Bill Text: NY A07976 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the autism spectrum disorders advisory board to improve outreach to minority group members relating to children with such disorders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-24 - signed chap.227 [A07976 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A07976-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7976 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 23, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DE LA ROSA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to directing the autism spectrum disorders advisory board to identify strategies and methods to improve outreach to minority group members The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 13.42 of the mental hygiene 2 law, as added by chapter 469 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 (c) The board shall have the following tasks and duties: 5 (1) Study and review the effectiveness of supports and services 6 currently being provided to people diagnosed with autism spectrum disor- 7 ders; 8 (2) Identify legislative and regulatory activity which may be required 9 to improve existing service systems that support people diagnosed with 10 autism spectrum disorders; 11 (3) Identify methods of improving interagency coordination of services 12 and maximize the impact and effectiveness of services and agency func- 13 tions; [and] 14 (4) Identify strategies and methods of improving outreach and coordi- 15 nation of services associated with autism spectrum disorders for minori- 16 ty group members including, but not limited to, African American, Latino 17 and Asian children; and 18 (5) Such other matters as may be deemed appropriate by the members of 19 the board. 20 At the discretion of the chair, the board may consult with stakehold- 21 ers for the purpose of carrying out its tasks and duties in accordance 22 with this subdivision. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 24 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10844-04-7