Bill Text: NY S06002 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6002 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that where mandatory continuing education programs are offered through electronic or other remote means where the licensee must provide proof of attendance by responding to a visual or auditory prompt in the program, such program shall provide a sufficient length of time for a person with a visual or other impairment to be able to view and respond to such prompt or direction.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S06002 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S06002-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6002

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 25, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- 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  remote  programs  for
          mandatory continuing education

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

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6505-d
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 6505-d. Remote programs for  mandatory  continuing  education.    1.
     4  Whenever  the  practice  of a profession which is licensed by the state,
     5  including the practice of law as governed by the chief administrator  of
     6  the  court  of  appeals  and  the rules of the appellate division of the
     7  supreme court, shall require  the  completion  of  mandatory  continuing
     8  education, any program designed and approved to fulfill such requirement
     9  which is offered to be delivered electronically or by other remote means
    10  where  the  licensee must provide proof of attendance by responding to a
    11  visual or auditory prompt in the program,  shall  provide  a  sufficient
    12  length of time for a person with a visual or other disability to be able
    13  to view and respond to such prompt or direction. All remote programs for
    14  mandatory  continuing  education shall conform to the most recent guide-
    15  lines for website content accessibility guidelines (WCAG).
    16    2. A civil penalty of one thousand dollars may  be  imposed  for  each
    17  violation of this section.
    18    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    19  have become a law.



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