New York A 9654: Increases the personal needs allowance for residents of certain residential health care facilities

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A09654 Summary:

BILL NOA09654 

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Ren Art 10 §§100 & 101 to be Art 20 §§200 & 201, add Art 10 §§100 - 117, Civ Rts L

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Enacts the New York Artificial Intelligence Civil Rights Act establishing protections for individual rights with respect to computational algorithms; establishes protections against the use of algorithms involved in consequential decisions, such as those that impact people's rights, civil liberties, and livelihoods, including employment, banking, health care, the criminal justice system, public accommodations, and government services; prohibits developers and deployers from offering, licensing, or using covered algorithms that discriminate based on protected characteristics or that cause a disparate impact; requires developers and deployers of covered algorithms to complete independently audited pre-deployment evaluations and post-deployment impact assessments to identify, evaluate, and mitigate any potential biased use or discriminatory outcomes; requires developers and deployers to mitigate any harms identified by the pre-deployment evaluations and impact assessments and ensure that any covered algorithm performs reasonably well and is consistent with its publicly-advertised purpose; increases transparency around the use of covered algorithms in consequential decisions, including providing individuals a right to appeal an algorithmic decision to a human decision-maker; provides remedies for violations.

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01/21/2026referred to science and technology

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9654

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Science and Technology

 AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to enacting the "New
 York Artificial Intelligence Civil Rights Act"

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

 1 Section 1. Article 10 and sections 100 and 101 of the civil rights
 2 law, as renumbered by chapter 263 of the laws of 2019, are renumbered
 3 article 20 and sections 200 and 201, and a new article 10 is added to
 4 read as follows:
 5 ARTICLE 10
 6 NEW YORK ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
 7 Section 100. Short title.
 8 101. Definitions.
 9 102. Discrimination.
 10 103. Pre-deployment evaluations.
 11 104. Post-deployment impact assessments.
 12 105. Content regulations.
 13 106. Covered algorithm standards.
 14 107. Relationships between developers and deployers.
 15 108. Human alternatives and other protections.
 16 109. Prohibition on retaliation; whistleblower protections.
 17 110. Notice and disclosure.
 18 111. Study on explanations regarding the use of covered algo-
 19 rithms.
 20 112. Consumer awareness.
 21 113. Enforcement.
 22 114. Private right of action.
 23 115. Regulations.
 24 116. Rules of construction.
 25 117. Severability.
 26 § 100. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as
 27 the "New York Artificial Intelligence Civil Rights Act".
 28 § 101. Definitions. As used in this article:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14318-01-5

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 1 1. "Collection of personal data" means buying, renting, gathering,
 2 obtaining, receiving, accessing, or otherwise acquiring an individual's
 3 data by any means.
 4 2. "Commercial act", with respect to a covered algorithm, means an act
 5 conducted for monetary or other valuable consideration, including
 6 conducting an activity in furtherance of obtaining such consideration.
 7 3. "Consequential action" means an act that is likely to have a mate-
 8 rial effect on, or to materially contribute to, access to, security and
 9 authentication relating to, eligibility for, cost of, terms of, or
 10 conditions related to any of the following:
 11 (a) employment, including hiring, pay, independent contracting, worker
 12 management, promotion, and ter