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S10024 • 2025

Relates to adding spina bifida to the definition of developmental disability

Relates to adding spina bifida to the definition of developmental disability

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Sponsor
Monica Martinez
Last action
2026-05-11
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Relates to adding spina bifida to the definition of developmental disability

Relates to adding spina bifida to the definition of developmental disability Relates to adding spina bifida to the definition of developmental disability in the mental hygiene law.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to adding spina bifida to the definition of developmental disability Relates to adding spina bifida to the definition of developmental disability in the mental hygiene law.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-11 Senate

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

  2. 2026-04-22 Senate

    REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

Official Summary Text

Relates to adding spina bifida to the definition of developmental disability
Relates to adding spina bifida to the definition of developmental disability in the mental hygiene law.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10024

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     April 22, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens. MARTINEZ, ASHBY -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities

        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law,  in  relation  to  adding  spina
          bifida to the definition of developmental disability

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph 1  of  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  22  of
     2  section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 114 of the
     3  laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (1)  is  attributable  to  intellectual  disability,  cerebral  palsy,
     5  epilepsy, neurological impairment, familial  dysautonomia,  Prader-Willi
     6  syndrome, SPINA BIFIDA or autism;
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.








         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06661-01-5