NY State Senate Bill 2017-S3866

Senate Bill S3866

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to a training program for firefighters, police officers and emergency medical services personnel on handling emergency situations involving individuals with autism spectrum disorder

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018	referred to mental health and developmental disabilities
Apr 26, 2017	reported and committed to finance
Mar 13, 2017	notice of committee consideration - requested
Jan 27, 2017	referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

Votes

- Apr 26, 2017 - Committee Vote
  S3866
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Committee Vote: Apr 26, 2017
      
      aye (6)
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Rivera
      
      Serino
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Felder
      
      Murphy
      
      Ortt
      
      excused (2)
      
      Bailey
      
      Krueger

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2017-S3866 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Law Section:: Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:: Add §16.39, Ment Hyg L; amd §§156 & 837-a, Exec L; amd §3011, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S1647

2017-S3866 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a training program for firefighters, police officers and emergency medical services personnel on handling emergency situations involving individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

2017-S3866 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3866

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the mental hygiene law, the
executive law and the public health law, in relation to a training
program for firefighters, police officers and emergency medical
services personnel on handling emergency situations involving
individuals with autism spectrum disorder

 PURPOSE :

Authorizes the Commissioner of developmental disabilities (OPWDD) and
other appropriate agency representatives to develop a training program
to provide instruction and information to first responders and
response techniques for handling emergency situations involving
individuals with ASD.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1: Authorizes the Commissioner of developmental disabilities
(OPWDD) and other appropriate agency representatives to develop a
training program to provide instruction and information to first
responders and response techniques for handling emergency situations
involving individuals with ASD

Section 2: Amends the executive law to coordinate and provide training
to all firefighters, both paid and volunteer.

Section 3: Amends the executive law to coordinate and provide training
to all law enforcement officers.

Section 4: Amends the public health law to coordinate and provide
training to all emergency medical services personnel, including but
not limited to, first responders, emergency medical technicians,
advanced emergency medical technicians and emergency vehicle
operators.

Section 5: Effective Date

 JUSTIFICATION :

On a daily basis, law enforcement officers, firefighters and other
first responders encounter a multitude of individuals in emergency
situations. Just as each emergency differs from the next, so does the
individual involved, especially in regards to individuals with autism
spectrum disorders (ASD). First responders are trained to respond to a
crisis situation with a certain protocol, but this protocol may not
always be the best way to interact with individuals with ASD. Because
law enforcement officers are usually the first to respond to an
emergency, it is critical that these officers have a working knowledge
of ASD, and the wide variety of behaviors individuals with ASD can
exhibit in emergency situations.

This legislation will create a statewide training program for law
enforcement officers, firefighters and other first responders so that
there is a uniform policy that will be used in every corner of the
state.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16: A9656 - referred to governmental operations

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S3866 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3866
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
   mental Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, the executive law and the public
   health law, in relation to a training program for firefighters, police
   officers and emergency medical services personnel on handling emergen-
   cy situations involving individuals with autism spectrum disorder
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
 16.39 to read as follows:
 § 16.39 AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER TRAINING; FIRST RESPONDERS.
   THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH OTHER APPROPRIATE AGENCY REPRE-
 SENTATIVES, SHALL DEVELOP A TRAINING PROGRAM TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION  AND
 INFORMATION  TO  FIREFIGHTERS,  POLICE  OFFICERS  AND  EMERGENCY MEDICAL
 SERVICES PERSONNEL ON APPROPRIATE RECOGNITION  AND  RESPONSE  TECHNIQUES
 FOR  HANDLING  EMERGENCY  SITUATIONS  INVOLVING  INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM
 SPECTRUM DISORDER AND ON RECOGNIZING THE BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS AND CHARAC-
 TERISTICS OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH AUTISM  SPECTRUM  DISORDERS.  SUCH
 TRAINING  SHALL  ALSO INCLUDE ANY OTHER INFORMATION DEEMED NECESSARY AND
 APPROPRIATE BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   § 2. Section 156 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22.  COORDINATE  AND PROVIDE THE TRAINING PROGRAM RELATING TO HANDLING
 EMERGENCY SITUATIONS INVOLVING INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
 DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION  16.39  OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW TO ALL FIREFIGHTERS, BOTH PAID
 AND VOLUNTEER.
   § 3. Section 837-a of the executive law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05252-01-7

 S. 3866                             2
 
   10.  COORDINATE  AND PROVIDE THE TRAINING PROGRAM RELATING TO HANDLING
 EMERGENCY SITUATIONS INVOLVING INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
 DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION 16.39 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW TO ALL POLICE OFFICERS.
   §  4. Section 3011 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 12 to read as follows:
   12. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COORDINATE AND PROVIDE THE  TRAINING  PROGRAM
 RELATING  TO  HANDLING  EMERGENCY  SITUATIONS INVOLVING INDIVIDUALS WITH
 AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF  DEVELOPMENTAL
 DISABILITIES  PURSUANT TO SECTION 16.39 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW TO ALL
 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
 FIRST  RESPONDERS,  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIANS,  ADVANCED EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATORS.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Sponsored By

John E. Brooks

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee

co-Sponsors

Jamaal T. Bailey

Timothy M. Kennedy

Kevin S. Parker

James Sanders Jr.

2017-S3866 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S3866 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S3866 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3866 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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