Renames the office of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, within the department of mental hygiene, as the office of developmental disability assistance.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 398 A. 1037
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 7, 2009
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health
and Developmental Disabilities
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. McENENY -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Develop-
mental Disabilities
AN ACT in relation to renaming the office of mental retardation and
developmental disabilities as the office of developmental disability
assistance
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the
2 contrary, effective April 1, 2009, the office of mental retardation and
3 developmental disabilities, within the department of mental hygiene, as
4 established by chapter 978 of the laws of 1977, is hereby renamed the
5 office of developmental disability assistance.
6 § 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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