Senate Bill S2258

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires counties to maintain a registry of people of all ages with disabilities for the purpose of evacuating and sheltering such persons during disasters

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S2258 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §23-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5926
2011-2012: S1126
2013-2014: S3095
2015-2016: S2512
2019-2020: S3218
2021-2022: S3035
2023-2024: S4676

2017-S2258 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires counties to maintain a registry of people of all ages with disabilities for the purpose of evacuating and sheltering such persons during disasters.

2017-S2258 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2258 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2258
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring counties  to
   maintain a registry of people of all ages with disabilities for evacu-
   ation and sheltering during disasters

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 23-a of the executive law, as added by chapter  658
 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   §  23-a. County registry of [disabled persons] PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WITH
 DISABILITIES, AS THAT TERM  IS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  TWENTY-ONE  OF
 SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED  NINETY-TWO  OF THIS CHAPTER; notice.  1.  In each
 county having a local disaster preparedness  plan  pursuant  to  section
 twenty-three  of  this  article,  in  order to meet the special needs of
 persons OF ALL AGES WITH DISABILITIES who would need  assistance  during
 evacuations  and  sheltering  because  of physical or mental [handicaps]
 DISABILITIES, it [is recommended] SHALL  BE  REQUIRED  that  each  chief
 executive  maintain  a registry of [disabled persons] PEOPLE OF ALL AGES
 WITH DISABILITIES located within the county.   PEOPLE OF ALL  AGES  WITH
 DISABILITIES  SHALL BE GIVEN THE OPTION NOT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REGIS-
 TRY. The registration shall identify those persons in need of assistance
 and plan for resource allocation to meet those  identified  needs.    To
 assist  the  chief  executive  in  identifying  such persons, the county
 department of health, THE COUNTY  DEPARTMENT  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICES,  THE
 COUNTY  DEPARTMENT  OF MENTAL HEALTH, or such other county department or
 agency as designated by the chief executive, shall  provide  [voluntary]
 registration  information  to  all of its [special needs] clients OF ALL
 AGES WITH DISABILITIES and to all incoming clients as part of the intake
 process.   The registry shall be updated  annually.    The  registration
 program shall give [disabled persons] SUCH PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WITH DISA-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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