Senate Bill S3706

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to care and protection of children

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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-S3706 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8967
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2541 & 2542, Pub Health L; amd §371, Soc Serv L; amd §1012, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6719, A9229
2019-2020: A199

2017-S3706 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to care and protection of children; adds to the definition of children at risk infants who test positive for a controlled substance not prescribed by a physician, in their bloodstream or urine, are born dependent on such drugs or who demonstrate drug withdrawal symptoms, or who have been diagnosed with a condition attributable to in utero exposure to illegal drugs.

2017-S3706 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3706 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3706
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MURPHY, AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, the social services law  and  the
   family court act, in relation to care and protection of children
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2541 of the public health law,  as
 added by chapter 428 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  "Children  at risk" means children who may experience a disability
 because of  medical,  biological  or  environmental  factors  which  may
 produce  developmental  delay,  OR  INFANTS  WHO  TEST  POSITIVE  FOR  A
 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE NOT PRESCRIBED BY A PHYSICIAN, IN THEIR BLOODSTREAM
 OR URINE, ARE BORN DEPENDENT ON SUCH DRUGS OR WHO DEMONSTRATE DRUG WITH-
 DRAWAL SYMPTOMS, OR WHO HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A  CONDITION  ATTRIBUT-
 ABLE TO IN UTERO EXPOSURE TO ILLEGAL DRUGS, as determined by the commis-
 sioner through regulation.
   §  2.  Paragraphs  (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 2542 of the
 public health law, as added by chapter 428 of  the  laws  of  1992,  are
 amended and a new paragraph (d) is added to read as follows:
   (b) be coordinated with efforts to identify, locate and track children
 conducted  by  other  agencies  responsible  for services to infants and
 toddlers and their families, including the efforts in (i) part B of  the
 federal  individuals  with  disabilities  education act, including early
 childhood direction centers, (ii) the maternal and child health  program
 under  title  V of the federal social security act, including the infant
 health assessment program, (iii) medicaid's  early  periodic  screening,
 diagnosis  and  treatment  program under title XIX of the federal social
 security act, and (iv) the federal supplemental security income program;
 THE KEEPING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SAFE ACT OF 2003; [and]
   (c) provide for the identification, tracking and screening of children
 at risk of developmental delay, using resources  available  through  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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