Bill Text: NY A07026 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides for the autism mapping program; requires a report mapping the frequency of the occurrence of autism in various locations around the state.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-08 - print number 7026a [A07026 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A07026-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7026--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 29, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. TITONE, CUSICK, JAFFEE, ORTIZ, GUNTHER, L. ROSEN-
          THAL, BENEDETTO, ZEBROWSKI, ENGLEBRIGHT, ABINANTI, ARROYO, M. G. MILL-
          ER, PEOPLES-STOKES, COLTON, PAULIN, LIFTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
          of A.  ABBATE, AUBRY, COOK, CRESPO, HOOPER, JOHNS, LUPARDO, McDONOUGH,
          MONTESANO,  PERRY,  RAIA,  THIELE  --  read  once  and referred to the
          Committee on Health -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Health  in
          accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
        AN  ACT  to  amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the mapping of
          autism locations
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivisions  (d)  and (e) of section 13.42 of the mental
     2  hygiene law, as added by chapter 469 of the laws of 2016, are amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (d) (1) There is hereby created within the board  the  autism  mapping
     5  program.  This  program is established to map locations of occurrence of
     6  autism.
     7    (2) The program shall include:
     8    (i) provision of grants to approved  organizations  under  subdivision
     9  (e) of this section; and
    10    (ii)  compilation  of  data  including mapping of the frequency of the
    11  occurrence of autism in various locations in the state and dissemination
    12  of the data to the public.
    13    (e) (1) The board shall make grants within the amounts appropriated to
    14  approved organizations, as defined in paragraph two of this subdivision,
    15  for the provision of services relating to autism mapping. Such  services
    16  shall  include  but  not  be  limited to mapping of the frequency of the
    17  occurrence of autism in various locations of the state.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (2) For the purposes of this section,  "approved  organization"  shall
     2  mean  an  organization  approved by the board, to provide services under
     3  this subdivision.  Such organizations shall include, but not be  limited
     4  to, the following:
     5    (i)  a  hospital  licensed  under  article  twenty-eight of the public
     6  health law;
     7    (ii) a health maintenance organization licensed under  article  forty-
     8  three  of the insurance law or certified under article forty-four of the
     9  public health law;
    10    (iii) an organization with program expertise in autism related issues;
    11    (iv) a county or city health department; or
    12    (v) any combination of the above.
    13    (3) The board shall develop standards for the implementation of autism
    14  mapping programs  by  approved  organizations  which  shall  ensure  the
    15  following:
    16    (i) integration of the approved organization with existing health care
    17  providers;
    18    (ii) maximizing third party reimbursement; and
    19    (iii)  providing  data  collection  for  mapping  of the occurrence of
    20  autism in various locations of the state.
    21    (f) Such board shall meet at least quarterly. Special meetings may  be
    22  called  by  the  chair.  The  agenda and meeting place of all regular or
    23  special meetings shall be made available to the  public  in  advance  of
    24  such meetings.
    25    [(e)]  (g)  The  advisory  board  shall submit a written report to the
    26  governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker  of  the
    27  assembly  by no later than October first of the year next succeeding the
    28  effective date of this section and annually  thereafter,  setting  forth
    29  the  recommendations and activities of the council on matters within the
    30  scope of its duties as set forth in this section. Beginning in two thou-
    31  sand nineteen, the advisory board shall  also  include  in  such  annual
    32  report  information  concerning  the  operation  of  the  autism mapping
    33  program. Such reports shall include the experience  of  the  program  in
    34  mapping  of  the  frequency  of  the  occurrence  of  autism  in various
    35  locations around the state.  Approved organizations shall  provide  such
    36  data  and  assessment  as  the  board  may require for such report. Such
    37  report shall also include any recommendations for additional  action  to
    38  respond to the high incidence of autism in this state.
    39    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    40  have become a law; provided, however, that  effective  immediately,  the
    41  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
    42  for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
    43  and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.