Bill Text: NY S05485 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Prohibits the commissioner of health from imposing predetermined limits on services under the early intervention program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO DISABILITIES [S05485 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S05485-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5485--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 8, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to blanket service limits in the early intervention program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 2559-c to read as follows: 3 § 2559-c. Blanket service limits prohibited. The commissioner shall 4 not impose predetermined limitations, including limitations on the 5 length, duration, frequency, intensity, method of delivery, group size, 6 or staff ratios, on authorized services under this title. The commis- 7 sioner shall not impose program-wide service limitations that restrict 8 the ability of an individualized family services plan team to create an 9 individualized plan of early intervention services most appropriate to 10 accommodate the needs of each child and family. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10083-03-1
