New York A 9521: Relates to rights of residents of adult care facilities

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A09521 Summary:

BILL NOA09521 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORConrad

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COSPNSRBerger, Burdick, Buttenschon, Carroll P, Lunsford, McMahon, Ramos, Schiavoni, Seawright, Shimsky,
 Sayegh

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§387 & 390, Judy L

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Raises the minimum fee for temporary interpreters; requires that town and village courts share in the compensation of such temporary interpreters.

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BILL NOA09521 

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01/14/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9521

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. CONRAD, BERGER, BURDICK, BUTTENSCHON, P. CARROLL,
 LUNSFORD, McMAHON, RAMOS, SCHIAVONI, SEAWRIGHT, SHIMSKY, SAYEGH --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to requiring town and
 village courts compensate temporary interpreters for deaf or hard of
 hearing persons

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

 1 Section 1. Section 387 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 15
 2 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 387. Temporary appointment of interpreters. If the services of an
 4 interpreter be required in any court and there be no unemployed official
 5 interpreter to act therein, the court may appoint an interpreter to act
 6 temporarily in such court. Such interpreter shall before entering upon
 7 [his] such interpreter's duties file with the clerk of the court the
 8 constitutional oath of office. The court shall fix the compensation of
 9 such interpreter [at not more than twenty-five] a minimum of one hundred
 10 ten dollars per day for each day's actual attendance by direction of the
 11 presiding judge or justice and such compensation shall be paid from the
 12 court fund of the county upon the order of the court, provided, however,
 13 that if the compensation of the temporary interpreter is greater than
 14 one hundred ten dollars per day, the amount in excess of one hundred
 15 ten dollars shall be paid by the town or village where the court is
 16 located.
 17 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 390 of the judiciary law, as amended by
 18 chapter 272 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
 19 1. Whenever any deaf or hard of hearing person is a party to a legal
 20 proceeding of any nature, or a witness or juror or prospective juror
 21 therein, the court in all instances shall appoint a qualified interpret-
 22 er who is certified by a recognized national or New York state creden-
 23 tialing authority as approved by the chief administrator of the courts
 24 to interpret the proceeding to, and the testimony of, such deaf or hard
 25 of hearing person; provided, however, where compliance with this section
 26 would cause unreasonable delay in court proceedings, the court shall be

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 1 authorized to temporarily appoint an interpreter who is otherwise quali-
 2 fied to interpret the proceedings to, and the testimony of, such deaf or
 3 hard of hearing person until a certified interpreter is available. In
 4 any criminal action in a state-funded court, the court shall also
 5 appoint such an interpreter to interpret the proceedings to a deaf or
 6 hard of hearing person who is the victim of the crime or may appoint
 7 such interpreter for the deaf or hard of hearing members of the immedi-
 8 ate family (parent or spouse) of a victim of the crime when specifically
 9 requested to do so by such victim or family member. The fee for all such
 10 interpreting services shall be a charge upon the state at rates of
 11 compensation established by rule of the chief administrator; except that
 12 where such interpreting services are rendered in a justice court, the
 13 fee therefor shall be paid as provided by law in effect on July first,
 14 nineteen hundred ninety-one, and where temporary interpreter services
 15 are rendered, the fee therefor shall be paid as provided