Bill Text: NY S03895 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities, the commissioner of education, the commissioner of health, the commissioner of the office of children and family services and the commissioner of mental health to study and report the costs to the state for the early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and the long-term treatment for individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-07 - SUBSTITUTED BY A261 [S03895 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S03895-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3895 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 27, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities AN ACT to direct the commissioner of the office for people with develop- mental disabilities to study and report upon the cost to the state for the early diagnosis and long-term treatment of autism spectrum disor- der The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The commissioner of the office for people with develop- 2 mental disabilities, the commissioner of education, the commissioner of 3 health, the commissioner of the office of children and family services 4 and the commissioner of mental health shall cause a study to be 5 performed on the costs to the state for the early diagnosis of autism 6 spectrum disorder and the long-term treatment of individuals with autism 7 spectrum disorder. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, a 8 projected estimate of future cost to the state associated with state 9 services that will be needed to accommodate the growth in the number of 10 individuals being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. 11 § 2. On or before April 1, 2021, the commissioner of the office for 12 people with developmental disabilities, the commissioner of education, 13 the commissioner of health, the commissioner of the office of children 14 and family services and the commissioner of mental health shall deliver 15 a copy of the findings of the study conducted pursuant to section one of 16 this act and any legislative recommendations he or she deems to be 17 necessary to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the 18 speaker of the assembly, the chair of the mental health and develop- 19 mental disabilities committee of the senate, and the chair of the mental 20 health committee of the assembly. 21 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03266-01-7