Bill Text: NY A07614 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the inclusion, in the health care and wellness education and outreach program, of information of pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-21 - signed chap.199 [A07614 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A07614-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7614 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including informa- tion on pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome in the health care and wellness education and outreach program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (n) to read as follows: 3 (n) Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome, a clinical diag- 4 nosis given to children who have a sudden and dramatic onset of neurop- 5 sychiatric symptoms including obsessive compulsive disorder and/or 6 eating disorder, and which may cause affected children to become moody, 7 irritable and anxious, and to have difficulty with schoolwork. Provided 8 that such program shall include an advisory council under this section 9 that shall include representatives of people with pediatric acute-onset 10 neuropsychiatric syndrome and their families and health care providers 11 who specialize in treating such syndrome, among others. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11086-01-7
