Assembly Bill A1017

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to education and outreach for drug-induced movement disorders by the department of health

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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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2025-A1017 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S786
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §207, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.8965-A & A.6799-B)

2025-A1017 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for education and outreach for drug-induced movement disorders by the department of health through the health care and wellness education and outreach program.

2025-A1017 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1017
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing the
   health care and wellness education and outreach program to develop and
   disseminate information regarding drug-induced movement disorders

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public
 health  law,  as  added  by  a  chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the
 public health law  relating  to  establishing  a  drug-induced  movement
 disorder  screening  education program, as proposed in legislative bills
 numbers S. 8965-A and A. 6799-B, is amended to read as follows:
   (h) [The department shall develop and  conduct  a  program  concerning
 drug-induced]  DRUG-INDUCED  movement  disorders[.  Such  program  shall
 include but not be limited to, (i) educational information on],  INCLUD-
 ING the importance of screening for and identifying symptoms of drug-in-
 duced movement disorders[; and (ii) the development and dissemination of
 educational materials for healthcare providers regarding], treatment for
 drug-induced  movement  disorders,  [including for services provided via
 telehealth.  Such] AND INFORMATION ON METHODS BY WHICH THE STIGMA  EXPE-
 RIENCED BY PEOPLE LIVING WITH DRUG-INDUCED MOVEMENT DISORDERS RELATED TO
 THE  TREATMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS MAY BE REDUCED OR ELIMINATED.
 ANY SUCH educational  materials  disseminated  to  healthcare  providers
 shall  be  developed  [and] IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE
 OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, disseminated BY THE DEPARTMENT in  coordination
 with  relevant  healthcare provider groups, and shall include best prac-
 tices for the treatment and screening of movement disorders informed  by
 the  American  Psychiatric  Association  and  other professional society
 practice guidelines.   [Such program shall also  include  education  and
 outreach  on  the  elimination of stigma for people living with drug-in-

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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