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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 9448: Adds Down syndrome to the definition of developmental disability and expands such definition to include certain individuals below the age of ten

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 9448 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on March 12, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Adds Down syndrome to the definition of developmental disability and expands such definition to include certain individuals below the age of ten. Primary sponsor: April Baskin (Democratic). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 12, 2026): REFERRED TO DISABILITIES.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Adds Down syndrome to the definition of developmental disability for the purpose of making Down syndrome an automatic qualifier for Medicaid; expands the definition of developmental disability to include certain individuals below the age of ten who cannot demonstrate that their disability constitutes a substantial handicap to their ability to function in a normal society, but that have a high probability of meeting such criteria later in life; expands the definition of developmental disability to include certain individuals below the age of four.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Democratic/Working Families 1 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
April BaskinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate63
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Monica MartinezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate4
Bill WeberCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate38

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source