Ensures that the office of mental health and the office for people with developmental disabilities provide materials to individuals in English and the top six languages spoken in the state.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6526
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 17, 2025
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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:
1 Section 1. Section 7.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
3 (i) The office shall provide all materials, including but not limited
4 to, documents, instructions, applications and forms, in English and the
5 six most common non-English languages spoken by individuals with limit-
6 ed-English proficiency in the state of New York, based on United States
7 census data.
8 § 2. Section 13.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a
9 new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
10 (f) The office shall provide all materials, including but not limited
11 to, documents, instructions, applications and forms, in English and the
12 six most common non-English languages spoken by individuals with limit-
13 ed-English proficiency in the state of New York, based on United States
14 census data.
15 § 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
