New York S 9205: Expands disability benefits for firefighters who suffered any condition or impairment of health caused by endocrine/thyroid cancer

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S09205 Summary:

BILL NOS09205 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRCOMRIE

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§81.05, 81.06, 81.08, 81.16, 81.17, 81.19, 81.20 & 81.36, Ment Hyg L; amd §14, Bank L

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Provides for requirements for the appointment of a guardian for personal needs or property management; requires financial institutions to provide all necessary bank statements for a Medicaid application to a requesting department of social services within thirty days of having received such request.

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BILL NOS09205 

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02/13/2026REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9205

 IN SENATE

 February 13, 2026
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requirements for
 the appointment of a guardian for personal needs or property manage-
 ment; and to amend the banking law, in relation to bank statements for
 Medicaid applications

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

 1 Section 1. Section 81.05 of the mental hygiene law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision (c) to read as follows:
 3 (c) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section, if a
 4 social services official or agency is nominated as guardian, or is
 5 otherwise considered to be appointed as guardian, and has not been
 6 provided with notice as required by subparagraph (v) of paragraph one of
 7 subdivision (g) of section 81.07 of this article, such nominated or
 8 considered social services official or agency shall be permitted to
 9 provide information to the court as to the appropriate social services
 10 official or agency to be considered.
 11 § 2. Section 81.06 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a
 12 new subdivision (b) to read as follows:
 13 (b) No entity shall commence a proceeding pursuant to this section
 14 solely to collect a debt of an alleged incapacitated person, to
 15 discharge the alleged incapacitated person from a hospital, nursing home
 16 or other institution that has a duty to care for such person, or to take
 17 any other action that is not in the best interests of the alleged inca-
 18 pacitated person.
 19 § 3. Paragraph 15 of subdivision (a) of section 81.08 of the mental
 20 hygiene law, as added by chapter 698 of the laws of 1992, is amended and
 21 a new paragraph 16 is added to read as follows:
 22 15. any other information which in the petitioner's opinion will
 23 assist the court evaluator in completing the investigation and report in
 24 accordance with section 81.09 of this article[.];
 25 16. any request, if any, for protective arrangement and/or single
 26 transactions as an alternative to full guardianship shall be considered,
 27 supported by specific findings on the record.
 28 § 4. Subdivision (c) of section 81.16 of the mental hygiene law is
 29 amended by adding a new paragraph 7 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14026-02-6

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 1 7. If a social services official is appointed as guardian, counsel for
 2 the social services official shall prepare and submit the proposed
 3 order.
 4 § 5. Section 81.17 of the mental hygiene law, as added by chapter 698
 5 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
 6 § 81.17 Nomination of guardian.
 7 (a) In the petition, or in a written instrument duly executed,
 8 acknowledged, and filed in the proceeding before the appointment of a
 9 guardian, the person alleged to be incapacitated may nominate a guardi-
 10 an.
 11 (b) If the nominated guardian is a social services official, or the
 12 court considers the appointment of a social services official as guardi-
 13 an when no guardian has been nominated, the social services official
 14 shall be a party to the action, with the right to fully participate in
 15 the guardianship proceeding, including the right to respond to,