A08708 Summary:

BILL NOA08708B
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORSantabarbara
 
COSPNSRAbinanti, Simon, Skoufis, Mosley, Ortiz, Cook, Titone, Walter, Benedetto, Blake, Robinson, Duprey, Montesano, Richardson, Steck, Schimel, Stirpe, Miller, Lentol, Russell, Linares, Barrett, Ramos, Palmesano, Weprin, Jaffee, Hunter
 
MLTSPNSRAbbate, Ceretto, Hyndman, Raia
 
Add §170-c, Exec L; amd §103, St Tech L
 
Relates to providing for multi-formatted service menus for the cognitively impaired on websites operated by certain state agencies; includes the department of health, office for people with developmental disabilities and the office of mental health.
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A08708 Actions:

BILL NOA08708B
 
01/13/2016referred to governmental operations
04/06/2016amend (t) and recommit to governmental operations
04/06/2016print number 8708a
05/26/2016amend (t) and recommit to governmental operations
05/26/2016print number 8708b
06/01/2016reported referred to ways and means
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A08708 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A8708B
 
SPONSOR: Santabarbara
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law and the state technology law, in relation to providing for multi-formatted services menus for the cogni- tively impaired on websites operated by certain state agencies   PURPOSE: To require the Department of Health, the Office for People with Develop- mental Disabilities, and the Office of Mental Health to develop multi- formatted services menus accessible on their websites for persons with cognitive disabilities.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill would require DOH, OPWDD, and OMH to develop multi-formatted services menus accessible on their websites. Such menus would include charts and graphs, dynamic flowcharts, and videos to help visual and auditory learners. Section 2 of the bill would require the Office of Information Technology Services to assist the aforementioned agencies in developing such menus. Section 3 of the bill provides the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: Twenty-eight million United States citizens have cognitive disabilities such as developmental disability; severe, persistent mental illness; brain injury; stroke; and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. The disruptive convergence of computing and commu- nication technologies has substantially altered how people acquire, utilize, and disseminate knowledge and information. Access to comprehensible information and usable communication technolo- gies is necessary for all people in our society, particularly for people with cognitive disabilities, to promote self-determination and to engage meaningfully in major aspects of life such as education, health promotion, employment, recreation, and civic participation. Technology and information access by people with cognitive disabilities must be guided by standards and best-practices, such as personalization and compatibility across devices and platforms, and through the application of innovations including automated and predictive technologies, Ensuring access to technology and information for the 28 million people with cognitive disabilities in the United States will create new-markets and employment opportunities; decrease dependency on public services; reduce healthcare costs; and improve the independence, productivity, and quali- ty of life of people with cognitive disabilities.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New legislation.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A08708 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8708--B
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 13, 2016
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. SANTABARBARA, ABINANTI, SIMON, SKOUFIS, MOSLEY,
          ORTIZ, COOK,  TITONE,  WALTER,  BENEDETTO,  BLAKE,  ROBINSON,  DUPREY,
          MONTESANO,  RICHARDSON,  STECK,  SCHIMEL,  STIRPE,  GOLDFEDER, MILLER,
          LENTOL, RUSSELL, LINARES, BARRETT, RAMOS, PALMESANO,  WEPRIN,  JAFFEE,
          HUNTER  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. ABBATE, CERETTO, HYNDMAN,
          RAIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental  Oper-
          ations  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee  discharged,
          bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
          committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the executive law  and  the  state  technology  law,  in
          relation  to  providing  for  multi-formatted  services  menus for the
          cognitively impaired on websites operated by certain state agencies
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1.  The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-c
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  170-c. Multi-formatted services menus for the cognitively impaired.
     4  The department of health, the office for people with developmental disa-
     5  bilities and the office of mental health shall develop, with the assist-
     6  ance of the office of information technology  services,  multi-formatted
     7  services  menus  for persons who suffer from a disability arising from a
     8  cognitive impairment, which shall be accessible from the  home  page  of
     9  such  website.  Such  services  menus  shall  include a complete list of
    10  available services from each such agency in the following formats:
    11    1. charts and graphs for visual learners;
    12    2. dynamic flowcharts for visual thinkers. Such flowcharts shall:
    13    (a) match the website visitor to the areas  most  closely  related  to
    14  such  website visitor's inquiry by asking the website visitor individual
    15  questions and then producing responses in logical sequence; and
    16    (b) allow website visitors to revise their answers  at  any  point  in
    17  order to be prompted to the next menu; and
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13620-03-6

        A. 8708--B                          2
 
     1    3.  videos  for  auditory  learners.  Such videos shall include closed
     2  captions and a full transcript of such videos for review  of  references
     3  or information mentioned in such videos.
     4    § 2. Subdivisions 20 and 21 of section 103 of the state technology law
     5  are renumbered subdivisions 21 and 22, and a new subdivision 20 is added
     6  to read as follows:
     7    20.  To  advise  and  assist  the department of health, the office for
     8  people with developmental disabilities and the office of  mental  health
     9  in developing multi-formatted services menus for persons who suffer from
    10  a disability arising from a cognitive impairment pursuant to section one
    11  hundred seventy-c of the executive law.
    12    §  3.    This  act  shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day
    13  after it shall have become a law.
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