STATE OF NEW YORK
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10024
IN SENATE
April 22, 2026
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Introduced by Sens. MARTINEZ, ASHBY -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to adding spina
bifida 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. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 22 of
2 section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 114 of the
3 laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
4 (1) is attributable to intellectual disability, cerebral palsy,
5 epilepsy, neurological impairment, familial dysautonomia, Prader-Willi
6 syndrome, spina bifida or autism;
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06661-01-5
