STATE OF NEW YORK
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3439
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 29, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Health
AN ACT authorizing and directing the department of health to do research
and study as to the effects of psychostimulants, selective seratonin
reuptake inhibitors, antidepressants and other drugs which are
prescribed for attention deficit disorders, ADD and ADHD, for school
age children
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. 1. The commissioner of health, in conjunction with the
2 commissioner of mental health, the commissioner of developmental disa-
3 bilities, and the commissioner of education is authorized and directed
4 to conduct a study and do research as to the effect of psychostimulants,
5 selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antidepressants and other drugs
6 prescribed for attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactiv-
7 ity disorder, and the increasing rate of diagnosis of these conditions,
8 in school age children.
9 2. The study shall be conducted in accordance with rules, regulations
10 and standards determined by the commissioner of health, and the study
11 shall concentrate on harmful side effects of such drugs, the appropri-
12 ateness and effectiveness of tools and methods used to assess and diag-
13 nose the condition, the appropriateness of different medications, and
14 any demographic disparities in diagnosis.
15 3. The commissioner of health shall report his or her findings to the
16 governor, the speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of the
17 senate on or before two years from the date this act shall take effect.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05949-01-9
