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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4967--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 2, 2019
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Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, BOYLE, BROOKS, GALLIVAN, HELMING, JACOBS,
KAMINSKY, KENNEDY, MAY, METZGER, MONTGOMERY, RITCHIE, SAVINO, TEDISCO
-- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
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
13 autism 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.
LBD04744-03-9
