Assembly Bill A1016

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to recommendations of the traumatic brain injury services coordinating council

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    • In Committee Senate
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    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A1016 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S800
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.1478 & A.7215); amd §2744, Pub Health L

2025-A1016 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Sets the basis for recommendations of the traumatic brain injury services coordinating council; requires annual posting of such recommendations.

2025-A1016 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   1016
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to recommendations of
   the  traumatic  brain  injury  services  coordinating  council; and to
   repeal a chapter of the laws of 2024  directing  the  commissioner  of
   health  and  the  commissioner  of the office for people with develop-
   mental disabilities to conduct a study of the delivery of services  to
   individuals  with  traumatic  brain injury, as proposed in legislative
   bills numbers S. 1478 and A.  7215
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. A chapter of the laws of 2024 directing the commissioner of
 health  and the commissioner of the office for people with developmental
 disabilities to conduct a study of the delivery of services to  individ-
 uals  with  traumatic  brain  injury,  as  proposed in legislative bills
 numbers S. 1478 and A. 7215, is REPEALED.
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 2744 of the public health law, as  added
 by chapter 196 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  (A)  The council shall be charged with recommending to the depart-
 ment long range objectives, goals and priorities. It shall also  provide
 advice on the planning, coordination and development of needed services.
 IN MAKING SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS, THE COUNCIL SHALL CONSIDER:
   (I)  THE  AVAILABILITY  AND  ACCESSIBILITY OF SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS
 DIAGNOSED WITH TRAUMATIC  BRAIN  INJURY,  THE  COST  OF  RECEIVING  SUCH
 SERVICES, AND ANY DISPARITIES THAT MAY EXIST IN THE REGIONAL AVAILABILI-
 TY OF SERVICES;
   (II)  EMERGING  TRENDS IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, INCLUDING CHANGES IN
 INCIDENCES, CHANGES IN THE NEEDS OF  INDIVIDUALS  WITH  TRAUMATIC  BRAIN
 INJURY,  AND  ASSESS  THE TRAINING SERVICE PROVIDERS RECEIVE RELATING TO
 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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