New York S 5958: Requires the director of the office for the aging to establish or approve a sexual discrimination training program

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S05958 Summary:

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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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03/04/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5958

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 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:

 1 Section 1. Section 23-a of the executive law, as added by chapter 658
 2 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 23-a. County registry of [disabled persons] people of all ages with
 4 disabilities, as that term is defined in subdivision twenty-one of
 5 section two hundred ninety-two of this chapter; notice. 1. In each
 6 county having a local disaster preparedness plan pursuant to section
 7 twenty-three of this article, in order to meet the special needs of
 8 persons of all ages with disabilities who would need assistance during
 9 evacuations and sheltering because of physical or mental [handicaps]
 10 disabilities, it [is recommended] shall be required that each chief
 11 executive maintain a registry of [disabled persons] people of all ages
 12 with disabilities located within the county. People of all ages with
 13 disabilities shall be given the option not to be included in the regis-
 14 try. The registration shall identify those persons in need of assistance
 15 and plan for resource allocation to meet those identified needs. To
 16 assist the chief executive in identifying such persons, the county
 17 department of health, the county department of social services, the
 18 county department of mental health, or such other county department or
 19 agency as designated by the chief executive, shall provide [voluntary]
 20 registration information to all of its [special needs] clients of all
 21 ages with disabilities and to all incoming clients as part of the intake
 22 process. The registry shall be updated annually. The registration
 23 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.
 LBD07129-01-5

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 1 bilities the option of pre-authorizing emergency response personnel to
 2 enter their homes during search and rescue operations if necessary to
 3 assure their safety and welfare during disasters.
 4 2. Upon the establishment of a [voluntary] registry of [disabled
 5 persons] people of all ages with disabilities as provided in subdivision
 6 one of this section, the chief executive shall make such registry avail-
 7 able to the appropriate county, state and federal agencies for their use
 8 in delivering services in the event of a local or state disaster. The
 9 chief executive shall[, upon the request of the state emergency manage-
 10 ment office,] provide such registry information to [such] the state
 11 emergency management office. The chief executive may, at [his] such
 12 chief executive's discretion, use the registry information for local
 13 disaster preparedness only in coordination with other political subdivi-
 14 sions of the state.
 15 3. Upon the establishment of a [voluntary] registry of [disabled
 16 persons] people of all ages with disabilities as provided in subdivision
 17 one of this section, at least semi-annually, each chief executive shall
 18 cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within t