New York S 10024: Relates to adding spina bifida to the definition of developmental disability

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S10024 Summary:

BILL NOS10024 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03572

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SPONSORMARTINEZ

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COSPNSRASHBY, RYAN C

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1.03, Ment Hyg L

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Relates to adding spina bifida to the definition of developmental disability in the mental hygiene law.

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BILL NOS10024 

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04/22/2026REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

05/11/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10024

 IN SENATE

 April 22, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. MARTINEZ, ASHBY -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to adding spina
 bifida to the definition of developmental disability

 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) is attributable to intellectual disability, cerebral palsy,
 5 epilepsy, neurological impairment, familial dysautonomia, Prader-Willi
 6 syndrome, spina bifida or autism;
 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06661-01-5

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