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                                   1698
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the  public  health  law,  in  relation  to  the  autism
   detection and education program and mapping of autism locations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 24 of the public health law is amended by adding  a
 new title 1-C to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 1-C
              AUTISM DETECTION, EDUCATION AND MAPPING PROGRAM
 SECTION 2415-A. AUTISM  DETECTION, EDUCATION AND MAPPING PROGRAM; ESTAB-
                   LISHMENT.
         2415-B. GRANTS TO APPROVED ORGANIZATIONS.
         2415-C. ANNUAL REPORT.
   § 2415-A. AUTISM DETECTION, EDUCATION AND MAPPING PROGRAM;  ESTABLISH-
 MENT.    1.  THERE  IS  HEREBY  CREATED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THE AUTISM
 DETECTION, EDUCATION AND MAPPING PROGRAM.  THIS PROGRAM  IS  ESTABLISHED
 TO  PROMOTE  SCREENING  AND  DETECTION  OF AUTISM, TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC
 REGARDING AUTISM, TO PROVIDE COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICES AND TO MAP
 LOCATIONS OF OCCURRENCE OF AUTISM.
   2. THE PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE:
   (A)  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  A  STATEWIDE  PUBLIC  EDUCATION  AND  OUTREACH
 CAMPAIGN  TO  PUBLICIZE  AUTISM  DETECTION  AND EDUCATION SERVICES, SUCH
 CAMPAIGN SHALL INCLUDE: GENERAL COMMUNITY  EDUCATION,  AUTISM  SCREENING
 SERVICES,  INFORMATION  ON  THE  EXTENT OF COVERAGE FOR SUCH SERVICES BY
 HEALTH INSURANCE, ANY AVAILABLE MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  AND  OTHER
 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROGRAMS.
   (B)  PROVISION OF GRANTS TO APPROVED ORGANIZATIONS UNDER SECTION TWEN-
 TY-FOUR HUNDRED FIFTEEN-B OF THIS TITLE;
   (C) COMPILATION OF DATA CONCERNING THE AUTISM DETECTION, EDUCATION AND
 MAPPING PROGRAM INCLUDING MAPPING OF THE FREQUENCY OF THE OCCURRENCE  OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 AUTISM  IN  VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE STATE AND DISSEMINATION OF THE DATA
 TO THE PUBLIC.
   §  2415-B. GRANTS TO APPROVED ORGANIZATIONS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
 MAKE GRANTS WITHIN THE AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED TO  APPROVED  ORGANIZATIONS,
 AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF THIS SECTION, FOR THE PROVISION OF
 SERVICES RELATING TO AUTISM SCREENING, DETECTION AND MAPPING AS PART  OF
 THIS PROGRAM. SUCH SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) PROMOTION AND PROVISION OF DETECTION OF AUTISM;
   (B)  PROVISION  OF COUNSELING AND INFORMATION ON TREATMENT OPTIONS AND
 REFERRAL FOR APPROPRIATE MEDICAL TREATMENT;
   (C) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND  TO  HEALTH
 CARE  PROFESSIONALS  CONCERNING  AUTISM,  THE  BENEFITS OF DETECTION AND
 TREATMENT, AND THE AVAILABILITY OF AUTISM SERVICES;
   (D) IDENTIFICATION OF  LOCAL  AUTISM  SCREENING  SERVICES  WITHIN  THE
 APPROVED ORGANIZATION'S REGION;
   (E)  PROVISION  OF  INFORMATION,  COUNSELING  AND REFERRAL SERVICES TO
 INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM; AND
   (F) MAPPING OF THE FREQUENCY OF THE OCCURRENCE OF  AUTISM  IN  VARIOUS
 LOCATIONS OF THE STATE.
   2.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, "APPROVED ORGANIZATION" SHALL
 MEAN AN ORGANIZATION APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, TO  PROVIDE  SERVICES
 UNDER THIS SECTION. SUCH ORGANIZATIONS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED
 TO, THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) A HOSPITAL LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER;
   (B)  A  HEALTH  MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE FORTY-
 THREE OF THE INSURANCE LAW OR CERTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR OF THIS
 CHAPTER;
   (C) AN ORGANIZATION WITH PROGRAM EXPERTISE IN AUTISM RELATED ISSUES;
   (D) A COUNTY OR CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT; OR
   (E) ANY COMBINATION OF THE ABOVE.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP STANDARDS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION  OF
 AUTISM  DETECTION,  EDUCATION AND MAPPING PROGRAMS BY APPROVED ORGANIZA-
 TIONS WHICH SHALL ENSURE THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) INTEGRATION OF THE APPROVED ORGANIZATION WITH EXISTING HEALTH CARE
 PROVIDERS;
   (B) MAXIMIZING THIRD PARTY REIMBURSEMENT;
   (C) PROVIDING DATA COLLECTION FOR MAPPING OF THE OCCURRENCE OF  AUTISM
 IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS OF THE STATE.
   §  2415-C.  ANNUAL  REPORT. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT ON OR BEFORE
 DECEMBER FIRST, AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR  AND  THE  LEGISLATURE,
 CONCERNING  THE OPERATION OF THE AUTISM DETECTION, EDUCATION AND MAPPING
 PROGRAM. COMMENCING  IN  TWO  THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN,  SUCH  REPORTS  SHALL
 INCLUDE  THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PROGRAM IN PROVIDING DETECTION, EDUCATION
 AND MAPPING OF THE FREQUENCY OF THE  OCCURRENCE  OF  AUTISM  IN  VARIOUS
 LOCATIONS  AROUND  THE STATE.  APPROVED ORGANIZATIONS SHALL PROVIDE SUCH
 DATA AND ASSESSMENT AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY  REQUIRE  FOR  SUCH  REPORT.
 SUCH REPORT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL ACTION
 TO RESPOND TO THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF AUTISM IN THIS STATE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided that the commissioner  of  health  is  imme-
 diately  authorized  and directed to promulgate, amend and/or repeal any
 rule and regulation necessary to implement the provisions of this act on
 such effective date.

                            
 
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                                  1698--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, DILAN, KENNEDY, LATIMER, MONTGOMERY, PERSAUD
   -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  mental  hygiene  law, in relation to the autism
   detection and education program and mapping of autism locations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions  (d)  and (e) of section 13.42 of the mental
 hygiene law, as added by chapter 469 if the laws of 2016, are amended to
 read as follows:
   (d) (1) THERE IS HEREBY CREATED WITHIN THE BOARD THE AUTISM DETECTION,
 EDUCATION AND MAPPING PROGRAM.  THIS PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED  TO  PROMOTE
 SCREENING  AND  DETECTION  OF  AUTISM,  TO  EDUCATE THE PUBLIC REGARDING
 AUTISM, TO PROVIDE COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICES AND TO MAP LOCATIONS
 OF OCCURRENCE OF AUTISM.
   (2) THE PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE:
   (I)  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  A  STATEWIDE  PUBLIC  EDUCATION  AND  OUTREACH
 CAMPAIGN  TO  PUBLICIZE  AUTISM  DETECTION  AND EDUCATION SERVICES, SUCH
 CAMPAIGN SHALL INCLUDE: GENERAL COMMUNITY  EDUCATION,  AUTISM  SCREENING
 SERVICES,  INFORMATION  ON  THE  EXTENT OF COVERAGE FOR SUCH SERVICES BY
 HEALTH INSURANCE, ANY AVAILABLE MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  AND  OTHER
 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROGRAMS.
   (II)  PROVISION  OF GRANTS TO APPROVED ORGANIZATIONS UNDER SUBDIVISION
 (E) OF THIS SECTION; AND
   (III) COMPILATION OF DATA CONCERNING THE AUTISM  DETECTION,  EDUCATION
 AND MAPPING PROGRAM INCLUDING MAPPING OF THE FREQUENCY OF THE OCCURRENCE
 OF  AUTISM  IN  VARIOUS  LOCATIONS IN THE STATE AND DISSEMINATION OF THE
 DATA TO THE PUBLIC.
   (E) (1) THE BOARD SHALL MAKE GRANTS WITHIN THE AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED TO
 APPROVED ORGANIZATIONS, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES RELATING TO  AUTISM  SCREENING,  DETECTION
 AND MAPPING AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM. SUCH SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT
 BE LIMITED TO:
              

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (I) PROMOTION AND PROVISION OF DETECTION OF AUTISM;
   (II)  PROVISION OF COUNSELING AND INFORMATION ON TREATMENT OPTIONS AND
 REFERRAL FOR APPROPRIATE MEDICAL TREATMENT;
   (III) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND TO HEALTH
 CARE PROFESSIONALS CONCERNING AUTISM,  THE  BENEFITS  OF  DETECTION  AND
 TREATMENT, AND THE AVAILABILITY OF AUTISM SERVICES;
   (IV)  IDENTIFICATION  OF  LOCAL  AUTISM  SCREENING SERVICES WITHIN THE
 APPROVED ORGANIZATION'S REGION;
   (V) PROVISION OF INFORMATION,  COUNSELING  AND  REFERRAL  SERVICES  TO
 INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM; AND
   (VI)  MAPPING  OF THE FREQUENCY OF THE OCCURRENCE OF AUTISM IN VARIOUS
 LOCATIONS OF THE STATE.
   (2) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  "APPROVED  ORGANIZATION"  SHALL
 MEAN  AN  ORGANIZATION  APPROVED BY THE BOARD, TO PROVIDE SERVICES UNDER
 THIS SUBDIVISION.  SUCH ORGANIZATIONS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE  LIMITED
 TO, THE FOLLOWING:
   (I)  A  HOSPITAL  LICENSED  UNDER  ARTICLE  TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC
 HEALTH LAW;
   (II) A HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION LICENSED UNDER  ARTICLE  FORTY-
 THREE  OF THE INSURANCE LAW OR CERTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR OF THE
 PUBLIC HEALTH LAW;
   (III) AN ORGANIZATION WITH PROGRAM EXPERTISE IN AUTISM RELATED ISSUES;
   (IV) A COUNTY OR CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT; OR
   (V) ANY COMBINATION OF THE ABOVE.
   (3) THE BOARD SHALL DEVELOP STANDARDS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AUTISM
 DETECTION, EDUCATION AND  MAPPING  PROGRAMS  BY  APPROVED  ORGANIZATIONS
 WHICH SHALL ENSURE THE FOLLOWING:
   (I) INTEGRATION OF THE APPROVED ORGANIZATION WITH EXISTING HEALTH CARE
 PROVIDERS;
   (II) MAXIMIZING THIRD PARTY REIMBURSEMENT; AND
   (III)  PROVIDING  DATA  COLLECTION  FOR  MAPPING  OF THE OCCURRENCE OF
 AUTISM IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS OF THE STATE.
   (F) Such board shall meet at least quarterly. Special meetings may  be
 called  by  the  chair.  The  agenda and meeting place of all regular or
 special meetings shall be made available to the  public  in  advance  of
 such meetings.
   [(e)]  (G)  The  advisory  board  shall submit a written report to the
 governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker  of  the
 assembly  by no later than October first of the year next succeeding the
 effective date of this section and annually  thereafter,  setting  forth
 the  recommendations and activities of the council on matters within the
 scope of its duties as set forth in this section. BEGINNING IN TWO THOU-
 SAND EIGHTEEN, THE ADVISORY BOARD SHALL  ALSO  INCLUDE  IN  SUCH  ANNUAL
 REPORT  INFORMATION  CONCERNING  THE  OPERATION OF THE AUTISM DETECTION,
 EDUCATION AND MAPPING PROGRAM. SUCH REPORTS SHALL INCLUDE THE EXPERIENCE
 OF THE PROGRAM IN PROVIDING DETECTION,  EDUCATION  AND  MAPPING  OF  THE
 FREQUENCY  OF  THE  OCCURRENCE OF AUTISM IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE
 STATE.  APPROVED ORGANIZATIONS SHALL PROVIDE SUCH DATA AND ASSESSMENT AS
 THE BOARD MAY REQUIRE FOR SUCH REPORT. SUCH REPORT  SHALL  ALSO  INCLUDE
 ANY  RECOMMENDATIONS  FOR ADDITIONAL ACTION TO RESPOND TO THE HIGH INCI-
 DENCE OF AUTISM IN THIS STATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
 for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.