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A06710 Summary:
BILL NO | A06710B |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S01852-B |
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SPONSOR | Zebrowski |
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COSPNSR | Quart, Barron, Lupardo, Solages, Simon, Dinowitz, Gunther, Montesano, Ra, Abinanti, Mamdani, Zinerman, Dickens, McDonald, Colton, Otis, Rosenthal L, Santabarbara, Mitaynes, Angelino |
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MLTSPNSR | Hevesi |
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Add Art 26-C §§755 - 759, rpld §559, Exec L; amd §491, Soc Serv L | |
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Establishes the commission of the deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing; requires the commission of the deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing to transmit complaints in matters affecting the deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing communities to the vulnerable persons' central register; repeals provisions relating to the New York state interagency coordinating council for services to persons who are deaf, deaf-blind, or hard of hearing. |
A06710 Actions:
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03/26/2021 | referred to governmental operations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/05/2022 | referred to governmental operations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/18/2022 | amend (t) and recommit to governmental operations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/18/2022 | print number 6710a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/20/2022 | amend (t) and recommit to governmental operations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/20/2022 | print number 6710b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/26/2022 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/03/2022 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/03/2022 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/03/2022 | rules report cal.93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/03/2022 | ordered to third reading rules cal.93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/04/2022 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/04/2022 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/04/2022 | REFERRED TO FINANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/01/2022 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S1852B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/01/2022 | 3RD READING CAL.1740 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/01/2022 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/01/2022 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/22/2022 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/23/2022 | vetoed memo.54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/23/2022 | tabled |
A06710 Committee Votes:
Zebrowski | Aye | Lawler | Aye | ||||||
Galef | Aye | Goodell | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Lalor | Aye | ||||||
Kim | Aye | Byrne | Aye | ||||||
Bichotte Hermel | Aye | ||||||||
Hyndman | Aye | ||||||||
Williams | Aye | ||||||||
Epstein | Aye | ||||||||
Wallace | Aye | ||||||||
Meeks | Aye | ||||||||
Heastie | Excused | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Gottfried | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Ra | Excused | ||||||
Aubry | Aye | Brabenec | Aye | ||||||
Englebright | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Colton | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Paulin | Aye | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
Lupardo | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Thiele | Aye | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
Dickens | Aye | ||||||||
Davila | Aye | ||||||||
Hyndman | Aye | ||||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Ra | Excused | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Fitzpatrick | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Excused | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Colton | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Cahill | Aye | Brabenec | Aye | ||||||
Aubry | Aye | Palmesano | Aye | ||||||
Cusick | Aye | Byrne | Aye | ||||||
Benedetto | Aye | Ashby | Aye | ||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Ramos | Aye | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
McDonald | Aye | ||||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Joyner | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Bronson | Aye | ||||||||
Dilan | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Hyndman | Aye | ||||||||
Walker | Aye | ||||||||
Bichotte Hermel | Excused | ||||||||
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A06710 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Clark
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Colton
ER
Frontus
Yes
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Smith
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Solages
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Gallahan
Yes
Lawler
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Steck
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cunningham
Yes
Gandolfo
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Gibbs
Yes
Lucas
Yes
Quart
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Ra
Yes
Tague
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Darling
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Davila
Yes
Glick
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tapia
ER
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
De Los Santos
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Rivera JD
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brown E
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Brown K
Yes
Durso
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Burke
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Williams
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Byrne
ER
Fall
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Niou
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Jensen
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Jones
Yes
Norris
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Joyner
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Simon
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A06710 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6710--B 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 26, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, QUART, LUPARDO, SOLAGES, SIMON, DINOW- ITZ, GUNTHER, MONTESANO, RA, ABINANTI, MAMDANI, ZINERMAN, DICKENS, McDONALD -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Operations in accordance with Assem- bly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the commission of the deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing; to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring the commission of the deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing to transmit complaints in matters affecting the deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing communities to the vulnerable persons' central register; and to repeal section 559 of the executive law relating to the New York state interagency coordinating council for services to persons who are deaf, deaf-blind, or hard of hearing The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 26-C 2 to read as follows: 3 ARTICLE 26-C 4 COMMISSION OF THE DEAF, DEAFBLIND AND HARD OF HEARING 5 Section 755. Definitions. 6 756. Commission of the deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing. 7 757. Executive director. 8 758. Membership of the commission. 9 759. Powers and duties of the commission. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05522-10-2A. 6710--B 2 1 § 755. Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and 2 terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section: 3 1. "deaf" shall mean a person who has profound hearing loss and who 4 primarily relies on visual communication, such as sign language, writ- 5 ing, lip reading, and gestures, which may be used exclusively or in 6 combination, or who communicates orally and use sign language to support 7 their understanding of the spoken language; 8 2. "deafblind" shall mean a person with varying degrees of combined 9 hearing and vision loss; and 10 3. "hard of hearing" shall mean a person with measurable hearing loss. 11 § 756. Commission of the deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing. There is 12 hereby established the "commission of the deaf, deafblind and hard of 13 hearing". 14 § 757. Executive director. The governor shall appoint, at the recom- 15 mendation of the commission, an executive director of the commission who 16 shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The executive director 17 shall receive an annual salary fixed by the governor within the amounts 18 appropriated specifically therefor and shall be entitled to reimburse- 19 ment for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of their 20 official duties. The executive director shall assist the commission in 21 carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the commission. 22 § 758. Membership of the commission. 1. The commission shall be 23 comprised of nine voting members and three non-voting members. All 24 members must be New York residents. 25 (a) Five members of the commission shall be appointed by the gover- 26 nor in the following manner: 27 (i) three members, one whom is deaf, one whom is deafblind and one 28 whom is hard of hearing; 29 (ii) a licensed audiologist pursuant to article one hundred fifty-nine 30 of the education law; and 31 (iii) a representative of a state-supported school for the instruction 32 of students who are deaf, deafblind or hard of hearing. 33 (b) One member of the commission shall be appointed by the temporary 34 president of the senate. Such member shall be hard of hearing. 35 (c) One member of the commission shall be appointed by the speaker of 36 the assembly. Such member shall be deaf. 37 (d) One member of the commission shall be appointed by the minority 38 leader of the senate. Such member shall be deafblind. 39 (e) One member of the commission shall be appointed by the minority 40 leader of the assembly. Such member shall be a parent of a child who is 41 deaf, deafblind or hard of hearing. 42 (f) The executive director of the commission of the deaf, deafblind 43 and hard of hearing shall be a non-voting, ex-officio member of the 44 commission. 45 (g) The members of the commission shall appoint two non-voting members 46 of the commission, one whom shall be a qualified sign language inter- 47 preter and one whom shall be a qualified real-time captioning provider. 48 2. The identification and selection of candidates for appointments 49 shall be done, to the greatest extent possible, in consultation with 50 organizations and individuals representing the deaf, deafblind and hard 51 of hearing communities. 52 3. The members of the commission shall serve terms of three 53 years. Subsequent appointments upon the expiration of such terms shall 54 be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. The members 55 of the commission shall elect one of their members to serve as chair-A. 6710--B 3 1 person during his or her appointment term or for a period of three 2 years, whichever is shorter. 3 4. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but 4 shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the 5 performance of their duties. 6 5. The commission shall meet at least four times per year. The 7 meetings shall be made accessible to the deaf, deafblind and hard of 8 hearing communities. A majority of the voting membership of the commis- 9 sion shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of commission 10 business. Action may be taken and motions and resolutions adopted by 11 the commission at any meeting thereof by the affirmative vote of five 12 members of the commission. 13 § 759. Powers and duties of the commission. 1. The commission shall 14 advise the governor and the legislature on how the state can effectively 15 meet the needs of the deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing communities. 16 2. The duties and responsibilities of the commission are to: 17 (a) create a statewide plan, including annual updates, to deliver 18 coordinated services and programs to persons who are deaf, deafblind and 19 hard of hearing in a manner that best serves their needs including but 20 not limited to accessibility, educational, medical, housing, and employ- 21 ment services. The commission shall coordinate with other state agen- 22 cies, and the Commission for the Blind, as appropriate, when creating 23 their state plan to deliver coordinated services and programs; 24 (b) develop a process to collect and maintain data on the number of 25 deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing individuals in New York state; 26 (c) regularly maintain a website that serves as a clearinghouse of 27 information, resources and services for persons who are deaf, deafblind 28 and hard of hearing; 29 (d) create a referral system that receives complaints in matters 30 affecting the deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing communities and refers 31 such complaints to the appropriate agencies or organizations if neces- 32 sary or appropriate, provided however, if such complaint is a reportable 33 incident pursuant to article eleven of the social services law, it shall 34 be forwarded to the vulnerable persons' central register or if such 35 complaint is a criminal matter, it shall be forwarded to the appropriate 36 law enforcement agency; 37 (e) coordinate with federal, state and local agencies to improve 38 access to public safety and emergency services; 39 (f) develop strategies to increase employment opportunities for deaf, 40 deafblind and hard of hearing individuals including, but not limited to, 41 job training and career development services; 42 (g) develop and recommend policies to the governor and legislature as 43 deemed necessary to assist the deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing 44 communities; 45 (h) develop a model policy on interpreter and captioning services 46 including methods to increase access to such services and licensing of 47 qualified interpreters and captioners; 48 (i) provide technical assistance to state agencies and departments, 49 local governments, agencies or other non-governmental entities on devel- 50 oping policies, providing services and increasing accessibility for the 51 deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing communities; 52 (j) improve and expand access to assistive technology including but 53 not limited to, relay services, closed captioning, open captioning, 54 hearing loops, telecommunication devices, transcription services, alter- 55 native text or other communication services;A. 6710--B 4 1 (k) coordinate with the department of state regarding access to hear- 2 ing aids and other associated resources; and 3 (l) develop public awareness materials and resources on hearing pres- 4 ervation and hearing loss prevention. 5 3. Subject to an appropriation by the legislature, the commission may 6 hire personnel or enter into contracts deemed necessary to carry out the 7 duties and responsibilities of the commission. 8 4. The commission shall submit an annual report to the governor and 9 legislature detailing the operation and actions of the commission 10 including but not limited to the development and implementation of the 11 statewide plan, policy recommendations, and actions taken in conjunction 12 with state or local agencies. The initial report shall be submitted on 13 September first, two thousand twenty-three, with subsequent reports 14 annually thereafter. 15 § 2. Section 559 of the executive law is REPEALED. 16 § 3. Section 491 of the social services law is amended by adding a new 17 subdivision 6 to read as follows: 18 6. The commission of the deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing estab- 19 lished pursuant to article twenty-six-C of the executive law shall be 20 responsible for transmitting complaints in matters affecting the deaf, 21 deafblind and hard of hearing communities to the vulnerable persons' 22 central register, as appropriate, where such complaints involve allega- 23 tions of reportable incidents pursuant to this section. 24 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 25 it shall have become a law.