NY State Senate Bill 2017-S1629A

Senate Bill S1629A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing an electronic monitoring program for children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder as well as other developmental disabilities

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 09, 2018	print number 1629a
Feb 09, 2018	amend and recommit to health
Jan 03, 2018	referred to health
May 23, 2017	reported and committed to finance
Jan 10, 2017	referred to health

Votes

- May 23, 2017 - Health Committee Vote
  S1629A
  
  17
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Health Committee Vote: May 23, 2017
      
      aye (17)
      
      Felder
      
      Golden
      
      Hannon
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      Persaud
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Seward
      
      Stavisky
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky

Bill Amendments

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2017-S1629 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5398
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2509, Pub Health L; amd §837, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S7491, A9976
2015-2016: S3288, A1203
2019-2020: S3680, A2833
2021-2022: S1211, A6071
2023-2024: S61
2025-2026: S269

2017-S1629 - Summary

Relates to establishing an electronic monitoring program for children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder as well as other developmental disabilities.

2017-S1629 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1629

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the public health law and the
executive law, in relation to establishing an electronic monitoring
program for children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder as
well as other developmental disabilities

 PURPOSE :

To create a state wide program to provide parents of children with an
autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities with
electronic monitoring devices that can geographically locate such
children

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section one of this bill amends the Public Health Law through the
addition of a new section 2508 that requires the Commissioner of the
Department of Health to adopt a program that provides electronic
monitoring for children with autism spectrum disorder or another
developmental disability so that a missing child can be geographically
located when such a child cannot be accounted for.

Section two amends the Executive Law by adding a new subdivision 21 to
section 837 which would provide that the Division of Criminal Justice
Services, in cooperation with the Department of Health, shall make

recommendations to law enforcement agencies regarding the risks and
response techniques that should be taken into account concerning
individuals who have certain disabilities and the use of electronic
monitoring by such individuals.

Section three of this bill provides that this act shall take effect on
the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Almost half of all children with autism have run away from home or
gone missing at least once before the age of 17, according to the
American Academy of Pediatrics. Aside from the quantity of these
cases, the nature of missing child cases for law enforcement are
ranked among the most difficult for them to handle largely due to the
tactics used by investigators to find the children; search dogs,
sirens, and yelling the child's name are often frightening for
autistic children. There needs to be a tailored approach for finding
children with autism that will be more effective in locating and
retrieving them when they are missing. Further, the current GPS
tracking devices that some autistic children wear often do not have a
range large enough to accommodate the long distances that those
children might travel.

On January 21st, 2014, the parents of Avonte Oquendo heard the news
that no parents should ever have to hear. They were told that their
child had died. Avonte, a 14 year old boy, had wandered out of his
Queens school in October of 2013. His family, the community, and the
New York Police Department searched for months and followed leads.
Some leads indicated that Avonte was seen riding on the New York City
subway, but those leads never fully panned out.

Unfortunately, events like these are all too common for children with
autism, and the parents of these children know it. That is why
Avonte's mother sent a note to his school warning them of Avonte's
tendency to run.

At 2:30 PM on December 10, 2014, Jose Leon left his Yonkers school,
but did not get on the bus to go home. Jose was found at 4:30 AM the
next day in Dobbs Ferry. On the night of December 10, the temperatures
were almost at the freezing point. While Jose returned to school two
days later, if he had not been found, he could have died in the cold.

On February 2, 2015, a 10-year-old girl in Independence, Missouri
wandered into single-digit degree weather before her mother was awake.
She was found early in the morning outside without shoes or socks. The
mother told reporters that her daughter has left the house unattended
several times before because she was able to get through the guard bar
on the door meant to stop her from leaving the home alone.

In January of this year, Kyle Hoffmaier left his parents' home in Kips
Bay, Manhattan after fighting with his parents. The New York Post
reported that "small army - including active and retired firefighters,
members of the Guardian Angels, friends and family" searched for Kyle.
He was found in good health 5 days later in Forest Hills, Queens and
reunited with his family.

The many instances of autistic and developmentally disabled children
running, and the statistics that show how common these occurrences are
illustrates the need for this type of electronic monitoring. This
would help to prevent many terrible instances and would enable
families to find these children in the case that they do run away or
wander off.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2016: S.3288-A - Passed the Senate
2015: S.3288 - Referred to Health
2014: S.7491 - Referred to Health

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it
shall have become a law.

2017-S1629 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1629
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation
   to establishing an electronic monitoring program  for  children  diag-
   nosed  with an autism spectrum disorder as well as other developmental
   disabilities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2508 to read as follows:
   § 2508. ELECTRONIC MONITORING FOR CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABIL-
 ITIES. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION  THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "COMMISSIONER" SHALL MEAN THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH;
   (B) "CHILD" SHALL MEAN A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS;
   (C)  "ELIGIBLE  APPLICANT"  SHALL  MEAN  THE PARENT, LEGAL GUARDIAN OR
 CUSTODIAN OF A CHILD WHO HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED BY A PHYSICIAN AS HAVING  AN
 AUTISM  SPECTRUM DISORDER AS DETERMINED BY SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED-J
 OF THIS TITLE OR OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY;
   (D) "AUTHORIZED FAMILY MEMBER" SHALL MEAN A DESIGNATED PARENT,  GRAND-
 PARENT, SIBLING OLDER THAN THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN, LEGAL GUARDIAN OR CUSTO-
 DIAN  WHO  IS AUTHORIZED TO USE A RECEIVING DEVICE THAT IS ABLE TO TRACK
 THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE.  SUCH  INDI-
 VIDUALS  SHALL BE LISTED ON THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT;
 AND
   (E) "ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE" SHALL MEAN ANY RADIO, GLOBAL  POSI-
 TIONING  SYSTEM, CELLULAR DEVICE OR ANY OTHER SATELLITE-BASED MONITORING
 DEVICE THAT CAN PROVIDE CONTINUOUS TRACKING OF THE  GEOGRAPHIC  LOCATION
 OF  CHILDREN  AND  AN AUTOMATED MONITORING SYSTEM THAT CAN BE USED BY AN
 APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AT THE REQUEST OF AN AUTHORIZED FAMI-
 LY MEMBER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD04244-02-7

 S. 1629                             2
 
   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A PROGRAM  TO  PROVIDE  ELECTRONIC
 MONITORING  DEVICES  TO  AN  ELIGIBLE APPLICANT FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING
 ABLE TO GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATE A CHILD UPON CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE CHILD
 IS UNABLE TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR. THE PROGRAM  SHALL  FACILITATE  THE  SAFE
 RECOVERY  OF  CHILDREN  DIAGNOSED  WITH  AN  AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER OR
 ANOTHER DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY WHO ARE MISSING OR ABDUCTED.
   3. THE PROGRAM SHALL BE VOLUNTARY AND THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE SHALL BE
 USED FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM:
   (A) AN ELIGIBLE APPLICANT MAY FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE  DEPARTMENT
 TO BE GRANTED ACCESS TO THE PROGRAM;
   (B) UPON FILING THE APPLICATION, AN ELIGIBLE APPLICANT SHALL BE ISSUED
 AN  ELECTRONIC  MONITORING  DEVICE  THAT MAY BE WORN BY THE CHILD, AND A
 RECEIVER THAT MAY BE USED TO TRACK THE PHYSICAL LOCATION OF THE CHILD;
   (C) IF A CHILD IS MISSING AN AUTHORIZED FAMILY MEMBER  MAY  COORDINATE
 WITH THE APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND INFORM THE AGENCY OF THE
 LOCATION OF THE CHILD USING THE ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE AND RECEIV-
 ER; AND
   (D) ALL APPLICANT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE PARENT TO THE DEPARTMENT
 SHALL  REMAIN  CONFIDENTIAL AND NOT BE DIVULGED BY THE DEPARTMENT EXCEPT
 IN CASES WHERE THE AUTHORIZED FAMILY MEMBER  SIGNS  A  SEPARATE  CONSENT
 FORM PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ON THE CHILD
 MAY ONLY BE RELEASED IN THE EVENT THAT AN AUTHORIZED FAMILY MEMBER SEEKS
 LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION TO FIND THE LOCATION OF A MISSING CHILD.
   4.  TO  THE  EXTENT  POSSIBLE,  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL UTILIZE MUNICI-
 PALITIES AND OTHER  ORGANIZATIONS  WHICH  CURRENTLY  PROVIDE  ELECTRONIC
 MONITORING  DEVICES  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF BEING ABLE TO GEOGRAPHICALLY
 TRACK CHILDREN WHO HAVE AN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER OR OTHER DEVELOPMENT
 DISABILITY.
   § 2. Section 837 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21.  THE DIVISION, IN COOPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL
 PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES REGARDING THE  RISKS
 ASSOCIATED WITH AUTISM OR OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND APPROPRI-
 ATE  RESPONSE  TECHNIQUES  CONCERNING SUCH DISABILITIES. RECOMMENDATIONS
 SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE  UTILIZATION  OF  ELECTRONIC
 MONITORING  DEVICES TO DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH
 AUTISM OR OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

co-Sponsors

2017-S1629A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5398
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2509, Pub Health L; amd §837, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S7491, A9976
2015-2016: S3288, A1203
2019-2020: S3680, A2833
2021-2022: S1211, A6071
2023-2024: S61
2025-2026: S269

2017-S1629A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing an electronic monitoring program for children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder as well as other developmental disabilities.

2017-S1629A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1629A

SPONSOR: GOLDEN
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public health law and the execu-
tive law, in relation to establishing an electronic monitoring program
for children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder as well as other
developmental disabilities

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To create a state wide program to provide parents of children with an
autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities with elec-
tronic monitoring devices that can geographically locate such children

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of this bill amends the Public Health Law through the addi-
tion of a new section 2509 that requires the Commissioner of the Depart-
ment of Health to adopt a program that provides electronic monitoring
for children with autism spectrum disorder or another developmental
disability so that a missing child can be geographically located when

such a child cannot be accounted for.

Section two amends the Executive Law by adding a new subdivision 22 to
section 837 which would provide that the Division of Criminal Justice
Services, in cooperation with the Department of Health, shall make
recommendations to law enforcement agencies regarding the risks and
response techniques that should be taken into account concerning indi-
viduals who have certain disabilities and the use of electronic monitor-
ing by such individuals.

Section three of this bill provides that this act shall take effect on
the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Almost half of all children with autism have run away from home or gone
missing at least once before the age of 17, according to the American
Academy of Pediatrics. Aside from the quantity of these cases, the
nature of missing child cases for law enforcement are ranked among the
most difficult for them to handle largely due to the tactics used by
investigators to find the children; search dogs, sirens, and yelling the
child's name are often frightening for autistic children. There needs to
be a tailored approach for finding children with autism that will be
more effective in locating and retrieving them when they are missing.
Further, the current GPS tracking devices that some autistic children
wear often do not have a range large enough to accommodate the long
distances that those children might travel.

On January 21st, 2014, the parents of Avonte Oquendo heard the news that
no parents should ever have to hear. They were told that their child had
died. Avonte, a 14 year old boy, had wandered out of his Queens school
in October of 2013. His family, the community, and the New York Police
Department searched for months and followed leads.  Some leads indicated
that Avonte was seen riding on the New York City subway, but those leads
never fully panned out.

Unfortunately, events like these are all too common for children with
autism, and the parents of these children know it. That is why Avonte's
mother sent a note to his school warning them of Avonte's tendency to
run.

At 2:30 PM on December 10, 2014, Jose Leon left his Yonkers school, but
did not get on the bus to go home. Jose was found at 4:30 AM the next
day in Dobbs Ferry. On the night of December 10, the temperatures were
almost at the freezing point. While Jose returned to school two days
later, if he had not been found, he could have died in the cold.

On February 2, 2015, a 10-year-old girl in Independence, Missouri
wandered into single-digit degree weather before her mother was awake.
She was found early in the morning outside without shoes or socks. The
mother told reporters that her daughter has left the house unattended
several times before because she was able to get through the guard bar
on the door meant to stop her from leaving the home alone.

In January of this year, Kyle Hoffmaier left his parents' home in Kips
Bay, Manhattan after fighting with his parents. The New York Post
reported that "small army - including active and retired firefighters,
members of the Guardian Angels, friends and family" searched for Kyle.
He was found in good health 5 days later in Forest Hills, Queens and
reunited with his family.

The many instances of autistic and developmentally disabled children
running, and the statistics that show how common these occurrences are
illustrates the need for this type of electronic monitoring. This would
help to prevent many terrible instances and would enable families to
find these children in the case that they do run away or wander off.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017: S.1629 - Reported and Committed to Finance
2017: S.1629 - Referred to Health
2016: S.3288-A - Passed the Senate
2015: S.3288 - Referred to Health
2014: S.7491 - Referred to Health

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it
shall have become a law.

2017-S1629A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1629--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  GOLDEN,  FELDER, LARKIN, MURPHY -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Health  --  recommitted  to the Committee on Health in accordance with
   Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation
   to  establishing  an  electronic monitoring program for children diag-
   nosed with an autism spectrum disorder as well as other  developmental
   disabilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 2509 to read as follows:
   § 2509. ELECTRONIC MONITORING FOR CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABIL-
 ITIES.  1.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "COMMISSIONER" SHALL MEAN THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH;
   (B) "CHILD" SHALL MEAN A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS;
   (C) "ELIGIBLE APPLICANT" SHALL MEAN  THE  PARENT,  LEGAL  GUARDIAN  OR
 CUSTODIAN  OF A CHILD WHO HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED BY A PHYSICIAN AS HAVING AN
 AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER AS DETERMINED BY SECTION TWENTY-FIVE  HUNDRED-J
 OF THIS TITLE OR OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY;
   (D)  "AUTHORIZED FAMILY MEMBER" SHALL MEAN A DESIGNATED PARENT, GRAND-
 PARENT, SIBLING OLDER THAN THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN, LEGAL GUARDIAN OR CUSTO-
 DIAN WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO USE A RECEIVING DEVICE THAT IS ABLE  TO  TRACK
 THE  GEOGRAPHIC  LOCATION OF AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE. SUCH INDI-
 VIDUALS SHALL BE LISTED ON THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO THE  DEPARTMENT;
 AND
   (E)  "ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE" SHALL MEAN ANY RADIO, GLOBAL POSI-
 TIONING SYSTEM, CELLULAR DEVICE OR ANY OTHER SATELLITE-BASED  MONITORING
 DEVICE  THAT  CAN PROVIDE CONTINUOUS TRACKING OF THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD04244-03-8

 S. 1629--A                          2
 
 OF CHILDREN AND AN AUTOMATED MONITORING SYSTEM THAT CAN BE  USED  BY  AN
 APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AT THE REQUEST OF AN AUTHORIZED FAMI-
 LY MEMBER.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE ELECTRONIC
 MONITORING DEVICES TO AN ELIGIBLE APPLICANT FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  BEING
 ABLE TO GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATE A CHILD UPON CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE CHILD
 IS  UNABLE  TO  BE  ACCOUNTED FOR. THE PROGRAM SHALL FACILITATE THE SAFE
 RECOVERY OF CHILDREN DIAGNOSED  WITH  AN  AUTISM  SPECTRUM  DISORDER  OR
 ANOTHER DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY WHO ARE MISSING OR ABDUCTED.
   3. THE PROGRAM SHALL BE VOLUNTARY AND THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE SHALL BE
 USED FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM:
   (A)  AN ELIGIBLE APPLICANT MAY FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT
 TO BE GRANTED ACCESS TO THE PROGRAM;
   (B) UPON FILING THE APPLICATION, AN ELIGIBLE APPLICANT SHALL BE ISSUED
 AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE THAT MAY BE WORN BY  THE  CHILD,  AND  A
 RECEIVER THAT MAY BE USED TO TRACK THE PHYSICAL LOCATION OF THE CHILD;
   (C)  IF  A CHILD IS MISSING AN AUTHORIZED FAMILY MEMBER MAY COORDINATE
 WITH THE APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND INFORM THE AGENCY OF THE
 LOCATION OF THE CHILD USING THE ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE AND RECEIV-
 ER; AND
   (D) ALL APPLICANT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE PARENT TO THE DEPARTMENT
 SHALL REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND NOT BE DIVULGED BY THE  DEPARTMENT  EXCEPT
 IN  CASES  WHERE  THE  AUTHORIZED FAMILY MEMBER SIGNS A SEPARATE CONSENT
 FORM PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ON THE CHILD
 MAY ONLY BE RELEASED IN THE EVENT THAT AN AUTHORIZED FAMILY MEMBER SEEKS
 LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION TO FIND THE LOCATION OF A MISSING CHILD.
   4. TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  UTILIZE  MUNICI-
 PALITIES  AND  OTHER  ORGANIZATIONS  WHICH  CURRENTLY PROVIDE ELECTRONIC
 MONITORING DEVICES FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  BEING  ABLE  TO  GEOGRAPHICALLY
 TRACK CHILDREN WHO HAVE AN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER OR OTHER DEVELOPMENT
 DISABILITY.
   §  2.  Section  837  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22. THE DIVISION, IN COOPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,  SHALL
 PROVIDE  RECOMMENDATIONS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES REGARDING THE RISKS
 ASSOCIATED WITH AUTISM OR OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND APPROPRI-
 ATE RESPONSE TECHNIQUES CONCERNING  SUCH  DISABILITIES.  RECOMMENDATIONS
 SHALL  INCLUDE  INFORMATION  PERTAINING TO THE UTILIZATION OF ELECTRONIC
 MONITORING DEVICES TO DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF CHILDREN DIAGNOSED  WITH
 AUTISM OR OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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2017-S1629 - Details

2017-S1629 - Summary

2017-S1629 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1629 - Bill Text download pdf

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2017-S1629A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S1629A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1629A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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