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NY A 1123

in committee

Relates to creating autism teams in hospitals

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Relates to creating autism teams in hospitals; requires the department of health to design a pilot program to develop one "autism team" who may be called upon should a patient with autism come to a hospital; provides that members of the autism team shall be knowledgeable about autism and communication difficulties many people with autism have and advise physicians and other staff on how to communicate with patients with autism.

Introduced
Status date
Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Angelo Santabarbaraprimary
  • Tommy Schiavonicosponsor
  • William Coltoncosponsor
  • Joe DeStefanocosponsor

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-09

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

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