S03288 Summary:
| BILL NO | S03288A |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A01203-A |
| SPONSOR | GOLDEN |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §2508, Pub Health L; amd §837, Exec L | |
| Relates to establishing an electronic monitoring program for children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder as well as other developmental disabilities. | |
S03288 Actions:
| BILL NO | S03288A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 02/04/2015 | REFERRED TO HEALTH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/06/2016 | REFERRED TO HEALTH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 02/12/2016 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 02/12/2016 | PRINT NUMBER 3288A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/14/2016 | COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/14/2016 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1721 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/14/2016 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/14/2016 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/14/2016 | referred to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S03288 Committee Votes:
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Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3288--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 4, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation to establishing an electronic monitoring program for children diag- nosed with an autism spectrum disorder as well as other developmental disabilities 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 2508 to read as follows: 3 § 2508. Electronic monitoring for children with developmental disabil- 4 ities. 1. For the purposes of this section the following terms shall 5 have the following meanings: 6 (a) "commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of health; 7 (b) "child" shall mean a person under the age of eighteen years; 8 (c) "eligible applicant" shall mean the parent, legal guardian or 9 custodian of a child who has been diagnosed by a physician as having an 10 autism spectrum disorder as determined by section twenty-five hundred-j 11 of this title or other developmental disability; 12 (d) "authorized family member" shall mean a designated parent, grand- 13 parent, sibling older than the age of eighteen, legal guardian or custo- 14 dian who is authorized to use a receiving device that is able to track 15 the geographic location of an electronic monitoring device. Such indi- 16 viduals shall be listed on the application submitted to the department; 17 and 18 (e) "electronic monitoring device" shall mean any radio, global posi- 19 tioning system, cellular device or any other satellite-based monitoring 20 device that can provide continuous tracking of the geographic location EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00572-02-6S. 3288--A 2 1 of children and an automated monitoring system that can be used by an 2 appropriate law enforcement agency at the request of an authorized fami- 3 ly member. 4 2. The commissioner shall establish a program to provide electronic 5 monitoring devices to an eligible applicant for the purpose of being 6 able to geographically locate a child upon circumstances where the child 7 is unable to be accounted for. The program shall facilitate the safe 8 recovery of children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder or 9 another developmental disability who are missing or abducted. 10 3. The program shall be voluntary and the following procedure shall be 11 used for the administration of the program: 12 (a) an eligible applicant may file an application with the department 13 to be granted access to the program; 14 (b) upon filing the application, an eligible applicant shall be issued 15 an electronic monitoring device that may be worn by the child, and a 16 receiver that may be used to track the physical location of the child; 17 (c) if a child is missing an authorized family member may coordinate 18 with the appropriate law enforcement agency and inform the agency of the 19 location of the child using the electronic monitoring device and receiv- 20 er; and 21 (d) all applicant information provided by the parent to the department 22 shall remain confidential and not be divulged by the department except 23 in cases where the authorized family member signs a separate consent 24 form providing that any personally identifiable information on the child 25 may only be released in the event that an authorized family member seeks 26 law enforcement action to find the location of a missing child. 27 4. To the extent possible, the commissioner shall utilize munici- 28 palities and other organizations which currently provide electronic 29 monitoring devices for the purposes of being able to geographically 30 track children who have an autism spectrum disorder or other development 31 disability. 32 § 2. Section 837 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 33 subdivision 21 to read as follows: 34 21. The division, in cooperation with the department of health, shall 35 provide recommendations to law enforcement agencies regarding the risks 36 associated with autism or other developmental disabilities and appropri- 37 ate response techniques concerning such disabilities. Recommendations 38 shall include information pertaining to the utilization of electronic 39 monitoring devices to determine the location of children diagnosed with 40 autism or other developmental disabilities. 41 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 42 it shall have become a law.