Bill Text: NY A08495 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to coverage for the screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-19 - enacting clause stricken [A08495 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A08495-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8495
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 17, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. MORELLE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Insurance
       AN ACT to amend the insurance law,  in  relation  to  coverage  for  the
         screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Clause  (iii)  of  subparagraph  (C)  of  paragraph  25  of
    2  subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as added by a chap-
    3  ter  of the laws of 2011 amending the insurance law relating to coverage
    4  for the screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum  disorder,
    5  as  proposed  in  legislative  bill  numbers S. 4005-A and A. 6305-A, is
    6  amended to read as follows:
    7    (iii) "behavioral health treatment"  means  counseling  and  treatment
    8  programs,  when  provided  by  a licensed provider, and applied behavior
    9  analysis, when provided or supervised by a  behavior  analyst  certified
   10  pursuant to the behavior analyst certification board, that are necessary
   11  to develop, maintain, or restore, to the maximum extent practicable, the
   12  functioning of an individual. Individuals that provide behavioral health
   13  treatment under the supervision of a certified behavior analyst pursuant
   14  to  this  paragraph shall be subject to standards of professionalism and
   15  relevant experience pursuant to regulations promulgated  by  the  super-
   16  intendent  in  consultation  with  the  commissioner  of  health AND THE
   17  COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.
   18    S 2. Clause (iii) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph  17  of  subsection
   19  (l)  of  section 3221 of the insurance law, as added by a chapter of the
   20  laws of 2011 amending the insurance law relating  to  coverage  for  the
   21  screening,  diagnosis  and  treatment  of  autism  spectrum disorder, as
   22  proposed in legislative bill numbers S. 4005-A and A. 6305-A, is amended
   23  to read as follows:
   24    (iii) "behavioral health treatment"  means  counseling  and  treatment
   25  programs,  when  provided  by  a licensed provider, and applied behavior
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08567-04-1
       A. 8495                             2
    1  analysis, when provided or supervised by a  behavior  analyst  certified
    2  pursuant to the behavior analyst certification board, that are necessary
    3  to develop, maintain, or restore, to the maximum extent practicable, the
    4  functioning of an individual. Individuals that provide behavioral health
    5  treatment under the supervision of a certified behavior analyst pursuant
    6  to  this  paragraph shall be subject to standards of professionalism and
    7  relevant experience pursuant to regulations promulgated  by  the  super-
    8  intendent  in  consultation  with  the  commissioner  of  health AND THE
    9  COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.
   10    S 3. Subparagraph (C) of paragraph 3 of  subsection  (ee)  of  section
   11  4303  of  the  insurance  law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2011
   12  amending the insurance law relating to coverage for the screening, diag-
   13  nosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder, as proposed in legisla-
   14  tive bill numbers S. 4005-A  and  A.  6305-A,  is  amended  to  read  as
   15  follows:
   16    (C)  "behavioral  health  treatment"  means  counseling  and treatment
   17  programs, when provided by a licensed  provider,  and  applied  behavior
   18  analysis,  when  provided  or supervised by a behavior analyst certified
   19  pursuant to the behavior analyst certification board, that are necessary
   20  to develop, maintain, or restore, to the maximum extent practicable, the
   21  functioning of an individual. Individuals that provide behavioral health
   22  treatment under the supervision of a certified behavior analyst pursuant
   23  to this subsection shall be subject to standards of professionalism  and
   24  relevant  experience  pursuant  to regulations promulgated by the super-
   25  intendent in consultation  with  the  commissioner  of  health  AND  THE
   26  COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.
   27    S  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
   28  manner as a chapter of the laws  of  2011  amending  the  insurance  law
   29  relating  to  coverage  for  the  screening,  diagnosis and treatment of
   30  autism spectrum disorder, as proposed in  legislative  bill  numbers  S.
   31  4005-A and A. 6305-A, takes effect.