Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 24, 2022 |
signed chap.20 delivered to governor |
Jan 25, 2022 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.179 substituted for s7815 referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jan 20, 2022 |
advanced to third reading cal.298 reported |
Jan 10, 2022 |
referred to mental health |
Assembly Bill A8690
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CRUZ
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2021-A8690 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S7815
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §13.42, Ment Hyg L; amd §2, Chap of 2021 (as proposed in S.2911 & A.1953)
2021-A8690 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to autism detection, education and mapping including a discussion on the screening and detection of autism, how to promote education of the public regarding autism, to promote counseling and referral services, and to discuss previously mapped locations of the occurrence of autism.
2021-A8690 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8690 I N A S S E M B L Y January 10, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the autism detection and education program and mapping of autism locations; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the mental hygiene law relating to the autism detection and education program and mapping of autism locations, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2911 and A. 1953, in relation to the effectiveness thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions (d), (e), (f) and (g) of section 13.42 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the mental hygiene law relating to the autism detection and education program and mapping of autism locations, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2911 and A. 1953, are amended to read as follows: (d)[(1) There is hereby created within the board the autism detection, education and mapping program. This program is established] THE BOARD SHALL MEET QUARTERLY to [promote] DISCUSS screening and detection of autism, HOW to [educate] PROMOTE EDUCATION OF the public regarding autism, to [provide] PROMOTE counseling and referral services and to [map] DISCUSS AND REPORT ON PREVIOUSLY MAPPED locations of occurrence of autism AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE RECENT AUTISM MAPPING STUDY COMPLETED BY THE STATE AND CITY UNIVERSITIES OF NEW YORK AND PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS, ENTITLED "EXPLORATORY SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF AUTISM RATES IN NEW YORK SCHOOL DISTRICTS". [(2) The program shall include the: (i) establishment of a statewide public education and outreach campaign to publicize autism detection and education services, such campaign shall include: general community education, autism screening services, information on the extent of coverage for such services by health insurance, any available medical assistance program and other public and private programs. (ii) provision of grants to approved organizations under subdivision (e) of this section; and EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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