New York S 6026: Establishes a registry to help locate individuals with autism, Alzheimer's and dementia in the event they go missing

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S06026 Summary:

BILL NOS06026 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03552

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSRBAILEY, PERSAUD

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §837, Exec L

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Establishes a voluntary registry of individuals with autism, Alzheimer's or dementia who may be at risk of wandering away from home; creates a standardized form available that may be submitted to local law enforcement agencies by family members and caregivers of such individuals that would include identifying information and may include a photograph of the registrant.

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BILL NOS06026 

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03/04/2025REFERRED TO CODES

05/20/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO DISABILITIES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6026

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 4, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to assisting state and
 local law enforcement agencies in establishing a registry to locate
 certain missing individuals

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

 1 Section 1. Section 837 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 24 to read as follows:
 3 24. Promulgate, in consultation with the commissioner of the office
 4 for people with developmental disabilities, a standardized form that may
 5 be used by state and local law enforcement agencies as a voluntary
 6 registry to help locate persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disor-
 7 ders, Alzheimer's disease or other dementia, or who are otherwise unable
 8 to communicate and who lose the ability to recognize familiar places or
 9 faces. Such form may include identifying information on the missing
 10 registrant such as physical features, medical conditions, whether the
 11 person is non-verbal, and names of family or friends to contact if the
 12 person is located. Such form may also provide for a photograph of the
 13 registrant to be submitted with the form.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 15 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
 16 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 17 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 18 completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06706-01-5

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