New York A 9572: Requires the developmental disabilities advisory council to submit an annual comprehensive summary of information about its activities to the office for people with developmental disabilities' website

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A09572 Summary:

BILL NOA09572 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08799

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SPONSORSantabarbara

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §13.05, Ment Hyg L (as proposed in S.7793 & A.7560-A)

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Requires the developmental disabilities advisory council to submit an annual comprehensive summary of information about its activities to the office for people with developmental disabilities' website, in an accessible format.

Go to top A09572 Actions:

BILL NOA09572 

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01/21/2026referred to people with disabilities

02/10/2026reported referred to rules

02/10/2026reported 

02/10/2026rules report cal.82

02/10/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.82

02/11/2026substituted by s8799

&nbspS08799 AMEND= FAHY

&nbsp01/08/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/20/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.83

&nbsp01/28/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/28/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/28/2026referred to people with disabilities

&nbsp02/11/2026substituted for a9572

&nbsp02/11/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.82

&nbsp02/11/2026passed assembly

&nbsp02/11/2026returned to senate

&nbsp02/13/2026DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp02/13/2026SIGNED CHAP.74

Go to topA09572 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Chair:Santabarbara 
DATE:02/10/2026AYE/NAY:9/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules SantabarbaraAyeGiglioAye

McMahonAyeSempolinskiAye

AndersonAye

BurdickAye

ZinermanAye

CarrollAye

PowersAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:02/10/2026AYE/NAY:28/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushExcused

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA09572 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA09572 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9572

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on People with Disabilities

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring the
 developmental disabilities advisory council to submit an annual
 comprehensive summary of information about its activities to the
 office for people with developmental disabilities' website

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision (h) of section 13.05 of the mental hygiene law,
 2 as added by a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the mental hygiene
 3 law relating to requiring the developmental disabilities advisory coun-
 4 cil to submit an annual report on the activities of the council, as
 5 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7793 and A. 7560-A, is amended
 6 to read as follows:
 7 (h) The developmental disabilities advisory council shall [submit a
 8 report yearly to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and
 9 the speaker of the assembly on the activities of the council. Such
 10 report shall be delivered by the thirty-first of December of each calen-
 11 dar year and shall be posted] publish a comprehensive summary of infor-
 12 mation about their activities to the [department's] office's website
 13 annually, in an accessible format. Such [report] information shall
 14 include, at minimum:
 15 1. actions taken to foster public understanding and acceptance of
 16 developmental disabilities;
 17 2. recommendations made to the commissioner related to statewide
 18 priorities and goals for services for individuals with developmental
 19 disabilities, and the implementation of the statewide comprehensive plan
 20 as required under section 5.07 of this chapter; and
 21 3. any other actions taken by the council related to their duties.
 22 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
 23 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the mental hygiene law
 24 relating to requiring the developmental disabilities advisory council to
 25 submit an annual report on the activities of the council, as proposed in
 26 legislative bills numbers S. 7793 and A. 7560-A, takes e