Bill Text: NY A00171 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities, the commissioner of education, the commissioner of health, the commissioner of the office of children and family services and the commissioner of mental health to study and report the costs to the state for the early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and the long-term treatment for individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-7)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-31 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES [A00171 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A00171-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 171--A Cal. No. 12 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI, DUPREY, CORWIN, BENEDETTO, LUPARDO, TITONE, CUSICK, COOK, COLTON, ENGLEBRIGHT, ROBINSON, WEPRIN, BARRETT, LIFTON, BICHOTTE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, GRAF, McDO- NOUGH, MOYA, RAIA, SALADINO, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health -- advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to direct the commissioner of the office for people with develop- mental disabilities to study and report upon the cost to the state for the early diagnosis and long-term treatment of autism spectrum disor- der The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The commissioner of the office for people with develop- 2 mental disabilities, the commissioner of education, the commissioner of 3 health, the commissioner of the office of children and family services 4 and the commissioner of mental health shall cause a study to be 5 performed on the costs to the state for the early diagnosis of autism 6 spectrum disorder and the long-term treatment of individuals with autism 7 spectrum disorder. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, a 8 projected estimate of future cost to the state associated with state 9 services that will be needed to accommodate the growth in the number of 10 individuals being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. 11 § 2. On or before April 1, 2019, the commissioner of the office for 12 people with developmental disabilities, the commissioner of education, 13 the commissioner of health, the commissioner of the office of children 14 and family services and the commissioner of mental health shall deliver 15 a copy of the findings of the study conducted pursuant to section one of 16 this act and any legislative recommendations he or she deems to be 17 necessary to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the 18 speaker of the assembly, the chair of the mental health and develop- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03395-02-5