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A08772 Summary:

BILL NOA08772 

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SPONSORSantabarbara

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Establishes the disability access accountability commission; provides membership, duties, and powers to the commission.

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06/02/2025referred to people with disabilities

01/07/2026referred to people with disabilities

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8772

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 2, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on People with Disabilities

 AN ACT establishing the disability access accountability commission

 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 "disability access accountability commission act".
 3 § 2. Disability access accountability commission. The disability
 4 access accountability commission (DAAC) is hereby established as an
 5 independent commission to monitor and enforce compliance with state and
 6 federal disability access laws across public and private sectors in New
 7 York.
 8 1. For the purposes of this act, "commission" shall mean the disabili-
 9 ty access accountability commission (DAAC), established by subdivision
 10 two of this section.
 11 2. The commission shall consist of fourteen members, including:
 12 (a) the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disa-
 13 bilities, or such commissioner's designee;
 14 (b) the commissioner of the department of health, or such commission-
 15 er's designee;
 16 (c) the temporary president of the senate shall appoint six members,
 17 including:
 18 (i) a member of the standing committee on disabilities;
 19 (ii) a member of a committee related to disability accommodations,
 20 other than the standing committee on disabilities, such as the standing
 21 committees on children and families, education, health, investigations
 22 and government operations, mental health, or social services;
 23 (iii) a qualified expert whose primary occupation involves working
 24 with people with disabilities, such as a physician, psychologist, or
 25 medical researcher;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10551-01-5

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 1 (iv) two persons representing those directly impacted by disabilities,
 2 including:
 3 (A) a person with lived experience of disabilities; and
 4 (B) a person who is the primary caretaker, such as a parent/guardian,
 5 adult child, sibling, or spouse, of someone with a disability; or
 6 (C) an established disability access advocate; and
 7 (v) a representative of the private sector or organization that works
 8 with the private sector to improve disability access in public accommo-
 9 dations such as mass transit, hospitality, and housing.
 10 (d) the speaker of the assembly shall appoint six members, including:
 11 (i) a member of the standing committee on people with disabilities;
 12 (ii) a member of a committee related to disability accommodations,
 13 other than the standing committee on disabilities, such as the standing
 14 committees on children and families, education, health, investigations
 15 and government operations, mental health, or social services;
 16 (iii) a qualified expert whose primary occupation involves working
 17 with people with disabilities, such as a physician, psychologist, or
 18 medical researcher;
 19 (iv) two persons representing those directly impacted by disabilities,
 20 including:
 21 (A) a person with lived experience of disabilities; and
 22 (B) a person who is the primary caretaker, such as a parent/guardian,
 23 adult child, sibling, or spouse, of someone with a disability; or
 24 (C) an established disability access advocate; and
 25 (v) a representative of the private sector or organization that works
 26 with the private sector to improve disability access in public accommo-
 27 dations such as mass transit, hospitality, and housing.