Bill Text: NY S04599 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 4599 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relates to the practice of applied behavior analysis; removes the language specific to persons with autism and autism spectrum disorders and related disorders.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-14 - PRINT NUMBER 4599A [S04599 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04599-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         4599--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 21, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens. RITCHIE, BROOKS, FELDER, GALLIVAN, HAMILTON, HELM-
          ING, JACOBS, KAMINSKY, LARKIN, ORTT, ROBACH, SAVINO -- read twice  and
          ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
          Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on  Higher  Education
          in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to applied behavior anal-
          ysis
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 8802 of the education law, as
     2  added by chapter 554 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
     3    1. The practice of applied behavior analysis by a  "licensed  behavior
     4  analyst"  shall  mean the design, implementation and evaluation of envi-
     5  ronmental modifications, using behavioral stimuli and  consequences,  to
     6  produce  socially  significant  improvement in human behavior, including
     7  the use of direct observation, measurement, and functional  analysis  of
     8  the relationship between environment and behavior, pursuant to a diagno-
     9  sis and prescription or order from a person who is licensed or otherwise
    10  authorized  to  provide  such  diagnosis  and  prescription  or ordering
    11  services pursuant to a profession enumerated in  this  title[,  for  the
    12  purpose of providing behavioral health treatment for persons with autism
    13  and autism spectrum disorders and related disorders].
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10083-02-8