Assembly Bill A6078

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to care and protection of children

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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-A6078 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8179
Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2541 & 2542, Pub Health L; amd §371, Soc Serv L; amd §1012, Fam Ct Act

2023-A6078 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to care and protection of children; adds to the definition of children at risk infants who test positive for a controlled substance not prescribed by a physician, in their bloodstream or urine, are born dependent on such drugs or who demonstrate drug withdrawal symptoms, or who have been diagnosed with a condition attributable to in utero exposure to illegal drugs.

2023-A6078 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6078
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Children and Families
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, the social services law and the
   family court act, in relation to care and protection of children
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 2541 of the public health law, as
 added by chapter 428 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   1. "Children at risk" means children who may experience  a  disability
 because  of  medical,  biological  or  environmental  factors  which may
 produce  developmental  delay,  OR  INFANTS  WHO  TEST  POSITIVE  FOR  A
 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE NOT PRESCRIBED BY A PHYSICIAN, IN THEIR BLOODSTREAM
 OR URINE, ARE BORN DEPENDENT ON SUCH DRUGS OR WHO DEMONSTRATE DRUG WITH-
 DRAWAL  SYMPTOMS,  OR WHO HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A CONDITION ATTRIBUT-
 ABLE TO IN UTERO EXPOSURE TO ILLEGAL DRUGS, as determined by the commis-
 sioner through regulation.
   § 2. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section  2542  of  the
 public  health  law,  as  added  by chapter 428 of the laws of 1992, are
 amended and a new paragraph (d) is added to read as follows:
   (b) be coordinated with efforts to identify, locate and track children
 conducted by other agencies responsible  for  services  to  infants  and
 toddlers  and their families, including the efforts in (i) part B of the
 federal individuals with disabilities  education  act,  including  early
 childhood  direction centers, (ii) the maternal and child health program
 under title V of the federal social security act, including  the  infant
 health  assessment  program,  (iii) medicaid's early periodic screening,
 diagnosis and treatment program under title XIX of  the  federal  social
 security act, and (iv) the federal supplemental security income program;
 THE KEEPING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SAFE ACT OF 2003; [and]
   (c) provide for the identification, tracking and screening of children
 at  risk  of  developmental delay, using resources available through the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01442-01-3
              

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