S 3996: Amends the definition of "developmental disability" to include an inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of the disability.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3996 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation 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. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 22 of section 1.03 of the 2 mental hygiene law, as amended by section 4 of part MM of chapter 58 of 3 the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: 4 (d) constitutes a substantial handicap to such person's ability to 5 function normally in society or results in an inability to engage in any 6 substantial gainful activity by reason of the disability described in 7 subparagraph one or two of paragraph (a) of this subdivision. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 9 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06709-01-5