Assembly Bill A9868

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Creates the New York autism spectrum disorders treatment, training and research council and provides for the powers and duties of the council

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A9868 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6376
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 41-A §§908 - 908-b, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6880
2011-2012: S2150
2013-2014: S4601, S1582
2015-2016: S2527
2017-2018: S3397
2019-2020: S4594
2021-2022: S5077

2023-A9868 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the New York autism spectrum disorders treatment, training and research council; provides for the powers and duties of the council.

2023-A9868 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9868
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 24, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 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:
 
   Section 1. Intent. The legislature  hereby  finds  and  declares  that
 autism  spectrum  disorders, hereinafter ASDs, currently affect approxi-
 mately one in 110 children and are considered to be  an  "urgent  public
 health concern" by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
   The  legislature  further  finds that New York state has not responded
 sufficiently to this crisis. In its 2010  report,  the  New  York  state
 Interagency  Task  Force  on  Autism, hereinafter Task Force, identified
 five primary needs of  the  growing  population  of  New  York  citizens
 affected  by ASDs: coordination of state services, early identification,
 lifelong service delivery, increased dissemination of  information,  and
 coordination of research efforts. First, as a collaborative effort of 11
 independent state agencies that each serve individuals impacted by ASDs,
 the Task Force itself exemplifies the need for coordination of research,
 treatment  and  training  responsibilities. Second, while the Task Force
 determined that early identification and intervention  were  crucial  to
 minimizing  the symptoms and impact of ASDs, it reported that only eight
 percent of pediatricians routinely screen for ASDs and approximately  30
 percent  of  children  with  ASDs  do not receive the early intervention
 services provided by the New York State  Department  of  Health.  Third,
 recognizing that the thousands of children diagnosed with ASDs will soon
 age out of the state's educational system, the Task Force noted a dearth
 of  post-secondary  training and transitional services. Fourth, the Task
 Force determined that individuals and families affected  by  ASDs  would
 benefit  from  a  centralized clearinghouse of relevant information, and
 called for the provision of user-friendly access  to  such  information.
 Finally,  the  Task  Force reported that collaboratively determining the
 direction of future ASD research would best utilize available public and
 private funding.
   The legislature therefore declares that there  is  a  need  to  expand
 treatment,  training  and  research with regard to ASDs -- including the
              

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