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Senate Bill S3432

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to providing for multi-formatted services menus for the cognitively impaired on websites operated by certain state agencies

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2025-S3432 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2213
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §170-i, Exec L; amd §103, St Tech L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8708
2017-2018: S7136, A207
2019-2020: S2485, A1445
2021-2022: S2613, A6284
2023-2024: S3248, A2835

2025-S3432 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing for multi-formatted services menus for the cognitively impaired on websites operated by certain state agencies; includes the department of health, office for people with developmental disabilities and the office of mental health.

2025-S3432 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3432 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3432
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 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-i
 to read as follows:
   § 170-I. 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. Section 103 of the state technology law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 26 to read as follows:
   26.  TO  ADVISE  AND  ASSIST  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE OFFICE FOR
 PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND THE OFFICE OF  MENTAL  HEALTH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05031-01-5

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