NY State Senate Bill 2019-S2599

Senate Bill S2599

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes and directs the department of health to conduct a study on drugs prescribed for school age children with ADD and ADHD

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to health
Jun 20, 2019	committed to rules
May 06, 2019	advanced to third reading
May 01, 2019	2nd report cal.
Apr 30, 2019	1st report cal.535
Jan 28, 2019	referred to health

Votes

- Apr 30, 2019 - Health Committee Vote
  S2599
  
  11
  
  Aye
  
  4
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Health Committee Vote: Apr 30, 2019
      
      aye (11)
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Carlucci
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Salazar
      
      Stavisky
      
      nay (4)
      
      Antonacci
      
      Gallivan
      
      Jacobs
      
      Little

2019-S2599 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3439
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Health, Commissioner of
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S8202
2011-2012: S1172
2013-2014: S3100
2015-2016: S2761, A6785
2017-2018: S2193, A6390
2021-2022: S3167, A4527
2023-2024: S4677, A1969

2019-S2599 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes and directs the department of health to conduct a study on drugs prescribed for school-age children with ADD and ADHD.

2019-S2599 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2599

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act authorizing and directing the department of
health to do research and study as to the effects of psychostimulants,
selective seratonin reuptake inhibitors, antidepressants and other drugs
which are prescribed for attention deficit disorders, ADD and ADHD, for
school age children

 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act authorizing and directing the department of health to do research
and study as to the effects of psychostimulants, selective seratonin
reuptake inhibitors, antidepressants and other drugs which are
prescribed for attention deficit disorders, ADD and ADHD, for school age
children

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL:

To conduct a study on drugs prescribed for school-age children with ADD
and ADHD, making recommendations thereafter.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Authorizes the commissioner of health, in conjunction with the commis-
sioner of mental health, the commissioner of mental retardation and
developmental disabilities, and the commissioner of education to conduct
a study and do research as to the effect of psycho stimulants, selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antidepressants and other drugs
prescribed for ADD and ADHD, in school age children.  The commissioner
shall report his or her findings to the governor, the speaker of the
assembly and the temporary president of the senate within two years that
this act shall take effect.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently 5 million school kids in America are on psychotropic drugs.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) looked at drug
overdose deaths among children ages 15 to 19 over a 16-year period, from
1999 to 2015, and showed that from 1999 to the mid-2000s drug overdose
deaths in this age group more than doubled from 1.6 deaths per 100,000
in 1999 to 4.2 deaths per 100,000 in 2007).

Kids are routinely being misdiagnosed and forced to take drugs for
behavior problems, often containing violent side effects. This problem
is becoming an epidemic with no end in sight. It is imperative that the
commissioner DOH performs a study on the effects of medicating our
school children, and making recommendations thereafter.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18: s2193 - Referred to Health

2015-16: S.2761 - Referred to Health

2013-14: S.3100 - Referred to Health

2011-12: S.1172 - Referred to Health

2009-10: S.8202/A.5602 - Passed Both Houses, Vetoed Memo 6752

2008-09: A.5388 - Passed Assembly

2007-08: A.5388 - Passed Assembly 2006-07: A.5885A - Passed Assembly

2005-06: A.5885 - Health

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that if chap-
ter 97 of the laws of 2016 shall not have taken effect on or before such
date then section one of this act shall take effect on the same date and
in the same manner as such chapter of the laws of 2016.

2019-S2599 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2599
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT authorizing and directing the department of health to do research
   and study as to the effects of psychostimulants,  selective  seratonin
   reuptake   inhibitors,  antidepressants  and  other  drugs  which  are
   prescribed for attention deficit disorders, ADD and ADHD,  for  school
   age children
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1.  The commissioner of health,  in  conjunction  with  the
 commissioner  of  mental health, the commissioner of developmental disa-
 bilities, and the commissioner of education is authorized  and  directed
 to conduct a study and do research as to the effect of psychostimulants,
 selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antidepressants and other drugs
 prescribed for attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactiv-
 ity  disorder, and the increasing rate of diagnosis of these conditions,
 in school age children.
   2. The study shall be conducted in accordance with rules,  regulations
 and  standards  determined  by the commissioner of health, and the study
 shall concentrate on harmful side effects of such drugs,  the  appropri-
 ateness  and effectiveness of tools and methods used to assess and diag-
 nose the condition, the appropriateness of  different  medications,  and
 any demographic disparities in diagnosis.
   3.  The commissioner of health shall report his or her findings to the
 governor, the speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of the
 senate on or before two years from the date this act shall take effect.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05949-01-9

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