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Assembly Bill A3548

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Amends the definition of "developmental disability"

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2025-A3548 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3996
Current Committee:
Assembly People With Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1.03, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S186
2011-2012: S3431
2013-2014: S3232
2015-2016: S2767
2017-2018: S3623
2019-2020: S4607
2021-2022: S5016
2023-2024: A9913, S5273

2025-A3548 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the definition of "developmental disability" to include an inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of the disability.

2025-A3548 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3548
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on People with Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the definition of
   "developmental disability"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision 22 of section 1.03 of the
 mental hygiene law, as amended by section 4 of part MM of chapter 58  of
 the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (d)  constitutes  a  substantial  handicap to such person's ability to
 function normally in society OR RESULTS IN AN INABILITY TO ENGAGE IN ANY
 SUBSTANTIAL GAINFUL ACTIVITY BY REASON OF THE  DISABILITY  DESCRIBED  IN
 SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OR TWO OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06709-01-5

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