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                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                                   I N  S E N A T E

                                      (PREFILED)

                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MORAHAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
         mental 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:

    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision 22 of section 1.03 of the
    2  mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 255 of the laws  of  2002,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    (d)  constitutes  a  substantial  handicap to such person's ability to
    5  function normally in society OR RESULTS IN AN INABILITY TO ENGAGE IN ANY
    6  SUBSTANTIAL GAINFUL ACTIVITY BY REASON OF THE  DISABILITY  DESCRIBED  IN
    7  SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OR TWO OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02559-01-9