STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         9868--A
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 15, 2018
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to autism screening
          for children three years of age and under
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 2500-j of
     2  the  public  health law, as added by chapter 335 of the laws of 2008, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    The commissioner shall establish, for use by  pediatric  primary  care
     5  providers,  best  practice protocols for early screening of children for
     6  autism spectrum disorders, including but not  limited  to  developmental
     7  screening  for  children  three  years  of age and under. Such protocols
     8  shall incorporate standards and guidelines established by  the  American
     9  Academy of [Pediatricians] Pediatrics, shall be updated at least bienni-
    10  ally, and shall include, but not be limited to:
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14566-02-8