| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2025 |
referred to mental health |
Senate Bill S6526
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 30th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health Committee
Actions
2025-S6526 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Mental Health
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§7.07 & 13.07, Ment Hyg L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2019-2020:
S7028
2021-2022: S4829
2023-2024: S2925
2025-S6526 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6526
SPONSOR: CLEARE
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to ensuring that the
office of mental health and the office for people with developmental
disabilities provide materials to individuals in different languages
PURPOSE::
To require the Office for Mental Health and the Office for People With
Developmental Disabilities to have materials printed in English as well
as other languages.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::
Section 1 amends section 7.07 of the mental hygiene law by requiring The
Office of Mental Health to provide all materials, including documents,
instructions, applications, and forms, in English and also in the six
most common non-English languages in the state of New York, as deter-
mined by United States census data.
2025-S6526 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6526
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 17, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 ensuring that the
office of mental health and the office for people with developmental
disabilities provide materials to individuals in different languages
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 7.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
a new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
(I) THE OFFICE SHALL PROVIDE ALL MATERIALS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, DOCUMENTS, INSTRUCTIONS, APPLICATIONS AND FORMS, IN ENGLISH AND THE
SIX MOST COMMON NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMIT-
ED-ENGLISH PROFICIENCY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BASED ON UNITED STATES
CENSUS DATA.
§ 2. Section 13.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a
new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
(F) THE OFFICE SHALL PROVIDE ALL MATERIALS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, DOCUMENTS, INSTRUCTIONS, APPLICATIONS AND FORMS, IN ENGLISH AND THE
SIX MOST COMMON NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMIT-
ED-ENGLISH PROFICIENCY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BASED ON UNITED STATES
CENSUS DATA.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11035-01-5
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