Assembly Bill A7976

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Directs the autism spectrum disorders advisory board to improve outreach to minority group members relating to children with such disorders

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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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2017-A7976 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5534
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13.42, Ment Hyg L

2017-A7976 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the autism spectrum disorders advisory board to improve outreach to minority group members relating to children with such disorders.

2017-A7976 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7976
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DE LA ROSA  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in  relation  to  directing  the
   autism  spectrum  disorders  advisory board to identify strategies and
   methods to improve outreach to minority group members

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Subdivision  (c) of section 13.42 of the mental hygiene
 law, as added by chapter 469 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (c) The board shall have the following tasks and duties:
   (1)  Study  and  review  the  effectiveness  of  supports and services
 currently being provided to people diagnosed with autism spectrum disor-
 ders;
   (2) Identify legislative and regulatory activity which may be required
 to improve existing service systems that support people  diagnosed  with
 autism spectrum disorders;
   (3) Identify methods of improving interagency coordination of services
 and  maximize  the impact and effectiveness of services and agency func-
 tions; [and]
   (4) IDENTIFY STRATEGIES AND METHODS OF IMPROVING OUTREACH AND  COORDI-
 NATION OF SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS FOR MINORI-
 TY GROUP MEMBERS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINO
 AND ASIAN CHILDREN; AND
   (5)  Such other matters as may be deemed appropriate by the members of
 the board.
   At the discretion of the chair, the board may consult with  stakehold-
 ers  for  the purpose of carrying out its tasks and duties in accordance
 with this subdivision.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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