This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to collect data on the incidence of autism spectrum disorder diagnoses in New York City, by community district, and to post this data on its website.
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Int. No.
By Council Members Borelli, Johnson, Williams, Espinal, Ulrich, Koo, Treyger, Barron and Rose
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring autism spectrum disorder reporting
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 17-199.1 to read as follows:
§ 17-199.1 Report of Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis. a. The department shall collect data relating to the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder by the community district in which diagnosed individuals reside, and shall update such data at least annually. Such data may be collected as part of the department’s annual community health survey, by requiring doctors to report autism spectrum disorder diagnoses to the department, or by other means sufficient to approximate the number of individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder by community district.
b. The data collected pursuant to this section, and any rules promulgated pursuant thereto, shall be posted on the website of the department by community district.
c. The department may promulgate any rules necessary to effectuate the requirements of this section.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law; provided, however, that the department of health and mental hygiene shall promulgate rules as may be necessary for the purpose of implementing and carrying out the provisions of this local law, prior to its effective date.
DSS
LS 8338
7/12/16