Senate Bill S4741C

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires pediatric care providers to screen every child beginning at the age of twelve months for autism spectrum disorders

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2023-S4741 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9465
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2500-j, Pub Health L; add §16.39, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6201
2011-2012: S3404
2013-2014: S2832
2015-2016: S2875
2017-2018: S2432
2019-2020: S3741
2021-2022: S3304

2023-S4741 - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health and commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to jointly promulgate rules and regulations requiring pediatric health care providers to screen children beginning at the age of 12 months for autism spectrum disorders during each wellness and preventative care examination and to conduct such screening annually until such child reaches age six, and thereafter at eleven and fourteen years of age.

2023-S4741 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4741 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4741
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 14, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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 and the  mental  hygiene  law,  in
   relation  to directing the commissioner of health and the commissioner
   of developmental disabilities  to  promulgate  rules  and  regulations
   requiring  every  child  beginning at the age of eighteen months to be
   examined for autism spectrum disorders; and to repeal  section  2500-j
   of  the  public  health  law relating to screening children for autism
   spectrum disorders
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2500-j of the public health law is REPEALED.
   §  2.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2500-l
 to read as follows:
   § 2500-L. PEDIATRIC WELLNESS VISITS;  SCREENING  FOR  AUTISM  SPECTRUM
 DISORDERS.  1.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, JOINTLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND ON OR BEFORE  MAY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FIVE,  PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRING EVERY PEDIATRIC
 PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER, CONDUCTING A WELLNESS AND PREVENTATIVE CARE EXAM-
 INATION, ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE,  OF  A
 CHILD  EIGHTEEN  MONTHS OF AGE OR OLDER, TO SCREEN SUCH CHILD FOR AUTISM
 SPECTRUM DISORDERS.
   2. IN ADDITION, SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL ESTABLISH  GUIDELINES
 AND PROTOCOLS FOR:
   (A)  THE  BEST PRACTICES FOR THE SCREENING FOR AND DIAGNOSIS OF AUTISM
 SPECTRUM DISORDERS;
   (B) THE EMPLOYMENT OF OBJECTIVE AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER TOOLS; AND
   (C) THE APPROPRIATE REFERRAL MECHANISM FOR CHILDREN,  WHO  BASED  UPON
 THE  RESULTS OF SCREENING FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS, REQUIRE FURTHER
 EVALUATION.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06016-01-3
 S. 4741                             2
              

2023-S4741A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9465
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2500-j, Pub Health L; add §16.39, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6201
2011-2012: S3404
2013-2014: S2832
2015-2016: S2875
2017-2018: S2432
2019-2020: S3741
2021-2022: S3304

2023-S4741A - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health and commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to jointly promulgate rules and regulations requiring pediatric health care providers to screen children beginning at the age of 12 months for autism spectrum disorders during each wellness and preventative care examination and to conduct such screening annually until such child reaches age six, and thereafter at eleven and fourteen years of age.

2023-S4741A - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4741A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4741--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 14, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 mental hygiene law, in
   relation to directing the commissioner of health and the  commissioner
   of the office for people with developmental disabilities to promulgate
   rules  and  regulations  requiring every child beginning at the age of
   twelve months to be examined for autism  spectrum  disorders;  and  to
   repeal  section  2500-j of the public health law relating to screening
   children for autism spectrum disorders
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2500-j of the public health law is REPEALED.
   §  2.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2500-m
 to read as follows:
   § 2500-M. PEDIATRIC WELLNESS VISITS;  SCREENING  FOR  AUTISM  SPECTRUM
 DISORDERS.  1.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, JOINTLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
 THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND ON OR  BEFORE
 MAY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
 REQUIRING EVERY PEDIATRIC PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER, CONDUCTING  A  WELLNESS
 AND  PREVENTATIVE  CARE  EXAMINATION,  ON  OR AFTER SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, OF A CHILD TWELVE  MONTHS  OF  AGE  OR  OLDER,  TO
 SCREEN  SUCH  CHILD  FOR  AUTISM  SPECTRUM  DISORDERS,  AND CONDUCT SUCH
 SCREENING ANNUALLY UNTIL SUCH CHILD  REACHES  PRIMARY  SCHOOL  AGE,  AND
 THEREAFTER  AT  THE  BEGINNING OF EVERY EDUCATIONAL STAGE, NAMELY MIDDLE
 AND HIGH SCHOOL.
   2. IN ADDITION, SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL ESTABLISH  GUIDELINES
 AND PROTOCOLS FOR:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06016-02-4
 S. 4741--A                          2
              

2023-S4741B - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9465
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2500-j, Pub Health L; add §16.39, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6201
2011-2012: S3404
2013-2014: S2832
2015-2016: S2875
2017-2018: S2432
2019-2020: S3741
2021-2022: S3304

2023-S4741B - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health and commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to jointly promulgate rules and regulations requiring pediatric health care providers to screen children beginning at the age of 12 months for autism spectrum disorders during each wellness and preventative care examination and to conduct such screening annually until such child reaches age six, and thereafter at eleven and fourteen years of age.

2023-S4741B - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4741B - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4741--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 14, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the  mental  hygiene  law,  in
   relation  to directing the commissioner of health and the commissioner
   of the office for people with developmental disabilities to promulgate
   rules and regulations requiring every child beginning at  the  age  of
   twelve months to be examined for autism spectrum disorders
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2500-j of the public health law, as added by  chap-
 ter  335  of the laws of 2008, the opening paragraph of subdivision 1 as
 amended by chapter 241 of the laws  of  2018,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   § 2500-j. [Autism spectrum disorders; screening of children] PEDIATRIC
 WELLNESS VISITS; SCREENING FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS. 1. The commis-
 sioner  shall  [establish, for use by], JOINTLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
 THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND ON OR  BEFORE
 MAY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
 REQUIRING EVERY pediatric primary care [providers, best practice  proto-
 cols  for  early  screening  of  children for autism spectrum disorders,
 including but not limited to developmental screening for children  three
 years  of  age and under. Such protocols shall incorporate standards and
 guidelines established by the American Academy of Pediatrics,  shall  be
 updated  at least biennially, and shall include, but not be limited to:]
 PROVIDER, CONDUCTING A WELLNESS AND PREVENTATIVE CARE EXAMINATION, ON OR
 AFTER SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE,  OF  A  CHILD  TWELVE
 MONTHS  OF AGE OR OLDER, TO SCREEN SUCH CHILD FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISOR-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06016-04-4
              

2023-S4741C (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9465
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2500-j, Pub Health L; add §16.39, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6201
2011-2012: S3404
2013-2014: S2832
2015-2016: S2875
2017-2018: S2432
2019-2020: S3741
2021-2022: S3304

2023-S4741C (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health and commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to jointly promulgate rules and regulations requiring pediatric health care providers to screen children beginning at the age of 12 months for autism spectrum disorders during each wellness and preventative care examination and to conduct such screening annually until such child reaches age six, and thereafter at eleven and fourteen years of age.

2023-S4741C (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4741C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4741--C
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 14, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
   reported  favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
   on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the  mental  hygiene  law,  in
   relation  to directing the commissioner of health and the commissioner
   of the office for people with developmental disabilities to promulgate
   rules and regulations requiring every child beginning at  the  age  of
   twelve months to be examined for autism spectrum disorders
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2500-j of the public health law, as added by  chap-
 ter  335  of the laws of 2008, the opening paragraph of subdivision 1 as
 amended by chapter 241 of the laws  of  2018,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   § 2500-j. [Autism spectrum disorders; screening of children] PEDIATRIC
 WELLNESS VISITS; SCREENING FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS. 1. The commis-
 sioner  shall  [establish, for use by], JOINTLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
 THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND ON OR  BEFORE
 MAY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
 REQUIRING EVERY pediatric primary care [providers, best practice  proto-
 cols  for  early  screening  of  children for autism spectrum disorders,
 including but not limited to developmental screening for children  three
 years  of  age and under. Such protocols shall incorporate standards and
 guidelines established by the American Academy of Pediatrics,  shall  be
 updated  at least biennially, and shall include, but not be limited to:]
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06016-07-4
              

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