Bill Text: NY S06985 | 2011-2012 | 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: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-21 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S06985 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S06985-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6985
I N S E N A T E
April 19, 2012
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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-B, SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-D AND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-E
6 OF THIS TITLE, SHALL MEAN A PERSON HAS ONE OR MORE IMPAIRMENTS, DISABIL-
7 ITIES OR CONDITIONS WHICH ARE PERMANENT IN NATURE, AS CERTIFIED BY A
8 LICENSED PHYSICIAN, AND WHICH ARE OF SUCH A NATURE AS TO PREVENT SUCH
9 PERSON FROM ENGAGING IN FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT, FOR REMUNERATION, FOR
10 THIRTY-FIVE HOURS OR MORE A WEEK OUTSIDE OF SUCH PERSON'S HOME.
11 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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