Bill Text: NY S09002 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Defines therapeutic agriculture for the purposes of community gardens as the use of agricultural activities as a means of promoting physical, mental and emotional well-being, rehabilitation and therapy for certain individuals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-28 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING [S09002 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09002-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9002

                    IN SENATE

                                      April 8, 2024
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        Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture

        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to defining
          therapeutic agriculture for purposes of community gardens

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

     1    Section  1. Section 31-g of the agriculture and markets law is amended
     2  by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
     3    7. "Therapeutic agriculture" shall mean the use of agricultural activ-
     4  ities, including farming, gardening, and animal husbandry, as a means of
     5  promoting physical, mental and emotional well-being, rehabilitation, and
     6  therapy for individuals with physical or mental health conditions, disa-
     7  bilities or other special needs.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







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