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A09465 Summary:

BILL NOA09465
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04741-A
 
SPONSORBichotte Hermelyn
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Rpld 2500-j, add 2500-m, Pub Health L; add 16.39, Ment Hyg L
 
Directs the commissioner of health and commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to jointly promulgate rules and regulations requiring pediatric health care providers to screen children beginning at the age of 12 months for autism spectrum disorders during each wellness and preventative care examination and to conduct such screening annually until such child reaches primary school age, and thereafter at the beginning of every educational stage, namely middle and high school.
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A09465 Actions:

BILL NOA09465
 
03/14/2024referred to health
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A09465 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A9465
 
SPONSOR: Bichotte Hermelyn
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law and the mental hygiene law, in relation to directing the commissioner of health and the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to promulgate rules and regulations requiring every child beginning at the age of twelve months to be examined for autism spectrum disorders; and to repeal section 2500-j of the public health law relating to screening children for autism spectrum disorders   PURPOSE: Requires the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities and the commissioner of health to promulgate rules and regulations set forth by section 2500-m, which shall require primary care providers to conduct autism spectrum disorder (ASD) screening during annual wellness and preventative care examination for children over the age of 12 months.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Section 2500-j of the public health law is REPEALED Section 2: The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2500-m Section 3: The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 16.39 Section 4: This act shall take effect immediately, except that section one of this act shall take effect September 1, 2025   JUSTIFICATION: Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability in the nation. Autism varies widely in its severity and symptoms and may go unrecog- nized, especially in mildly affected children. According to a study by the London School of Economics; the cost of lifelong care can be reduced by 2/3 with early diagnosis and intervention. Section 2500-m requires pediatric primary care providers to conduct a wellness and preventative care examination for children beginning at 12 months of age. Late diag- nosis is associated with increased parental stress and delays to posi- tive outcomes. Studies have found that interventions implemented before age 4 are associated with significant gains in cognition, language, and adaptive behavior. Doctors rely on a core group of behaviors to alert them to the possibility of a diagnosis of autism.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill   FISCAL IMPLICATION: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately, except that section one of this act shall take effect September 1, 2025.
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A09465 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9465
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 14, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law and the  mental  hygiene  law,  in
          relation  to directing the commissioner of health and the commissioner
          of the office for people with developmental disabilities to promulgate
          rules and regulations requiring every child beginning at  the  age  of
          twelve  months  to  be  examined for autism spectrum disorders; and to
          repeal section 2500-j of the public health law relating  to  screening
          children for autism spectrum disorders
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 2500-j of the public health law is REPEALED.
     2    § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  2500-m
     3  to read as follows:
     4    §  2500-m.  Pediatric  wellness  visits; screening for autism spectrum
     5  disorders. 1. The commissioner shall, jointly with the  commissioner  of
     6  the  office for people with developmental disabilities, and on or before
     7  May first, two thousand twenty-five, promulgate  rules  and  regulations
     8  requiring  every  pediatric primary care provider, conducting a wellness
     9  and preventative care examination, on  or  after  September  first,  two
    10  thousand  twenty-five,  of  a  child  twelve  months of age or older, to
    11  screen such child  for  autism  spectrum  disorders,  and  conduct  such
    12  screening  annually  until  such  child  reaches primary school age, and
    13  thereafter at the beginning of every educational  stage,  namely  middle
    14  and high school.
    15    2.  In addition, such rules and regulations shall establish guidelines
    16  and protocols for:
    17    (a) the best practices for the screening for and diagnosis  of  autism
    18  spectrum disorders;
    19    (b) the employment of objective autism spectrum disorder tools; and
    20    (c)  the  appropriate  referral mechanism for children, who based upon
    21  the results of screening for autism spectrum disorders, require  further
    22  evaluation.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06016-03-4

        A. 9465                             2
 
     1    3.  If  the commissioner and the commissioner of the office for people
     2  with developmental disabilities shall fail to promulgate, on  or  before
     3  May  first, two thousand twenty-five, the rules and regulations required
     4  by subdivisions one and two of this section, the department shall  adopt
     5  and implement the relevant federal rules and regulations relating there-
     6  to.
     7    §  3.  The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 16.39
     8  to read as follows:
     9  § 16.39 Pediatric wellness visits; screening for autism spectrum  disor-
    10            ders.
    11    The  commissioner  shall, jointly with the commissioner of health, and
    12  on or before May first, two thousand twenty-five, promulgate any and all
    13  rules and regulations required by subdivisions one and  two  of  section
    14  twenty-five hundred-m of the public health law relating to the screening
    15  of children for autism spectrum disorders.
    16    §  4.  This act shall take effect immediately, except that section one
    17  of this act shall take effect September 1, 2025.
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