Senate Bill S1647

2019-2020 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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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to mental health and developmental disabilities
Jan 15, 2019	referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

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2019-S1647 (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 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S3866

2019-S1647 (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.

2019-S1647 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1647

SPONSOR: BROOKS
 
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:

The purpose of this bill is to provide policer officers, firefighters,
and emergency medical services personnel with specialized training for
handling emergency situations that involve individuals with autism spec-
trum disorder.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. amends the mental hygiene law by creating a new section 16.39
which provides for the development and implementation of a training

program for police officers, firefighters, and emergency services
personnel concerning situations involving individuals with autism spec-
trum disorder.

Section 2. amends section 156 of the executive law by creating new
subdivision 22 which provides that the office of fire prevention and
control shall provide the training program that is set forth in section
one to all paid and volunteer firefighters.

Section 3. amends section 837-a of the executive law by adding a new
subdivision 10 which provides that the division of criminal justice
services shall provide the training program that is set forth in section
one to all police officers.

Section 4. amends section 3011 of the public health law by creating a
new subdivision 12 which provides that the department of health shall
provide the training program that is set forth in section one to all
emergency services personnel including technicians, advances emergency
technicians, and emergency vehicle operators.

Section 5. is the enacting clause.

 
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 chlit
situation with a certain protocol, but current protocol may not always
be appropriate when handling an emergency situation with an individual
who has ASD. Because law enforcement officers are usually the first to
respond to an emergency, it is critical that these officers have a work-
ing knowledge of ASD, and the wide variety of behaviors individuals with
ASD can exhibit in emergency situations.  This legislation creates a
statewide standard for first responders who encounter individuals with
ASD.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2019-S1647 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1647
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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 23 to read as follows:
   23.  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.
                                                            LBD06818-01-9

 S. 1647                             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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