Bill Text: NY S05534 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the autism spectrum disorders advisory board to improve outreach to minority group members relating to children with such disorders.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-12 - SUBSTITUTED BY A7976 [S05534 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05534-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5534--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      April 6, 2017
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        Introduced  by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
          mental Disabilities -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the mental hygiene law, in relation to directing the
          autism spectrum disorders advisory board to  identify  strategies  and
          methods to improve outreach to minority group members
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1.  Subdivision (c) of section 13.42  of  the  mental  hygiene
     2  law,  as added by chapter 469 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    (c) The board shall have the following tasks and duties:
     5    (1) Study and  review  the  effectiveness  of  supports  and  services
     6  currently being provided to people diagnosed with autism spectrum disor-
     7  ders;
     8    (2) Identify legislative and regulatory activity which may be required
     9  to  improve  existing service systems that support people diagnosed with
    10  autism spectrum disorders;
    11    (3) Identify methods of improving interagency coordination of services
    12  and maximize the impact and effectiveness of services and  agency  func-
    13  tions; [and]
    14    (4)  Identify strategies and methods of improving outreach and coordi-
    15  nation of services associated with autism spectrum disorders for minori-
    16  ty group members including, but not limited to, African American, Latino
    17  and Asian children; and
    18    (5) Such other matters as may be deemed appropriate by the members  of
    19  the board.
    20    At  the discretion of the chair, the board may consult with stakehold-
    21  ers for the purpose of carrying out its tasks and duties  in  accordance
    22  with this subdivision.
    23    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    24  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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