New York S 6224: Includes towns and cities within Orange county in the definition of designated community for community preservation funds

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S06224 Summary:

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SAME ASSAME AS A03363

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Requires the state interagency coordinating council for services to persons who are deaf, deaf-blind, or hard of hearing to develop and implement a training program to educate first responders on effective communication with deaf and hard of hearing individuals in emergency situations.

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03/06/2025REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6224

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 6, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the state
 interagency coordinating council for services to persons who are deaf,
 deaf-blind, or hard of hearing to develop and implement a training
 program to educate first responders on effective communication with
 deaf and hard of hearing individuals in emergency situations

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "deaf and hard of hearing emergency communications act".
 3 § 2. Section 559 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 4 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
 5 6. The state interagency coordinating council for services to persons
 6 who are deaf, deaf-blind, or hard of hearing shall, in collaboration
 7 with the department of health, develop and implement a comprehensive
 8 language access training program for first responders, designed to
 9 educate first responders on strategies to communicate effectively with
 10 deaf and hard of hearing individuals in emergency situations. In addi-
 11 tion to developing and implementing such language access training
 12 program, the state interagency coordinating council shall:
 13 (a) create and distribute informational materials, including but not
 14 limited to brochures or pamphlets, to educate the general public on how
 15 to communicate effectively with deaf and hard of hearing individuals
 16 during emergencies;
 17 (b) establish a system to allow deaf and hard of hearing individuals
 18 to provide feedback on their experiences with first responders and to
 19 suggest potential improvements to the language access training program;
 20 (c) conduct regular reviews and evaluations of the effectiveness of
 21 the language access training program for first responders and any neces-
 22 sary changes to the program to ensure its ongoing improvement;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05044-01-5

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 1 (d) develop and implement a system for tracking and documenting inci-
 2 dents involving deaf and hard of hearing individuals to identify trends,
 3 challenges, and areas for improvement; and
 4 (e) establish a protocol for dispatch centers to efficiently identify
 5 and relay information about a deaf or hard of hearing individual's
 6 communication preferences to responding first responders.
 7 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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