Bill Text: NY S00266 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Defines "severely and permanently disabled" for purposes of state scholarships and education loans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-05-12 - referred to higher education [S00266 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00266-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        266--A
           Cal. No. 317
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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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  --
         reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and second
         report, advanced to a third reading -- committed to the  Committee  on
         Rules  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended, ordered reprinted as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       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-D  AND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-E OF THIS TITLE, SHALL MEAN A
    6  PERSON WHO: (A) IS UNABLE TO ENGAGE IN ANY SUBSTANTIAL GAINFUL  ACTIVITY
    7  BY  REASON  OF  ANY MEDICALLY DETERMINABLE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT
    8  THAT (I) CAN BE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN  DEATH;  (II)  HAS  LASTED  FOR  A
    9  CONTINUOUS  PERIOD  OF  NOT  LESS  THAN  SIXTY  MONTHS;  OR (III) CAN BE
   10  EXPECTED TO LAST FOR A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN SIXTY  MONTHS;
   11  OR  (B) HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY THE FEDERAL SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
   12  TO BE UNEMPLOYABLE DUE TO A SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01371-03-3