STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
6079--B
Cal. No. 210
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 6, 2021
___________
Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on
Social Services in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported
favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report,
ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to a gender-neutral
marker on all benefits applications
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 79-q of the civil rights law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
3 2-a. All application materials, instructions, public guidance, and
4 related materials associated with a benefits application process,
5 including electronic and online materials and applications shall be
6 amended and updated to clarify that any person can select or indicate a
7 gender or sex designation of "x" when such information is requested. The
8 content of the gender or sex field shall not delay or otherwise hinder
9 access to services for any applicant.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10804-06-2
