A 6904 — Adds Down syndrome to the definition of developmental disability and expands such definition to include certain individuals below the age of ten
Congress · introduced 2025-03-18
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.
Latest action: 2026-03-18 — IN_ASSEMBLY_COMM
Sponsors
- Karen McMahon (—, NY-146) — sponsor · 2025-03-18
- MaryJane Shimsky (—, NY-92) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Noah Burroughs (—, NY-18) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas (—, NY-34) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Andrew Hevesi (—, NY-28) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Deborah Glick (—, NY-66) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Alicia Hyndman (—, NY-29) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Jen Lunsford (—, NY-135) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Judy Griffin (—, NY-21) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Jo Anne Simon (—, NY-52) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Angelo Santabarbara (—, NY-111) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Sam Berger (—, NY-27) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Chantel Jackson (—, NY-79) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
- Kalman Yeger (—, NY-41) — cosponsor · 2025-03-18
Action timeline
- · assembly — REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
- · assembly — REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
- · assembly — AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO MENTAL HEALTH
- · assembly — PRINT NUMBER 6904A
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Inbound (14)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-18 | Kalman Yeger | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-18 | Deborah Glick | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-18 | Angelo Santabarbara | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-18 | Jo Anne Simon | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-18 | Chantel Jackson | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-18 | Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-18 | Noah Burroughs | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-18 | MaryJane Shimsky | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-18 | Sam Berger | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-18 | Judy Griffin | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-18 | Alicia Hyndman | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-18 | Andrew Hevesi | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-18 | Jen Lunsford | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-18 | Karen McMahon | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karen McMahon (—, state_lower NY-146) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Alicia Hyndman (—, state_lower NY-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Andrew Hevesi (—, state_lower NY-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Angelo Santabarbara (—, state_lower NY-111) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Chantel Jackson (—, state_lower NY-79) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Deborah Glick (—, state_lower NY-66) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jen Lunsford (—, state_lower NY-135) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas (—, state_lower NY-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Jo Anne Simon (—, state_lower NY-52) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Judy Griffin (—, state_lower NY-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Kalman Yeger (—, state_lower NY-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | MaryJane Shimsky (—, state_lower NY-92) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Noah Burroughs (—, state_lower NY-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Sam Berger (—, state_lower NY-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-03-18 · cosponsored by Judy Griffin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-18 · cosponsored by Angelo Santabarbara (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-18 · cosponsored by Jen Lunsford (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-18 · cosponsored by Sam Berger (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-18 · cosponsored by Kalman Yeger (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-18 · cosponsored by Noah Burroughs (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-18 · cosponsored by Deborah Glick (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-18 · cosponsored by Andrew Hevesi (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-18 · cosponsored by Alicia Hyndman (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-18 · cosponsored by MaryJane Shimsky (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-18 · cosponsored by Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-18 · cosponsored by Chantel Jackson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-18 · sponsored by Karen McMahon (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-18 · cosponsored by Jo Anne Simon (cosponsor) · sponsorship