Bill Text: NY A03217 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of health and commissioner for people with developmental disabilities to jointly promulgate rules and regulations requiring pediatric health care providers to screen children beginning at the age of 18 months for autism spectrum disorders during each wellness and preventative care examination.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-24 - referred to health [A03217 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A03217-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3217
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 24, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHROEDER, P. RIVERA, MAISEL, ABBATE, SPANO,
         DUPREY, LIFTON, PHEFFER, TITONE, CALHOUN,  RAIA,  TOBACCO,  McDONOUGH,
         ARROYO,  BENEDETTO,  PEOPLES-STOKES,  ROBINSON,  COOK, GIBSON, CASTRO,
         CLARK, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.    BARCLAY,  BOYLAND,
         BURLING,  BUTLER,  CAMARA,  CONTE,  CROUCH,  FINCH, GABRYSZAK, GIGLIO,
         HOOPER, JACOBS, JORDAN, MARKEY, McENENY, McKEVITT, J. MILLER,  MOLINA-
         RO, PERRY, RABBITT, REILLY, SALADINO, THIELE -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Health
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law and the mental hygiene law, in
         relation to directing the commissioner of health and the  commissioner
         of the office for people with developmental disabilities to promulgate
         rules  and  regulations  requiring every child beginning at the age of
         eighteen months to be examined for autism spectrum disorders;  and  to
         repeal  section  2500-j of the public health law relating to screening
         children for autism spectrum disorders
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 2500-j of the public health law is REPEALED.
    2    S  2.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2500-k
    3  to read as follows:
    4    S 2500-K. PEDIATRIC WELLNESS VISITS;  SCREENING  FOR  AUTISM  SPECTRUM
    5  DISORDERS.  1.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, JOINTLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
    6  THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND ON OR  BEFORE
    7  MAY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIR-
    8  ING  EVERY  PEDIATRIC  PRIMARY  CARE PROVIDER, CONDUCTING A WELLNESS AND
    9  PREVENTATIVE CARE EXAMINATION, ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
   10  TWELVE, OF A CHILD EIGHTEEN MONTHS OF AGE OR OLDER, TO SCREEN SUCH CHILD
   11  FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS.
   12    2. IN ADDITION, SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL ESTABLISH  GUIDELINES
   13  AND PROTOCOLS FOR:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06756-01-1
       A. 3217                             2
    1    (A)  THE  BEST PRACTICES FOR THE SCREENING FOR AND DIAGNOSIS OF AUTISM
    2  SPECTRUM DISORDERS;
    3    (B) THE EMPLOYMENT OF OBJECTIVE AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER TOOLS; AND
    4    (C)  THE  APPROPRIATE  REFERRAL MECHANISM FOR CHILDREN, WHO BASED UPON
    5  THE RESULTS OF SCREENING FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS, REQUIRE  FURTHER
    6  EVALUATION.
    7    3.  IF  THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE
    8  WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SHALL FAIL TO PROMULGATE, ON  OR  BEFORE
    9  MAY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND TWELVE, THE RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRED BY
   10  SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF THIS SECTION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT AND
   11  IMPLEMENT THE RELEVANT FEDERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING THERETO.
   12    S 3. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new  section  16.39
   13  to read as follows:
   14  S 16.39 PEDIATRIC  WELLNESS VISITS; SCREENING FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISOR-
   15            DERS.
   16    THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, JOINTLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF  HEALTH,  AND
   17  ON  OR  BEFORE  MAY  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, PROMULGATE ANY AND ALL
   18  RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND  TWO  OF  SECTION
   19  TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED-K OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW RELATING TO THE SCREENING
   20  OF CHILDREN FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS.
   21    S  4.  This act shall take effect immediately, except that section one
   22  of this act shall take effect September 1, 2012.