STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7026--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 29, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TITONE, CUSICK, JAFFEE, ORTIZ, GUNTHER, L. ROSEN- THAL, BENEDETTO, ZEBROWSKI, ENGLEBRIGHT, ABINANTI, ARROYO, M. G. MILL- ER, PEOPLES-STOKES, COLTON, PAULIN, LIFTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, AUBRY, COOK, CRESPO, HOOPER, JOHNS, LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, MONTESANO, PERRY, RAIA, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the mapping of autism locations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions (d) and (e) of section 13.42 of the mental 2 hygiene law, as added by chapter 469 of the laws of 2016, are amended to 3 read as follows: 4 (d) (1) There is hereby created within the board the autism mapping 5 program. This program is established to map locations of occurrence of 6 autism. 7 (2) The program shall include: 8 (i) provision of grants to approved organizations under subdivision 9 (e) of this section; and 10 (ii) compilation of data including mapping of the frequency of the 11 occurrence of autism in various locations in the state and dissemination 12 of the data to the public. 13 (e) (1) The board shall make grants within the amounts appropriated to 14 approved organizations, as defined in paragraph two of this subdivision, 15 for the provision of services relating to autism mapping. Such services 16 shall include but not be limited to mapping of the frequency of the 17 occurrence of autism in various locations of the state. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05898-05-8

A. 7026--A 2 1 (2) For the purposes of this section, "approved organization" shall 2 mean an organization approved by the board, to provide services under 3 this subdivision. Such organizations shall include, but not be limited 4 to, the following: 5 (i) a hospital licensed under article twenty-eight of the public 6 health law; 7 (ii) a health maintenance organization licensed under article forty- 8 three of the insurance law or certified under article forty-four of the 9 public health law; 10 (iii) an organization with program expertise in autism related issues; 11 (iv) a county or city health department; or 12 (v) any combination of the above. 13 (3) The board shall develop standards for the implementation of autism 14 mapping programs by approved organizations which shall ensure the 15 following: 16 (i) integration of the approved organization with existing health care 17 providers; 18 (ii) maximizing third party reimbursement; and 19 (iii) providing data collection for mapping of the occurrence of 20 autism in various locations of the state. 21 (f) Such board shall meet at least quarterly. Special meetings may be 22 called by the chair. The agenda and meeting place of all regular or 23 special meetings shall be made available to the public in advance of 24 such meetings. 25 [(e)] (g) The advisory board shall submit a written report to the 26 governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the 27 assembly by no later than October first of the year next succeeding the 28 effective date of this section and annually thereafter, setting forth 29 the recommendations and activities of the council on matters within the 30 scope of its duties as set forth in this section. Beginning in two thou- 31 sand nineteen, the advisory board shall also include in such annual 32 report information concerning the operation of the autism mapping 33 program. Such reports shall include the experience of the program in 34 mapping of the frequency of the occurrence of autism in various 35 locations around the state. Approved organizations shall provide such 36 data and assessment as the board may require for such report. Such 37 report shall also include any recommendations for additional action to 38 respond to the high incidence of autism in this state. 39 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 40 have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the 41 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary 42 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 43 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.