Bill Text: NY A05141 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of education to include communication support services as a vocational rehabilitation service.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 36-9)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to education [A05141 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05141-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5141--B
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 12, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA, RUSSELL, MILLER, CROUCH, ZEBROWSKI,
          GUNTHER,  ABINANTI, SCHIMEL, GRAF, MONTESANO, DUPREY, FINCH, McDONALD,
          FAHY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CLARK, GALEF,  KEARNS,  MOSLEY,
          RIVERA,  SIMON,  SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
          amended  and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said
          committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and  recommit-
          ted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to vocational rehabili-
          tation services for enhancing communication support
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 1004-c
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 1004-c. Communication support services. 1. The commissioner is here-
     4  by directed to promulgate rules and regulations to include communication
     5  support  services  as  a vocational rehabilitation service as defined by
     6  paragraph a of subdivision five of section  one  thousand  two  of  this
     7  article.  Any  individual who shall have been diagnosed with a pragmatic
     8  language impairment or whose employment prospects may reasonably benefit
     9  from an improved capacity to communicate shall qualify for communication
    10  support services.  All referrals made pursuant to this section shall  be
    11  made  to individuals licensed, certified, registered or otherwise quali-
    12  fied under existing state laws, rules and regulations.   Nothing  herein
    13  shall  be  construed to alter or define scope of practice under existing
    14  state laws, rules and regulations.
    15    2. For the purposes of this section, "communication support  services"
    16  shall  mean  treatment  or  services that focus on communication-related
    17  skills including, but not limited to, dialogue strategies for:
    18    (i) initiating and exiting communication of intent;
    19    (ii) topic maintenance;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05632-04-5