Assembly Bill A8251

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Directs commissioner of health and commissioner of mental retardation and developmental disabilities to require pediatric care providers to screen for autism; repealer

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  • 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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2009-A8251 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6201
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §2500-j, add §2500-k, Pub Health L; add §16.39, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A3217, A9015, S3404
2013-2014: A534, S2832
2015-2016: S2875
2017-2018: S2432
2019-2020: S3741
2021-2022: S3304
2023-2024: S4741

2009-A8251 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health and commissioner of mental retardation and developmental disabilities to jointly promulgate rules and regulations requiring pediatric health care providers to screen children beginning at the age of 18 months for autism spectrum disorders during each wellness and preventative care examination.

2009-A8251 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8251

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. SCHROEDER, P. RIVERA -- read once and referred 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  mental  retardation  and  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 Section 2500-j of the public health law is REPEALED.
  S 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  2500-k
to read as follows:
  S  2500-K.  PEDIATRIC  WELLNESS  VISITS; SCREENING FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM
DISORDERS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, JOINTLY WITH THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
MENTAL  RETARDATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND ON OR BEFORE MAY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN,  PROMULGATE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  REQUIRING
EVERY PEDIATRIC PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER, CONDUCTING A WELLNESS AND PREVEN-
TATIVE  CARE EXAMINATION, ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN,
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.
                                                           LBD11288-02-9

              

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