Bill Text: NY A07356 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a public awareness campaign to combat the discrimination, stigma and stereotyping of individuals with developmental disabilities and which highlights the accomplishments and contributions of individuals with developmental disabilities to the state and their respective communities.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-05-25 - substituted by s6300c [A07356 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A07356-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7356

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on People with Disabilities

        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation  to  establishing  a
          public  awareness  program  to  combat  the stigma and stereotyping of
          individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities

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

     1    Section  1.  Section  13.09  of  the  mental hygiene law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
     3    (i) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of  mental
     4  health,  shall  develop  and  implement  a public awareness program that
     5  combats the discrimination, stigma and stereotyping of individuals  with
     6  intellectual  and  developmental  disabilities  across  the  state. Such
     7  program shall utilize  public  forums,  social  media  and  mass  media,
     8  including  but not limited to internet, radio, and print advertising and
     9  shall include educational materials  and  information  on  the  office's
    10  website.  The  program  shall  be tailored to educate the general public
    11  about intellectual and developmental disabilities and shall  also  high-
    12  light  the  accomplishments and contributions of individuals with intel-
    13  lectual and developmental disabilities to the state and their respective
    14  communities.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10792-01-1