BILL NUMBER: S7908
SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to assisting state and
local law enforcement agencies in establishing a registry to locate
certain missing individuals
 
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this bill is to establish a voluntary registry of indi-
viduals with Autism, Alzheimer's or Dementia who may be at risk of
wandering away from home. This legislation would make a standardized
form available that may be submitted to local law enforcement agencies
by family members and caregivers of such individuals. This form would
include identifying information and may include a photograph of the
registrant.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Adds a new subdivision (24) to Section 837 of the Executive Law to
direct the Division of Criminal Justice Services to promulgate, in
consultation with the Commissioner of Mental Retardation and Develop-
mental Disabilities, a voluntary registry that may be established and
used by state and local law enforcement agencies.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
A voluntary registry would enable caretakers and loved ones to register
individuals with Autism, Alzheimer's or Dementia with state or local law
enforcement agencies. By filing in such a form, law enforcement person-
nel may be more equipped with vital information, including a photograph
of the individual, to help locate or identify the person if they are
wandering or lost. Many localities across the country have implemented
similar measures protect our most vulnerable citizens. Such measure
would benefit the affected individual, family and law enforcement
personnel by enabling them to refer to a standardized form to help
locate the missing individual at a point when time is most critical.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2021-22: S.6069 Referred to Governmental Operations
2019-20: S.4605 Referred to Finance
2017-18: S.3626 - REFERRED TO FINANCE
2015-16: S.551A - Amend and Recommit to Finance
2013-14: S.4557/A.3545 - Referred to Finance
2011-12: S.4643/A.4434 - Committed to Rules/Governmental Operations
2009-10: S.4384/A.6662 - Referred to Finance/Governmental Operations
2008: S.7868/A.11551 - Passed Senate/Referred to Governmental Ops
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Minimal.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
on or before such effective date.

Statutes affected:
S7908: 837 executive law