Bill Text: NJ S3644 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires Department of Health to annually report on health and well-being of individuals with autism spectrum disorders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-13 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee [S3644 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-S3644-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires Department of Health to annually report on health and well-being of individuals with autism spectrum disorders.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act requiring the Department of Health to annually report on the health and well-being of individuals with autism spectrum disorders, and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. No later than December 31 of each calendar year, the Department of Health shall report to the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), on the health and well-being of individuals with autism spectrum disorders. The report shall contain full and substantive analysis, in addition to statistical information, and shall contain:
(1) updates on the health and well-being of individuals with autism spectrum disorders in New Jersey;
(2) a summary of the actions that the State is taking to improve the health and well-being of individuals with autism spectrum disorders in New Jersey; and
(3) suggestions for how the State may further improve the health and well-being of individuals with autism spectrum disorders in New Jersey.
b. As used in this section, the term "autism spectrum disorders" means any one of the several conditions classified under pervasive developmental disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM IV-TR) or the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), including: autistic disorder; Asperger's disorder; childhood disintegrative disorder; pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified or unspecified pervasive developmental disorder; fragile X syndrome, to the extent that the condition is comorbid with pervasive developmental disorder; Rett's disorder, to the extent that the condition is comorbid with pervasive developmental disorder; autism spectrum disorder; and any equivalent conditions as classified under any version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD-CM) published on or after January 1, 2000.
2. This act shall take effect 180 days after the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Department of Health to annually report, in writing, to the Legislature on the health and well-being of individuals with autism spectrum disorders. The report, to be submitted by December 31st of each year, is required to contain: (1) updates on the health and well-being of individuals with autism spectrum disorders in New Jersey; (2) a summary of the actions that the State is taking to improve the health and well-being of individuals with autism spectrum disorders in New Jersey; and (3) suggestions for how the State may further improve the health and well-being of individuals with autism spectrum disorders in New Jersey, as well as any other information the Commissioner deems appropriate.
