New York A 999: Relates to adding fetal alcohol spectrum disorders to the definition of developmental disability

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A00999 Summary:

BILL NOA00999A

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SAME ASSAME AS S00382-A

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SPONSORClark

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COSPNSRHevesi, Lupardo, Glick, Simon, Lunsford, Simone, Kelles, Meeks, Burdick, Bendett, Jensen,
 Santabarbara, Seawright, Sempolinski, Reyes

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1.03, Ment Hyg L

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Adds fetal alcohol spectrum disorders to the definition of developmental disability.

Go to top A00999 Actions:

BILL NOA00999A

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01/08/2025referred to people with disabilities

03/25/2025reported referred to ways and means

11/24/2025amend and recommit to ways and means

11/24/2025print number 999a

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

Go to topA00999 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Chair:Santabarbara 
DATE:03/25/2025AYE/NAY:9/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means SantabarbaraAyeGiglioAye

EpsteinAyeSempolinskiAye

McMahonAye

AndersonAye

BurdickAye

ZinermanAye

CarrollAye

Go to topA00999 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA00999 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 999--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CLARK, HEVESI, LUPARDO, GLICK, SIMON, LUNSFORD,
 SIMONE, KELLES, MEEKS, BURDICK, BENDETT, JENSEN, SANTABARBARA,
 SEAWRIGHT, SEMPOLINSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 People with Disabilities -- reported and referred to the Committee on
 Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to adding fetal
 alcohol spectrum disorders to the definition of developmental disa-
 bility

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 22 of
 2 section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 114 of the
 3 laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (1) (i) is attributable to intellectual disability, cerebral palsy,
 5 epilepsy, neurological impairment, familial dysautonomia, Prader-Willi
 6 syndrome or autism; or (ii) is attributable to fetal alcohol spectrum
 7 disorders (FASD) including fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), partial fetal
 8 alcohol syndrome (pFAS), and alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder
 9 (ARND), provided, however, that for the purposes of this section,
 10 persons so considered under this clause shall:
 11 (A) be over the age of seven years;
 12 (B) have an FASD qualifying diagnosis by a provider;
 13 (C) have an onset of such condition, disorder, or syndrome prior to
 14 the age of twenty-two;
 15 (D) exhibit a likelihood of indefinite continuation of such condition,
 16 disorder, or syndrome; and
 17 (E) such diagnosis must have a substantial impact on the person's
 18 ability to complete activities of daily living;
 19 § 2. This act shall take effect twenty-four months after it shall have
 20 become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01248-02-5

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