New York S 6526: Ensures that the offices of mental health and people with developmental disabilities provide materials to individuals in different languages

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S06526 Summary:

BILL NOS06526 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11231

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§7.07 & 13.07, Ment Hyg L

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Ensures that the office of mental health and the office for people with developmental disabilities provide materials to individuals in English and the top six languages spoken in the state.

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BILL NOS06526 

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03/17/2025REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6526

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 17, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to ensuring that the
 office of mental health and the office for people with developmental
 disabilities provide materials to individuals in different languages

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

 1 Section 1. Section 7.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
 2 a new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
 3 (i) The office shall provide all materials, including but not limited
 4 to, documents, instructions, applications and forms, in English and the
 5 six most common non-English languages spoken by individuals with limit-
 6 ed-English proficiency in the state of New York, based on United States
 7 census data.
 8 § 2. Section 13.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a
 9 new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
 10 (f) The office shall provide all materials, including but not limited
 11 to, documents, instructions, applications and forms, in English and the
 12 six most common non-English languages spoken by individuals with limit-
 13 ed-English proficiency in the state of New York, based on United States
 14 census data.
 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11035-01-5

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