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Senate Bill S3742
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
2019-S3742 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1.03, Ment Hyg L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S7072
2013-2014: S1465
2015-2016: S2876
2017-2018: S2431
2019-S3742 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3742 SPONSOR: PARKER TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the definition of autism PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To insert into the mental hygiene law a definition of autism and other autism spectrum disorders. The definition is the currently generally accepted definition as set forth in the American Psychiatric Associ- ation's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends Section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law by adding a new, subdivision 59 to define autism to mean a pervasive developmental disor- der that meets the criteria set forth in the subdivision, including Autistic Disorder, Asperger's Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorder
2019-S3742 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3742 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 13, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PARKER, ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the definition of autism THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new subdivision 59 to read as follows: 59. "AUTISM" MEANS A PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER THAT MEETS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: (A) AUTISTIC DISORDER, WHICH IS: (I) THE DIAGNOSES OF AT LEAST SIX OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS, WITH AT LEAST TWO SYMPTOMS COMING FROM CLAUSE ONE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, ONE SYMPTOM COMING FROM CLAUSE TWO OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, AND ONE SYMPTOM COMING FROM CLAUSE THREE OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH. (1) QUALITATIVE IMPAIRMENT IN SOCIAL INTERACTION, AS MANIFESTED BY AT LEAST TWO OF THE FOLLOWING: (A) MARKED IMPAIRMENT IN THE USE OF MULTIPLE, NONVERBAL BEHAVIORS SUCH AS EYE-TO-EYE GAZE, FACIAL EXPRESSION, BODY POSTURES, AND GESTURES, TO REGULATE SOCIAL INTERACTION. (B) FAILURE TO DEVELOP PEER RELATIONSHIPS APPROPRIATE TO DEVELOPMENTAL LEVEL. (C) A LACK OF SPONTANEOUS SEEKING TO SHARE ENJOYMENT, INTERESTS, OR ACHIEVEMENTS WITH OTHER PEOPLE (E.G., BY A LACK OF SHOWING, BRINGING, OR POINTING OUT OBJECTS OF INTEREST). (D) LACK OF SOCIAL OR EMOTIONAL RECIPROCITY. (2) QUALITATIVE IMPAIRMENTS IN COMMUNICATION AS MANIFESTED BY AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: (A) DELAY IN, OR TOTAL LACK OF, THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE (NOT ACCOMPANIED BY AN ATTEMPT TO COMPENSATE THROUGH ALTERNATIVE MODES OF COMMUNICATION SUCH AS GESTURE OR MIME). (B) IN INDIVIDUALS WITH ADEQUATE SPEECH, MARKED IMPAIRMENT IN THE ABILITY TO INITIATE OR SUSTAIN A CONVERSATION WITH OTHERS.
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