---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes a living allowance for adults with developmental disabilities"
description: "Relates to a living allowance for adults with developmental disabilities; provides that a determination made pursuant to this section that the person is or is not developmentally disabled, as defined in subdivision twenty-two of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law, shall not be binding on the state, a local government or the person for any other purpose, including determinations of eligibility for services authorized by the office for people with developmental disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7794"
citation: "New York S 7794 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MANNION"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db55e38d-0636-4400-9040-0b088265ccdf"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7794"
source_hash: "f784f6d9a078ce2e57cf644e7d476d2984243c09d1f801e90bb7cf50ae50a36a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 7794 (2021-2022) — Establishes a living allowance for adults with developmental disabilities

Relates to a living allowance for adults with developmental disabilities; provides that a determination made pursuant to this section that the person is or is not developmentally disabled, as defined in subdivision twenty-two of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law, shall not be binding on the state, a local government or the person for any other purpose, including determinations of eligibility for services authorized by the office for people with developmental disabilities.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S7794** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7794&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MANNION — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.161
- **2022-01-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-25** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-25** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8841
- **2022-02-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.371
- **2022-02-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-02-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.110 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db55e38d-0636-4400-9040-0b088265ccdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).