Bill Text: NY S02527 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Creates the New York autistic spectrum disorders treatment, training and research council and provides for the powers and duties of the council.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-14 - PRINT NUMBER 2527A [S02527 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S02527-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2527--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 26, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PARKER, AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recom- mitted to the Committee on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to creating the New York autism spectrum disorders treatment, training and research council and providing for the powers and duties of the council The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Intent. The legislature hereby finds and declares that 2 autism spectrum disorders, hereinafter ASDs, currently affect approxi- 3 mately one in 110 children and are considered to be an "urgent public 4 health concern" by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 5 The legislature further finds that New York state has not responded 6 sufficiently to this crisis. In its 2010 report, the New York state 7 Interagency Task Force on Autism, hereinafter Task Force, identified 8 five primary needs of the growing population of New York citizens 9 affected by ASDs: coordination of state services, early identification, 10 lifelong service delivery, increased dissemination of information, and 11 coordination of research efforts. First, as a collaborative effort of 11 12 independent state agencies that each serve individuals impacted by ASDs, 13 the Task Force itself exemplifies the need for coordination of research, 14 treatment and training responsibilities. Second, while the Task Force 15 determined that early identification and intervention were crucial to 16 minimizing the symptoms and impact of ASDs, it reported that only eight 17 percent of pediatricians routinely screen for ASDs and approximately 30 18 percent of children with ASDs do not receive the early intervention 19 services provided by the New York State Department of Health. Third, 20 recognizing that the thousands of children diagnosed with ASDs will soon 21 age out of the state's educational system, the Task Force noted a dearth EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06638-02-6