Bill Text: NY A06191 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Enacts the "Shepherd Patterson law"; requires a physician who treats a minor patient with a medical condition that may cause a disability to provide certain educational information to such patient's parents or guardians indicating such minor is entitled to a free and appropriate public education as defined under section five hundred four of the federal rehabilitation act of nineteen hundred seventy-three; makes related provisions.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to health [A06191 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06191-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6191--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 10, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of A. GALEF, L. ROSENTHAL, BURDICK, SIMON, SILLITTI,
          McMAHON, LAVINE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  MANKTELOW  --  read
          once  and referred to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged,
          bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
          committee

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring a physi-
          cian  who  treats  a minor patient with a medical condition to provide
          certain educational information to such patient's parents or guardians

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Shepherd
     2  Patterson law".
     3    § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  2500-m
     4  to read as follows:
     5    §  2500-m. Information on education accommodations for a minor patient
     6  with a medical condition that may cause a disability.  1.  On or  before
     7  July  first,  two  thousand  twenty-two, the department, in consultation
     8  with  the  department  of  education,  shall  develop  an  informational
     9  pamphlet  for practitioners to distribute to the parents or guardians of
    10  a patient under the age of eighteen with a medical  condition  that  may
    11  create  a  disability  for  the  patient  as  defined under section five
    12  hundred four of the  federal  rehabilitation  act  of  nineteen  hundred
    13  seventy-three.    Such information shall indicate that such minor may be
    14  entitled to a free and appropriate public  education  as  defined  under
    15  section  five hundred four of the federal rehabilitation act of nineteen
    16  hundred seventy-three, as amended, which may include accommodations  for
    17  the  delivery  of programs and services for eligible students with disa-
    18  bilities.  Such written information shall also state  that  the  parent,
    19  guardian,  or  person in a parental relationship with the patient should
    20  contact their school to discuss possible accommodations for the  patient

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03447-06-1

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     1  and  the  benefits  of sharing potentially life-saving emergency medical
     2  information with school personnel.
     3    2. The informational pamphlet shall be made available for use by prac-
     4  titioners  on  the  department's website in a printable file, and may be
     5  available for  order  as  a  printed  deliverable  on  the  department's
     6  website.    The  pamphlet  shall  be written in English and the six most
     7  common non-English languages spoken by individuals  based  on  the  most
     8  recent federal census.
     9    3.  A  practitioner  may  provide  the  parent  and/or guardian of the
    10  patient with the  informational  pamphlet  developed  pursuant  to  this
    11  section.
    12    4.  For  purposes  of this section, "practitioner" means a health care
    13  professional licensed, certified, or otherwise  authorized  to  practice
    14  under the education law, acting within the scope of practice.
    15    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    16  it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    17  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    18  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    19  completed on or before such effective date.
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