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) 2024-06-03 - amend and recommit to rules 6801b [A06801 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06801-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6801--B

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 8, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. BUTTENSCHON, SANTABARBARA, SAYEGH, ANDERSON --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to  said  committee  -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways
          and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means in accord-
          ance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --  reported  and  referred  to  the
          Committee  on  Rules  --  Rules  Committee  discharged,  bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules

        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

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 6801--B                          2

     1  include: (a) at least two members who specialize in identifying,  evalu-
     2  ating,  and diagnosing individuals with a developmental disability, or a
     3  mental health or behavioral condition;  (b)  at  least  one  member  who
     4  specializes  in  providing education to individuals with a developmental
     5  disability, a mental health or behavioral condition; (c)  at  least  one
     6  member  who  is a parent of a student with a developmental disability, a
     7  mental health or behavioral condition; and (d) at least one  member  who
     8  has  been identified as an individual with a developmental disability, a
     9  mental health or a behavioral condition. All members shall  have  exper-
    10  tise  in fields or disciplines related to the identification of students
    11  diagnosed with a developmental disability, a mental health or behavioral
    12  condition.
    13    2. The community stakeholder committee  shall  conduct  at  least  two
    14  public hearings for the purpose of obtaining information from stakehold-
    15  ers  and  other  interested parties, including but not limited to social
    16  workers licensed under article 154 of the education law,  mental  health
    17  practitioners  licensed under article 163 of the education law, behavior
    18  analysts licensed under article 167 of the education law, and  teachers,
    19  school administrators, and parents.
    20    3.  The  community  stakeholder  committee  shall prepare and submit a
    21  report of its findings and recommendations to  the  governor,  temporary
    22  president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of
    23  the  assembly,  and  the  minority  leader of the senate eighteen months
    24  after the effective date of this act.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025 and shall  expire  and
    26  be deemed repealed August 1, 2026.