Bill Text: NY A05179 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to a Braille option for all identification cards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A05179 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05179-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5179
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 7, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. L. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
        AN ACT to amend the banking law, the general business  law,  the  social
          services  law  and  the insurance law, in relation to a braille option
          for all identifications cards
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  banking  law is amended by adding a new section 3 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 3. Braille option for all identification cards. Any and  all  finan-
     4  cial institutions that issue debit, credit or other identification cards
     5  shall,  upon  request, supply a customer with a card that has either all
     6  information written in braille or in both braille and print.
     7    § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 397-b
     8  to read as follows:
     9    § 397-b. Braille option for all  identification  cards.  Any  and  all
    10  financial  institutions  that issue debit, credit, health or other iden-
    11  tification cards shall, upon request, supply a customer with a card that
    12  has either all information written in braille or  in  both  braille  and
    13  print.
    14    §  3. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 24 to
    15  read as follows:
    16    § 24. Braille option for all identification cards. Any and all  cards,
    17  including, but not limited to identification cards issued by the depart-
    18  ment  shall,  upon  request,  supply  an individual with a card that has
    19  either all information written in braille or in both braille and print.
    20    § 4. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 313 to  read
    21  as follows:
    22    § 313. Braille option for all identification cards. Any and all insti-
    23  tutions  that  issue  health  or  other identification cards shall, upon
    24  request, supply a customer with a card that has either  all  information
    25  written in braille or in both braille and print.
    26    § 5. 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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