Bill Text: NY S04643 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a registry to help locate individuals with autism, Alzheimer's and dementia in the event they go missing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-21 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S04643 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04643-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4643
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 14, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  FARLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  assisting  state  and
         local  law  enforcement  agencies in establishing a registry to locate
         certain missing individuals
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 837 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 19 to read as follows:
    3    19. PROMULGATE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL RETAR-
    4  DATION  AND  DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, A STANDARDIZED FORM THAT MAY BE
    5  USED BY STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AS A VOLUNTARY REGISTRY
    6  TO  HELP  LOCATE  PERSONS  DIAGNOSED  WITH  AUTISM  SPECTRUM  DISORDERS,
    7  ALZHEIMER'S  DISEASE  OR  OTHER DEMENTIA, OR WHO ARE OTHERWISE UNABLE TO
    8  COMMUNICATE AND WHO LOSE THE ABILITY TO  RECOGNIZE  FAMILIAR  PLACES  OR
    9  FACES.  SUCH  FORM  MAY  INCLUDE  IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON THE MISSING
   10  REGISTRANT SUCH AS PHYSICAL FEATURES, MEDICAL  CONDITIONS,  WHETHER  THE
   11  PERSON  IS  NON-VERBAL, AND NAMES OF FAMILY OR FRIENDS TO CONTACT IF THE
   12  PERSON IS LOCATED. SUCH FORM MAY ALSO PROVIDE FOR A  PHOTOGRAPH  OF  THE
   13  REGISTRANT TO BE SUBMITTED WITH THE FORM.
   14    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   15  have become a  law.  Effective  immediately  the  division  of  criminal
   16  justice  services is authorized to take any and all actions necessary to
   17  implement the provisions of this act on its effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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