Bill Text: NY S04967 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the practice of applied behavior analysis; removes the requirement for a diagnosis from a person who is licensed or otherwise authorized to provide such diagnosis for persons with autism or related disorders.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-8)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S04967 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4967
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      April 2, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
        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 diag-
     9  nosis and prescription or order from a person who is licensed or  other-
    10  wise  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.
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