Bill Text: NY A06801 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes a developmental disability, mental health, and behavioral condition community stakeholder committee to examine effective evidence-based developmental, mental, and behavioral health screening methods for children in kindergarten through fifth grade.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to ways and means [A06801 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06801-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6801--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 8, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Mental Health  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  in  relation to establishing a developmental disability, mental
          health, and behavioral condition community stakeholder committee;  and
          providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

     1    Section 1. Developmental disability,  mental  health,  and  behavioral
     2  condition community stakeholder committee. 1. The commissioner of mental
     3  health, in consultation with the commissioner of developmental disabili-
     4  ties,  the commissioner of children and family services, and the commis-
     5  sioner of education, shall establish a community  stakeholder  committee
     6  to  examine  appropriate and effective evidence-based screening methods,
     7  and appropriate interventions for children identified  with  a  develop-
     8  mental  disability,  a mental health or behavioral condition, and educa-
     9  tional supports for students in kindergarten  through  grade  five.  The
    10  community  stakeholder  committee shall consist of at least ten members.
    11  The following four members shall serve as  co-chairs  of  the  community
    12  stakeholder  committee:  (a)  the commissioner of mental health or their
    13  designee; (b) the commissioner of developmental  disabilities  or  their
    14  designee;  (c) the commissioner of children and family services or their
    15  designee; and (d) the commissioner of education or their designee.   The
    16  remaining  members  shall  be  appointed in cooperation by the temporary
    17  president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly in such a manner
    18  as to ensure that all regions of the state are  represented,  and  shall
    19  include:  (a) at least two members who specialize in identifying, evalu-
    20  ating, and diagnosing individuals with a developmental disability, or  a
    21  mental  health  or  behavioral  condition;  (b)  at least one member who
    22  specializes in providing education to individuals with  a  developmental
    23  disability,  a  mental  health or behavioral condition; (c) at least one

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  member who is a parent of a student with a developmental  disability,  a
     2  mental  health  or behavioral condition; and (d) at least one member who
     3  has been identified as an individual with a developmental disability,  a
     4  mental  health  or a behavioral condition. All members shall have exper-
     5  tise in fields or disciplines related to the identification of  students
     6  diagnosed with a developmental disability, a mental health or behavioral
     7  condition.
     8    2.  The  community  stakeholder  committee  shall conduct at least two
     9  public hearings for the purpose of obtaining information from stakehold-
    10  ers and other interested parties, including but not  limited  to  social
    11  workers  licensed  under article 154 of the education law, mental health
    12  practitioners licensed under article 163 of the education law,  behavior
    13  analysts  licensed under article 167 of the education law, and teachers,
    14  school administrators, and parents.
    15    3. The community stakeholder committee  shall  prepare  and  submit  a
    16  report  of  its  findings and recommendations to the governor, temporary
    17  president of the senate, and speaker of  the  assembly  eighteen  months
    18  after the effective date of this act.
    19    §  2.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2024 and shall expire and
    20  be deemed repealed August 1, 2025.