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A06865 Summary:

A06865 Actions:

A06865 Committee Votes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS   Chair:Peoples-Stokes      
DATE:04/25/2017AYE/NAY:10/3  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Johns
Aye
Galef
Aye
Goodell
Nay
Benedetto
Aye
Lalor
Nay
Glick
Aye
Byrne
Nay
Kim
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Bichotte
Aye
Blake
Excused
Hyndman
Aye
Lentol
Aye

Committee:CODES   Chair:Lentol      
DATE:05/02/2017AYE/NAY:20/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Lentol
Aye
Graf
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Giglio
Excused
Weinstein
Aye
McKevitt
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Cook
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Titus
Aye
O'Donnell
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Perry
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Mosley
Aye
Hevesi
Excused
Fahy
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Farrell      
DATE:05/16/2017AYE/NAY:25/8  Action: Favorable         
Farrell
Aye
Oaks
Nay
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Nay
Schimminger
Aye
Barclay
Nay
Gantt
Excused
Fitzpatrick
Nay
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Nay
Glick
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Walter
Nay
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Nay
Perry
Aye
Curran
Nay
Colton
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cook
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Moya
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Excused
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye

A06865 Floor Votes:

A06865 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6865
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 22, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. WEPRIN, CUSICK, BENEDETTO, KAVANAGH, ABINANTI --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FARRELL, PERRY, TITONE -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring counties  to
          maintain  a confidential registry of people of all ages with disabili-
          ties for evacuation and sheltering during disasters
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Section 23-a of the executive law, as added by chapter 658
     2  of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 23-a. [County] Confidential county registry  of  [disabled  persons]
     4  people  of all ages with disabilities, as that term is defined in subdi-
     5  vision twenty-one of section two hundred  ninety-two  of  this  chapter;
     6  notice.    1.    In  each  county having a local [disaster preparedness]
     7  comprehensive emergency management plan pursuant to section twenty-three
     8  of this article, in order to meet the special needs of  persons  of  all
     9  ages  with disabilities who would need assistance during evacuations and
    10  sheltering because of physical or mental  [handicaps]  disabilities,  it
    11  [is  recommended] shall be required that each chief executive maintain a
    12  confidential registry of [disabled persons]  people  of  all  ages  with
    13  disabilities  located  within the county.  People of all ages with disa-
    14  bilities shall be given the option to be included in the  registry.  The
    15  [registration]  registry shall identify those persons in need of assist-
    16  ance and plan for resource allocation to meet  those  identified  needs.
    17  To  assist  the  chief executive in identifying such persons, the county
    18  department of health, [or] and the county department of social services,
    19  the county department of mental health, such other county department  or
    20  agency  as  designated by the chief executive, shall provide [voluntary]
    21  information about the registry and the registration [information]  proc-
    22  ess  to  all  of  its [special needs clients] consumers of all ages with
    23  disabilities and to all incoming [clients]  consumers  as  part  of  the
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09097-01-7
        A. 6865                             2
 
     1  intake  process.  The registry shall be updated annually.  The registra-
     2  tion program shall give [disabled persons] such people of all ages  with
     3  disabilities  the option of pre-authorizing emergency response personnel
     4  to enter their homes during search and rescue operations if necessary to
     5  assure their safety and welfare during disasters.
     6    2.  Upon  the  establishment of a [voluntary] confidential registry of
     7  [disabled persons] people of all ages with disabilities as  provided  in
     8  subdivision  one  of  this  section, the chief executive shall make such
     9  registry available to the appropriate county, state and federal agencies
    10  for their use in delivering services in the event of a  local  or  state
    11  disaster.  The  chief  executive shall, upon [the] request [of the state
    12  emergency management  office],  provide  such  registry  information  to
    13  [such]  the  state emergency management office, provided that the confi-
    14  dentiality of such information is preserved.  The chief  executive  may,
    15  at  his or her discretion, use the registry information for local disas-
    16  ter preparedness [only] in coordination with  other  political  subdivi-
    17  sions  of  the state, provided that the confidentiality of such informa-
    18  tion is preserved.
    19    3.  Upon the establishment of a [voluntary] confidential  registry  of
    20  [disabled  persons]  people of all ages with disabilities as provided in
    21  subdivision one of this section, [at least  semi-annually,]  each  chief
    22  executive shall annually cause to be published in a newspaper of general
    23  circulation  within  the  county  a  notice  of  the availability of the
    24  [voluntary] registration program and each chief executive shall, in  his
    25  or  her  discretion, also provide information about the registry and the
    26  registration process to other forms of media, and shall  further  ensure
    27  that  information  about  the  registry  and the registration process is
    28  available on the website of such county.
    29    4. All records, data, information, correspondence  and  communications
    30  relating  to  the  registration of [disabled persons] people of all ages
    31  with disabilities as provided in subdivision one  of  this  section  are
    32  confidential,  except  that such information shall be available to other
    33  county chief executives for local  disaster  preparedness  only  as  the
    34  chief executive of the county maintaining such registry deems necessary.
    35  Provided,  however,  the  individual  file of a person having registered
    36  with the confidential registry of [disabled persons] people of all  ages
    37  with disabilities shall be made available to that person upon request.
    38    5.  All community-based services providers, including home health care
    39  providers, shall assist the chief executive by  collecting  confidential
    40  registration  information  for  people  [with special needs] of all ages
    41  with disabilities who choose to provide  such  information  as  part  of
    42  program  intake  processes, establishing programs to increase the aware-
    43  ness of the registration  process,  and  educating  [clients]  consumers
    44  about  the  procedures  that  may  be  necessary for their safety during
    45  disasters.
    46    6. A county shall not be liable for any claim based upon  the  reason-
    47  able,  good  faith exercise or performance or the reasonable, good faith
    48  failure to exercise or perform a function or duty on  the  part  of  any
    49  officer or employee in carrying out a local disaster preparedness plan.
    50    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    51  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.