STATE OF NEW YORK
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6549--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 19, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, SILLITTI -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to blanket service
limits in the early intervention program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
2 2559-c to read as follows:
3 § 2559-c. Blanket service limits prohibited. The commissioner shall
4 not impose predetermined limitations, including limitations on the
5 length, duration, frequency, intensity, method of delivery, group size,
6 or staff ratios, on authorized services under this title. The commis-
7 sioner shall not impose program-wide service limitations that restrict
8 the ability of an individualized family services plan team to create an
9 individualized plan of early intervention services most appropriate to
10 accommodate the needs of each child and family.
11 § 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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