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A03363 Summary:

BILL NOA03363
 
SAME ASSAME AS S06224
 
SPONSORLavine
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §559, Exec L
 
Requires the state interagency coordinating council for services to persons who are deaf, deaf-blind, or hard of hearing to develop and implement a training program to educate first responders on effective communication with deaf and hard of hearing individuals in emergency situations.
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A03363 Actions:

BILL NOA03363
 
01/27/2025referred to governmental operations
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A03363 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3363
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 27, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the state
          interagency coordinating council for services to persons who are deaf,
          deaf-blind, or hard of hearing to develop  and  implement  a  training
          program  to  educate  first responders on effective communication with
          deaf and hard of hearing individuals in emergency situations
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "deaf and hard of hearing emergency communications act".
     3    § 2. Section 559 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     4  subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     5    6.  The state interagency coordinating council for services to persons
     6  who are deaf, deaf-blind, or hard of  hearing  shall,  in  collaboration
     7  with  the  department  of  health, develop and implement a comprehensive
     8  language access training  program  for  first  responders,  designed  to
     9  educate  first  responders on strategies to communicate effectively with
    10  deaf and hard of hearing individuals in emergency situations.  In  addi-
    11  tion  to  developing  and  implementing  such  language  access training
    12  program, the state interagency coordinating council shall:
    13    (a) create and distribute informational materials, including  but  not
    14  limited  to brochures or pamphlets, to educate the general public on how
    15  to communicate effectively with deaf and  hard  of  hearing  individuals
    16  during emergencies;
    17    (b)  establish  a system to allow deaf and hard of hearing individuals
    18  to provide feedback on their experiences with first  responders  and  to
    19  suggest potential improvements to the language access training program;
    20    (c)  conduct  regular  reviews and evaluations of the effectiveness of
    21  the language access training program for first responders and any neces-
    22  sary changes to the program to ensure its ongoing improvement;
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05044-01-5

        A. 3363                             2
 
     1    (d) develop and implement a system for tracking and documenting  inci-
     2  dents involving deaf and hard of hearing individuals to identify trends,
     3  challenges, and areas for improvement; and
     4    (e)  establish a protocol for dispatch centers to efficiently identify
     5  and relay information about a  deaf  or  hard  of  hearing  individual's
     6  communication preferences to responding first responders.
     7    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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