Bill Text: NY A04109 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides supports and services for youth suffering from adverse childhood experiences.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-20 - enacting clause stricken [A04109 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A04109-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4109 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 1, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, the education law and the public health law, in relation to providing supports and services for youth suffering from adverse childhood experiences The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 2 131-aaa to read as follows: 3 § 131-aaa. Availability of adverse childhood experiences services. 4 Each local social services district shall be required to provide appli- 5 cants and recipients of public assistance who are a parent, guardian, 6 custodian or otherwise responsible for a child's care, with educational 7 materials developed pursuant to subdivision two of section three hundred 8 seventy-c of the social services law to educate them about adverse 9 childhood experiences, the importance of protective factors and the 10 availability of services for children at risk for or suffering from 11 adverse childhood experiences. The educational materials may be made 12 available electronically and shall be provided at the time of applica- 13 tion, recertification and any other instances the applicant or recipient 14 makes contact with the local social services district. 15 § 2. Article 5 of the social services law is amended by adding a new 16 title 12-A to read as follows: 17 TITLE 12-A 18 SUPPORTS AND SERVICES FOR YOUTH SUFFERING FROM ADVERSE 19 CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES 20 Section 370-c. Supports and services for youth suffering from adverse 21 childhood experiences. 22 § 370-c. Supports and services for youth suffering from adverse child- 23 hood experiences. 1. Youth suffering from or at risk of adverse child- 24 hood experiences, as defined in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01680-01-1A. 4109 2 1 section twenty-d of this chapter, shall be eligible for a range of 2 appropriate services and supports, which shall be beneficial to the 3 health and well-being of the youth. Such services shall be culturally 4 competent, evidence based and trauma informed and include, but not be 5 limited to appropriate health and behavioral health services covered 6 under subdivision seven of section twenty-five hundred ten of the public 7 health law and subdivision two of section three hundred sixty-five-a of 8 this article; preventive services provided pursuant to subdivision two 9 of section four hundred fifty-eight-m of this chapter, enhancement of 10 protective factors and any other services necessary to serve youth 11 suffering from adverse childhood experiences. 12 2. The office of children and family services, in consultation with 13 the office of temporary and disability assistance, the office of mental 14 health, the office of addiction services and supports and the department 15 of health, shall develop or utilize existing educational materials to be 16 used to educate parents, guardians and other authorized individuals 17 about adverse childhood experiences including the environmental events 18 that may impact or lead to adverse childhood experiences, the importance 19 of protective factors and the availability of services for children at 20 risk of or suffering from adverse childhood experiences. Such informa- 21 tion shall be made available electronically and shall be posted on each 22 agency's website. 23 § 3. Subdivision 7 of section 390 of the social services law is 24 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: 25 (c) The office of children and family services shall implement a 26 statewide campaign to educate parents and other potential consumers of 27 child day care programs about adverse childhood experiences, the impor- 28 tance of protective factors, and the availability of services for chil- 29 dren at risk for or experiencing adverse childhood experiences as 30 defined in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of section twenty-d of this 31 chapter. Such statewide campaign, shall include but is not limited to, 32 providing all licensed, registered and enrolled child care providers 33 with educational materials developed pursuant to subdivision two of 34 section three hundred seventy-c of this chapter. The educational materi- 35 als may be made available electronically and shall be provided to 36 parents and other potential consumers at the time of enrollment and once 37 every six months during the time of their child's enrollment. 38 § 4. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new 39 subdivision 59 to read as follows: 40 59. The commissioner shall make available educational materials devel- 41 oped pursuant to subdivision two of section three hundred seventy-c of 42 the social services law to every school district and board of cooper- 43 ative educational services for the purpose of educating parents, guardi- 44 ans and other authorized individuals responsible for the child's care 45 about adverse childhood experiences, the importance of protective 46 factors, and the availability of services for children at risk for or 47 experiencing adverse childhood experiences. The commissioner shall 48 provide that such educational materials are made available online pursu- 49 ant to subdivision two of section three hundred seventy-c of the social 50 services law. 51 § 5. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2509-b 52 to read as follows: 53 § 2509-b. Availability of adverse childhood experiences services. 54 Every pediatrics healthcare provider licensed pursuant to article one 55 hundred thirty-one of the education law shall be required to provide the 56 parent, guardian, custodian or other authorized individual of a childA. 4109 3 1 that the pediatrician sees in their official capacity, with educational 2 materials developed pursuant to subdivision two of section three hundred 3 seventy-c of the social services law. Such materials may be provided 4 electronically and shall be used to inform and educate them about 5 adverse childhood experiences, the importance of protective factors and 6 the availability of services for children at risk for or experiencing 7 adverse childhood experiences. 8 § 6. Subdivision 7 of section 2510 of the public health law, as 9 amended by chapter 428 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as 10 follows: 11 7. "Covered health care services" means: the services of physicians, 12 optometrists, nurses, nurse practitioners, midwives and other related 13 professional personnel which are provided on an outpatient basis, 14 including routine well-child visits; diagnosis and treatment of illness 15 and injury; inpatient health care services; laboratory tests; diagnostic 16 x-rays; prescription and non-prescription drugs and durable medical 17 equipment; radiation therapy; chemotherapy; hemodialysis; outpatient 18 blood clotting factor products and other treatments and services 19 furnished in connection with the care of hemophilia and other blood 20 clotting protein deficiencies; emergency room services; hospice 21 services; emergency, preventive and routine dental care, including 22 medically necessary orthodontia but excluding cosmetic surgery; emergen- 23 cy, preventive and routine vision care, including eyeglasses; speech and 24 hearing services; and, inpatient and outpatient mental health, alcohol 25 and substance abuse services as defined by the commissioner in consulta- 26 tion with the superintendent. For youth at risk for or experiencing 27 adverse childhood experiences, as defined in subdivision one of section 28 three hundred seventy-c of the social services law, covered health care 29 services shall also include: (a) children's mental health rehabilitation 30 services including, but not limited to, those covered by medical assist- 31 ance pursuant to title eleven of article five of the social services 32 law, community psychiatric support and treatment services, and psychoso- 33 cial rehabilitation services, assuming such children's mental health 34 rehabilitation services are provided by individuals acting within their 35 lawful scope of practice as established under the education law; and (b) 36 trauma informed care that includes the identification of and appropriate 37 reaction and treatment to adverse childhood experiences. "Covered health 38 care services" shall not include drugs, procedures and supplies for the 39 treatment of erectile dysfunction when provided to, or prescribed for 40 use by, a person who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant 41 to article six-C of the correction law, provided that any denial of 42 coverage of such drugs, procedures or supplies shall provide the patient 43 with the means of obtaining additional information concerning both the 44 denial and the means of challenging such denial. 45 § 7. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 46 have become a law.
