This bill expands a tax credit available to New York employers who hire apprentices, specifically adding a new benefit for hiring people with disabilities. Under the new rules, employers can claim an additional $500 tax credit for each person with a disability they hire as an apprentice. The definition of disability used in the bill matches the existing legal definition found in the state's executive law. This change aims to provide financial incentives for businesses to include individuals with disabilities in their apprenticeship programs.
This bill amends New York's mental hygiene law to prohibit discrimination against people with physical or mental disabilities in organ donation and transplant processes. It requires healthcare providers and organ matching organizations to evaluate patients based on medical criteria rather than disability status, while allowing consideration of disability only when it directly impacts medical suitability after individualized assessment. The law defines "qualified individuals" as those who can meet transplant requirements with or without support services, and mandates that support networks and auxiliary aids be considered when determining eligibility. Covered entities must make reasonable policy modifications to ensure fair access to transplant evaluations, waiting lists, and post-transplant care for all qualified patients regardless of disability.
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This bill creates a new program within the New York State Urban Development Corporation to provide funding for housing designed for people with mental and developmental disabilities. It authorizes the corporation to use up to $25 million from its community development financial institutions fund to support community development financial institutions that help build supportive and supervised living facilities. The program requires the corporation to work with state mental health and disability offices to create rules for how the money will be distributed. The changes will take effect 180 days after the bill becomes law, allowing time for necessary regulations to be prepared.
Adds Down syndrome to the definition of developmental disability for the purpose of making Down syndrome an automatic qualifier for Medicaid; expands the definition of developmental disability to include certain individuals below the age of ten who cannot demonstrate that their disability constitutes a substantial handicap to their ability to function in a normal society, but that have a high probability of meeting such criteria later in life; expands the definition of developmental disability to include certain individuals below the age of four.
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Medicaid
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This bill creates a voluntary contribution option on New York's personal income tax returns, allowing taxpayers to donate any whole dollar amount to the Disability Care Providers Fund. The fund, managed by state tax and finance officials, collects these contributions (which do not reduce a taxpayer's state tax liability) and uses the money exclusively to support disability care providers as defined in New York's mental hygiene law. Annual reports detail how funds are spent, including recipient names, amounts awarded, and purposes. The bill directly affects taxpayers who choose to contribute and disability care providers receiving funding.
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Income Tax
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People with Disabilities
Distinguishes the terms "service animal" and "emotional support animal"; provides that persons with a disability shall be entitled to reasonable housing accommodations for a service animal or emotional support animal, provided that they obtain documentation from a qualified practitioner; provides that certain privileges are restricted to persons with a service animal; provides that a person who fraudulently obtains documentation for a reasonable housing accommodation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine and community service.
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People with Disabilities
Provides for eligibility for medical assistance for personal care services for persons with traumatic brain injury, developmental disability, cognitive impairments, blindness or visual impairment.
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People with Disabilities
This bill amends New York's mental hygiene law to add fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), including fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), partial FAS (pFAS), and alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder (ARND), to the official definition of developmental disability. It directly affects individuals with FASD who meet specific criteria: being over age seven, having a qualified medical diagnosis, experiencing symptoms before age 22, having a condition expected to continue indefinitely, and facing significant challenges in daily living activities. The key mechanism is expanding eligibility for developmental disability services to include these FASD diagnoses under existing law. This change ensures individuals with FASD can access support programs and services previously available only to those with other qualifying conditions.
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This bill creates up to 1,700 noncompetitive employment positions in school districts for people with developmental disabilities, including those with Down syndrome, autism, or cerebral palsy, who are certified as qualified by health services. School districts must classify these roles separately, allowing hiring without standard competitive exams, but employees must be certified as having a developmental disability. It ensures these workers have equal access to promotional exams compared to competitive class employees. The law takes effect immediately upon passage.
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People with Disabilities
Provides for eligibility for medical assistance for personal care services for persons with traumatic brain injury, developmental disability, cognitive impairments, blindness or visual impairment.
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People with Disabilities
