New York A 11277: Allows certain unlicensed individuals to provide care to animals in the custody or possession of an animal shelter

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A11277 Summary:

BILL NOA11277 

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Allows certain unlicensed individuals to provide care to animals in the custody or possession of an animal shelter under certain circumstances.

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05/04/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 11277

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 4, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. KAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing certain unli-
 censed individuals to provide care to animals in the custody or
 possession of an animal shelter

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

 1 Section 1. Section 6713 of the education law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
 3 3. An unlicensed person acting under direct or indirect supervision of
 4 a veterinarian licensed pursuant to this article may provide care to
 5 animals in the custody or possession of an animal shelter, as defined in
 6 subdivision six of section four hundred twenty of the agriculture and
 7 markets law, including animals subject to the redemption periods
 8 provided for in section one hundred seventeen of the agriculture and
 9 markets law, provided that:
 10 a. the individual is performing tasks in accordance with a written or
 11 verbal protocol provided by the supervising veterinarian; and
 12 b. the supervising veterinarian has determined that the individual has
 13 received sufficient and proper training to perform those specific tasks.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15628-01-6

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