Requires the developmental disabilities advisory council to submit an annual report to the governor, temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on the activities of the council, and to make such report public.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7793
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 6, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- 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 requiring the
developmental disabilities advisory council to submit an annual report
on the activities of the council
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 13.05 of the mental hygiene law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision (h) to read as follows:
3 (h) The developmental disabilities advisory council shall submit a
4 report yearly to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and
5 the speaker of the assembly on the activities of the council. Such
6 report shall be delivered by the thirty-first of December of each calen-
7 dar year and shall be posted to the department's website. Such report
8 shall include, at minimum:
9 1. actions taken to foster public understanding and acceptance of
10 developmental disabilities;
11 2. recommendations made to the commissioner related to statewide
12 priorities and goals for services for individuals with developmental
13 disabilities, and the implementation of the statewide comprehensive plan
14 as required under section 5.07 of this chapter; and
15 3. any other actions taken by the council related to their duties.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11241-03-5
