Establishes a voluntary registry of individuals with autism, Alzheimer's or dementia who may be at risk of wandering away from home; creates a standardized form available that may be submitted to local law enforcement agencies by family members and caregivers of such individuals that would include identifying information and may include a photograph of the registrant.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6069
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 2, 2021
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Introduced by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, KENNEDY, PERSAUD -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Codes
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to assisting state and
local law enforcement agencies in establishing a registry to locate
certain missing individuals
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 837 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 23 to read as follows:
3 23. Promulgate, in consultation with the commissioner of the office
4 for people with developmental disabilities, a standardized form that may
5 be used by state and local law enforcement agencies as a voluntary
6 registry to help locate persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disor-
7 ders, Alzheimer's disease or other dementia, or who are otherwise unable
8 to communicate and who lose the ability to recognize familiar places or
9 faces. Such form may include identifying information on the missing
10 registrant such as physical features, medical conditions, whether the
11 person is non-verbal, and names of family or friends to contact if the
12 person is located. Such form may also provide for a photograph of the
13 registrant to be submitted with the form.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
15 have become a law. Effective immediately the division of criminal
16 justice services is authorized to take any and all actions necessary to
17 implement the provisions of this act on its effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09259-01-1
