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A07976 Summary:

A07976 Actions:

A07976 Committee Votes:

Committee:MENTAL HEALTH   Chair:Gunther      
DATE:06/05/2017AYE/NAY:11/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Gunther
Aye
Miller ML
Aye
Jaffee
Aye
Errigo
Aye
Rodriguez
Excused
Walsh
Aye
Barrett
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye
Richardson
Absent
Sepulveda
Aye
Santabarbara
Aye
Miller MG
Aye
De La Rosa
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:06/12/2017AYE/NAY:27/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Excused
Butler
Aye
Farrell
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Finch
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Raia
Aye
Hooper
Excused
Hawley
Aye
Ortiz
Excused
Pretlow
Aye
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Morelle
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Excused
Galef
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye

A07976 Floor Votes:

A07976 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7976
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 23, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DE LA ROSA  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Mental Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in  relation  to  directing  the
          autism  spectrum  disorders  advisory board to identify strategies and
          methods to improve outreach to minority group members

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.    Subdivision  (c) of section 13.42 of the mental hygiene
     2  law, as added by chapter 469 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read  as
     3  follows:
     4    (c) The board shall have the following tasks and duties:
     5    (1)  Study  and  review  the  effectiveness  of  supports and services
     6  currently being provided to people diagnosed with autism spectrum disor-
     7  ders;
     8    (2) Identify legislative and regulatory activity which may be required
     9  to improve existing service systems that support people  diagnosed  with
    10  autism spectrum disorders;
    11    (3) Identify methods of improving interagency coordination of services
    12  and  maximize  the impact and effectiveness of services and agency func-
    13  tions; [and]
    14    (4) Identify strategies and methods of improving outreach and  coordi-
    15  nation of services associated with autism spectrum disorders for minori-
    16  ty group members including, but not limited to, African American, Latino
    17  and Asian children; and
    18    (5)  Such other matters as may be deemed appropriate by the members of
    19  the board.
    20    At the discretion of the chair, the board may consult with  stakehold-
    21  ers  for  the purpose of carrying out its tasks and duties in accordance
    22  with this subdivision.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    24  have become a law.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10844-04-7