Bill Text: NY A00982 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes that all school districts are approved evaluators of preschool students suspected of having a disability.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-08 - substituted by s1694a [A00982 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A00982-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 982--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 10, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN, KEARNS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing that all school districts are approved evaluators of preschool students suspected of having a disability The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision 9-a of section 4410 2 of the education law, paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 581 of the 3 laws of 2011 and paragraph (c) as added by chapter 82 of the laws of 4 1995, are amended to read as follows: 5 (a) A [school district or a] group of appropriately licensed and/or 6 certified professionals associated with a public or private agency may 7 apply to the commissioner for approval as an evaluator on a form 8 prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall approve evalu- 9 ators pursuant to this subdivision consistent with the approval process 10 for the multi-disciplinary evaluation component of programs approved 11 pursuant to subdivision nine of this section consistent with regulations 12 adopted pursuant to such subdivision. All school districts are deemed 13 approved evaluators of preschool students suspected of having a disabil- 14 ity without the need to submit an application to the commissioner if 15 staff who provide such evaluation services shall have appropriate licen- 16 sure and/or certification. 17 Such application shall include, but not be limited to, a description 18 of the multi-disciplinary evaluation services proposed to be provided 19 and a demonstration that all agency employees and staff who provide such 20 evaluation services shall have appropriate licensure and/or certif- 21 ication and that the individual who shall have direct supervision 22 responsibilities over such staff shall have an appropriate level of 23 experience in providing evaluation or services to preschool or kinder- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01266-03-7A. 982--A 2 1 garten-aged children with disabilities. To be eligible for approval as 2 an evaluator under this subdivision on and after July first, two thou- 3 sand eleven, a group of appropriately licensed or certified profes- 4 sionals shall be formed as a limited liability company or professional 5 services corporation established pursuant to article fifteen of the 6 business corporation law, article twelve or thirteen of the limited 7 liability company law or article eight-B of the partnership law. The 8 approval of any groups of licensed or certified professionals that are 9 in existence on July first, two thousand eleven and would not be eligi- 10 ble for approval thereafter shall terminate on July first, two thousand 11 thirteen. 12 (c) The commissioner shall establish a billing and reimbursement 13 system for services provided by school districts and evaluators approved 14 pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision consistent with billing 15 and reimbursement for evaluation services provided by evaluators 16 approved pursuant to the provisions of subdivision nine of this section. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 18 the amendments to subdivision 9-a of section 4410 of the education law 19 made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such 20 subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
