Bill Text: NY S02254 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Defines "severely and permanently disabled" for purposes of state scholarships and education loans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-10 - referred to higher education [S02254 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S02254-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 22, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the definition of
severely and permanently disabled for purposes of eligibility for
certain scholarships and loans
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 601 of the education law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 8 to read as follows:
3 8. "SEVERELY AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED", AS REFERENCED IN SECTIONS SIX
4 HUNDRED FOUR, SIX HUNDRED EIGHT, SIX HUNDRED EIGHT-A, SIX HUNDRED
5 SIXTY-EIGHT-D AND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-E OF THIS TITLE, SHALL MEAN A
6 PERSON WHO: (A) IS UNABLE TO ENGAGE IN ANY SUBSTANTIAL GAINFUL ACTIVITY
7 BY REASON OF ANY MEDICALLY DETERMINABLE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT
8 THAT (I) CAN BE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN DEATH; (II) HAS LASTED FOR A
9 CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN SIXTY MONTHS; OR (III) CAN BE
10 EXPECTED TO LAST FOR A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN SIXTY MONTHS;
11 OR (B) HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY THE FEDERAL SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
12 TO BE UNEMPLOYABLE DUE TO A SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY.
13 S 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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