S4132-2011 Actions

• May 9, 2012: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Mar 12, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 4132A
• Mar 12, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
• May 4, 2011: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Mar 21, 2011: REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

S4132-2011 Meetings

S4132-2011 Votes

S4132-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S4132

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to direct the commissioner of the office for people with developmental
disabilities to study and report upon the cost to the state
for the early diagnosis and long-term treatment of autism
spectrum disorder

PURPOSE OF BILL:
To study the costs to the State for the early
diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and the long-term treatment of
individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
(a) Project the estimate of future cost to the
State associated with the increased demand for State services that
will be needed to accommodate the tremendous growth in the number of
individuals being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder

JUSTIFICATION:
1 in 150 children in New York State are diagnosed with
autism spectrum disorder. There are thousands of State residents
currently receiving services for autism spectrum disorders from the
office for people with developmental disabilities long-term
residential care. This number has steadily increased as more children
are being diagnosed annually. The State already has custody or will
take custody of these individuals as they grow older. The long-term
impact to the State's treasury must be assessed immediately in order
for funding and planning strategies to project proper service levels
and improve programs for this vulnerable population.
The earlier that autism spectrum disorder is recognized and treated -
the less it will cost in the long run. Most states do not require
private insurance companies to cover even essential autism treatments
and services. In the absence of coverage, families often pay as much
as they can out-of-pocket for services that can cost upwards of
$50,000 per year in the process; many risk their homes and the
educations of their unaffected children essentially mortgaging their
entire futures.

PRIOR HISTORY:
2010: Referred to Mental Health

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S4132-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         4132
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 March 21, 2011
 
 Introduced  by Sen. McDONALD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop
 mental 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:

 

Section 1. The commissioner of the office  for  people  with  develop
 mental  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  shall  cause  a  study to be
 performed on the costs to the state for the early  diagnosis  of  autism
 spectrum disorder and the long-term treatment of individuals with autism
 spectrum  disorder.   Such study shall include, but not be limited to, a
 projected estimate of future cost to the  state  associated  with  state
 services  that will be needed to accommodate the growth in the number of
 individuals being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
 

S 2. On or before April 1, 2013, 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 shall deliver
 a copy of the findings of the study conducted pursuant to section one of
 this act and any legislative recommendations  he  or  she  deems  to  be
 necessary  to  the  governor, the temporary president of the senate, the
 speaker of the assembly, the chair of the  mental  health  and  develop
 mental disabilities committee of the senate, and the chair of the mental
 health committee of the assembly.
 

S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06755-02-1

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