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Assembly Bill A5042

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of education to include communication support services as a vocational rehabilitation service

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2017-A5042 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S393
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1004-c, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A5141, S4256
2019-2020: A1353, S150

2017-A5042 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of education to include communication support services as a vocational rehabilitation service.

2017-A5042 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5042
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  vocational  rehabili-
   tation services for enhancing communication support
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 1004-c
 to read as follows:
   § 1004-C. COMMUNICATION SUPPORT SERVICES. 1. THE COMMISSIONER IS HERE-
 BY DIRECTED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO INCLUDE COMMUNICATION
 SUPPORT SERVICES AS A VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICE  AS  DEFINED  BY
 PARAGRAPH  A  OF  SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND TWO OF THIS
 ARTICLE. ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO SHALL HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH  A  PRAGMATIC
 LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT OR WHOSE EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS MAY REASONABLY BENEFIT
 FROM AN IMPROVED CAPACITY TO COMMUNICATE SHALL QUALIFY FOR COMMUNICATION
 SUPPORT  SERVICES.  ALL REFERRALS MADE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 MADE TO INDIVIDUALS LICENSED, CERTIFIED, REGISTERED OR OTHERWISE  QUALI-
 FIED  UNDER  EXISTING STATE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS.  NOTHING HEREIN
 SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO ALTER OR DEFINE SCOPE OF PRACTICE  UNDER  EXISTING
 STATE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS.
   2.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "COMMUNICATION SUPPORT SERVICES"
 SHALL MEAN TREATMENT OR SERVICES  THAT  FOCUS  ON  COMMUNICATION-RELATED
 SKILLS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIALOGUE STRATEGIES FOR:
   (I) INITIATING AND EXITING COMMUNICATION OF INTENT;
   (II) TOPIC MAINTENANCE;
   (III)   DEFUSING  HOSTILE  SITUATIONS  THAT  RESULT  FROM  INEFFECTIVE
 ATTEMPTS AT INDEPENDENT COMMUNICATION;
   (IV) PREPARING, STRATEGIZING, AND ORGANIZING INFORMATION  FOR  WRITTEN
 OR ELECTRONIC CORRESPONDENCE; AND
   (V) PREPARING FOR UPCOMING INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION SITUATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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