Clarifies the definition of persons with a disability for purposes of the definition of special populations to include people with a mental health diagnosis, people on the office of mental health caseload, people with an intellectual, developmental or cognitive diagnosis, people with physical disability or mobility impairment, and people with a sensorial disability diagnosis.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7533
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 25, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. FORREST -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to clarifying the defi-
nition of persons with a disability for purposes of the definition of
special populations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 33 of section 2 of the
2 correction law, as added by chapter 93 of the laws of 2021, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 (c) with a disability as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision twen-
5 ty-one of section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law, including
6 but not limited to: (i) all people with any mental health diagnosis;
7 (ii) all people on the office of mental health caseload currently or
8 within the past year; (iii) all people with any intellectual, develop-
9 mental, or cognitive diagnosis; (iv) all people with any physical disa-
10 bility diagnosis or mobility impairment; and (v) all people with any
11 sensorial disability diagnosis; or
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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