New York A 10781: Relates to the New York state scenic byways system

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A10781 Summary:

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Amd §35, Judy L; amd §§32.05, 32.09 & 19.01, Ment Hyg L; amd §§3302, 3331, 3350, 3351, 2897 & 3450, Art 33
Title V Title Head, Pub Health L; amd §396-h, County L; amd §121, Gen City L; amd §3028-a, Ed L; amd §400.00,
Pen L; amd §63, Rail L; amd §303, Soc Serv L; amd §5, Emerg Hous Rent Cont L; amd §10, Emerg Ten Prot Act of
1974; amd §28, Gen Con L

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Replaces certain appearances of the words addict, addicts and addiction with the words person with a substance use disorder, person with a mental health disorder, person with co-occurring disorder, person in recovery, or a variation thereof.

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04/01/2026referred to governmental operations

06/22/2026enacting clause stricken

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10781

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 1, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. STECK, K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, the mental hygiene law, the public
 health law, the county law, the general city law, the education law,
 the penal law, the railroad law, the social services law, the emergen-
 cy housing rent control law, the emergency tenant protection act of
 nineteen seventy-four and the general construction law, in relation to
 replacing certain appearances of the words addict, addicts, and
 addiction with the words person with a substance use disorder, person
 with a mental health disorder, person with co-occurring disorder,
 person in recovery, or variation thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 35 of the judiciary
 2 law, as amended by chapter 511 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 a. When a court orders a hearing in a proceeding upon a writ of habeas
 5 corpus to inquire into the cause of detention of a person in custody in
 6 a state institution, or when it orders a hearing in a civil proceeding
 7 to commit or transfer a person to or retain a person in a state institu-
 8 tion when such person is alleged to be [mentally ill, mentally defective
 9 or] a person with substance use disorder, a person with a mental health
 10 disorder, a person with co-occurring disorder, or a person in recovery,
 11 or when it orders a hearing for the commitment of the guardianship and
 12 custody of a child to an authorized agency by reason of the mental
 13 illness or developmental disability of a parent, or when it orders a
 14 hearing to determine whether consent to the adoption of a child shall be
 15 required of a parent who is alleged to be mentally ill or develop-
 16 mentally disabled, or when it orders a hearing to determine the best
 17 interests of a child when the parent of the child revokes a consent to
 18 the adoption of such child and such revocation is opposed or in any
 19 adoption or custody proceeding if it determines that assignment of coun-
 20 sel in such cases is mandated by the constitution of this state or of
 21 the United States, the court may assign counsel to represent such person

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09004-02-6

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 1 if it is satisfied that such person is financially unable to obtain
 2 counsel. Upon an appeal taken from an order entered in any such proceed-
 3 ing, the appellate court may assign counsel to represent such person
 4 upon the appeal if it is satisfied that such person is financially
 5 unable to obtain counsel.
 6 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 35 of the judiciary law, as amended by
 7 chapter 511 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as follows:
 8 4. In any proceeding described in paragraph a of subdivision one of
 9 this section, when a person is alleged to be [mentally ill, mentally
 10 defective or] a person with substance use disorder, a