New York S 269: Increases the contribution that resident taxpayers may make to family tuition accounts

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S00269 Summary:

BILL NOS00269 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §13.44, Ment Hyg L; amd §837, Exec L

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Relates to establishing an electronic monitoring program for children diagnosed with developmental disabilities.

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BILL NOS00269 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 269

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law and the executive law, in
 relation to establishing an electronic monitoring program for children
 diagnosed with developmental disabilities

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

 1 Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
 2 13.44 to read as follows:
 3 § 13.44 Electronic monitoring for children with developmental disabili-
 4 ties.
 5 1. For the purposes of this section the following terms shall have the
 6 following meanings:
 7 (a) "Eligible applicant" shall mean a designated parent, grandparent,
 8 adult sibling, or otherwise qualified person as defined under section
 9 33.16 of this chapter, of a child who has been diagnosed by a physician
 10 as an individual with a developmental disability as defined by section
 11 1.03 of this chapter.
 12 (b) "Electronic monitoring device" shall mean any radio, global posi-
 13 tioning system, cellular device or any other satellite-based monitoring
 14 device that can provide continuous tracking of the geographic location
 15 of children and an automated monitoring system that can be used by an
 16 appropriate law enforcement agency at the request of an eligible appli-
 17 cant.
 18 2. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of the
 19 division of criminal justice services, shall establish a voluntary
 20 program to provide electronic monitoring devices to an eligible appli-
 21 cant for the purpose of being able to geographically locate a child upon
 22 circumstances where the child is lost, missing or otherwise unable to be
 23 accounted for.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00283-01-5

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 1 3. (a) Upon the request of an eligible applicant, the nonprofit organ-
 2 ization or local governmental unit shall issue such electronic monitor-
 3 ing device in accordance with eligibility and documentation criteria
 4 established by the office for a fee to be determined by the commission-
 5 er. At a minimum, such eligibility and documentation criteria shall
 6 require the active involvement of the child when such child has the
 7 capacity to make an informed decision, for the purpose of determining
 8 the child's willingness to participate in the voluntary program estab-
 9 lished under this section.
 10 (b) If a child is lost, missing or otherwise unable to be accounted
 11 for, an eligible applicant may coordinate with the appropriate law
 12 enforcement agency and inform the agency of the location of the child
 13 using the electronic monitoring device and receiver.
 14 (c) All applicant information provided by the parent to the office or
 15 the division of criminal justice services shall remain confidential and
 16 not be divulged by the office or the division of criminal justice
 17 services except in cases where the eligible applicant signs a separate
 18 consent form providing that any personally identifiable information on
 19 the child may only be released in the event that an eligible applicant
 20 seeks law enforcement action to find the location of a child who is
 21 lost, missing or otherwise unable to be accounted for.
 22 4. To the extent practicable, the commissioner shall utilize local
 23 governmental units or nonprofit organizations which currently provide
 24 electronic monitoring devices for the purposes of being able