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BILL A966A-2011: Provides a tax credit for the purchase of new vehicles by transportation companies, which vehicles are accessible to persons with disabilities
Provides a tax credit for the purchase of new vehicles by transportation companies that provide transportation to people with disabilities.
Sponsor: Kellner
Committee: WAYS AND MEANS
BILL A3071-2011: Excludes services of attendants in certain residential care centers for community residences and family care homes; repealer
Excludes from requirements of nursing licensure, services of attendants in residential care centers for adults, family care homes and certain community residences operated or licensed by office of mental retardation and developmental disabilities or office of mental health.
Sponsor: Schroeder
Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION
RESOLUTION J307-2011: Commending Sheila Penn for her many civic contributions as well as her tireless efforts to enhance the lives of persons with disabilities within the Great Neck community
Sponsor: MARTINS
Committee: FINANCE
BILL S2246-2011: Denies violent felony offenders a license to possess a firearm
Provides that a certificate of relief from disabilities shall not enable a violent felony offender to obtain a license to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm.
Sponsor: KRUGER
Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
BILL S2129-2011: Excludes veterans' disability benefits from probable aggregate annual income
Provides that, for purposes of veterans seeking to qualify for public housing, "probable annual aggregate income" shall not include disability benefits paid by federal government to veterans for service-connected disabilities; provides that such disability benefits shall not be included in computing any surcharge against such veterans.
Sponsor: KRUGER
Committee: HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
BILL A5142-2011: Allows persons 65 years and older and persons with disabilities to hunt with a long bow and to take wildlife with a crossbow
Allows persons 65 years and older and persons with disabilities to hunt with a long bow and to take wildlife with a cross bow; authorizes department to adopt regulations.
Sponsor: Gabryszak
Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
BILL A1988-2011: Relates to instruction on the history of people with disabilities
Relates to instruction on the history of people with disabilities.
Sponsor: Schroeder
Committee: EDUCATION
BILL A6403-2011: Directs certain commissioners to study and report on the costs to the state of early diagnosis and treatment of autism
Directs the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities, the commissioner of education, the commissioner of health and the commissioner of mental health to study and report the costs to the state for the early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and the long-term treatment for individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
Sponsor: Schroeder
Committee: MENTAL HEALTH
BILL A4999-2011: Provides for behavioral health wraparound demonstration projects combining services through the office for people with developmental disabilities, the office of mental health and the department of health
Provides for behavioral health wraparound demonstration projects combining services through the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, the Office of Mental Health, the Department of Health.
Sponsor: Schroeder
Committee: HEALTH
BILL A3217-2011: Directs commissioner of health and commissioner of mental retardation and developmental disabilities to require pediatric care providers to screen for autism; repealer
Directs the commissioner of health and commissioner for people with developmental disabilities to jointly promulgate rules and regulations requiring pediatric health care providers to screen children beginning at the age of 18 months for autism spectrum disorders during each wellness and preventative care examination.
Sponsor: Schroeder
Committee: HEALTH
BILL A1899-2011: Includes persons with disabilities within the definition of head of household for the senior citizens' tax abatement for rent-controlled and regulated property
Relates to providing a rent increase exemption to persons with disabilities.
Sponsor: Bing
Committee: AGING
BILL S3627-2011: Requires every firefighter, police officer, emergency medical technician and certified first responder to complete training on developmental disabilities
Requires every firefighter, police officer, emergency medical technician and certified first responder to complete training on intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Sponsor: ADAMS
Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
BILL A3355-2011: Requires counties to maintain a registry of people of all ages with disabilities for the purpose of evacuating and sheltering such persons during disasters
Requires counties to maintain a registry of people of all ages with disabilities for the purpose of evacuating and sheltering such persons during disasters.
Sponsor: Destito
Committee: WAYS AND MEANS
BILL A7201-2011: Allow certain persons to enlist the assistance of a parent, guardian or authorized person when claiming unemployment insurance benefits
Requires the department of labor to allow persons with learning disabilities to enlist the assistance of a parent, guardian or authorized person when claiming unemployment insurance benefits.
Sponsor: Raia
Committee: LABOR
BILL A2742-2011: Provides tuition awards to children of firefighters, police officers, volunteer firefighters, and EMTs with permanent and total disabilities
Provides tuition awards to children of firefighters, police officers, volunteer firefighters, and EMTs with permanent and total disabilities, to be applied to any college or university in the state university system or the city university of New York; provides that the award is for tuition, less other aid, and is limited to 4 or 5 academic years.
Sponsor: Morelle
Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION
BILL A870-2011: Requires mental hygiene entities review fiscal management practices of service provider applicants
Requires that the Office of Mental Health and the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities give consideration to the fiscal management practices of an applicant to operate a mental hygiene facility or program as part of the review of such individual's character and competence.
Sponsor: Destito
Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
BILL A7267-2011: Revives the presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by firefighters
Revives the presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by firefighters.
Sponsor: Thiele
Committee: GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
BILL A7670A-2011: Relates to discipline of an employee for physical or sexual abuse of people with developmental disabilities
Relates to discipline of an employee for physical or sexual abuse of people with developmental disabilities.
Sponsor: Weisenberg
Committee: GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
BILL S5116-2011: Includes sworn environmental conservation police officers in definition of police officer for purposes of presumption regarding impairment caused by heart disease
Provides certain disability benefits for disabilities related to heart disease to sworn police officers of the division of law enforcement in the department of environmental conservation; provides that any condition of impairment of health, caused by diseases of the heart, resulting in disability or death to such sworn police officer, shall be presumptive evidence that it was incurred in the performance of such officer's duty.
Sponsor: GRISANTI
Committee: CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
BILL A966-2011: Provides a tax credit for the purchase of new vehicles by transportation companies, which vehicles are accessible to persons with disabilities
Provides a tax credit for the purchase of new vehicles by transportation companies that provide transportation to people with disabilities.
Sponsor: Kellner
Committee: WAYS AND MEANS