPANT ENROLLMENT
 IN SUCH PROGRAM, AND FOR UPDATES, CORRECTION AND REMOVAL OF  INFORMATION
 PROVIDED  TO  SUCH REGISTRY, AND SHALL ESTABLISH STANDARDS GOVERNING THE
 ADMINISTRATION, SECURITY, CONFIDENTIALITY  AND  AUTHORIZED  USE  OF  THE
 PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROVIDED.
   §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law.