What's happening
This bill requires New York to develop a program to train professionals and establish facilities to identify and screen for executive functioning deficiencies.
Why it matters
Expanding early detection. By mandating training for a wide range of professionals and establishing dedicated facilities, the bill aims to catch executive functioning issues—such as difficulties with planning, memory, or self-control—sooner, potentially improving long-term outcomes for affected individuals.
Bridging health and social services. The involvement of both medical and social service sectors, as well as consultation with executive functioning experts, reflects an integrated approach that acknowledges how these cognitive deficits can impact a person's ability to access, navigate, and benefit from social support systems.
Potential for more targeted interventions. Standardized screening using expert-developed rating scales could enable more personalized and effective interventions for individuals identified as high-risk, leading to better support in education, employment, and daily living.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8604
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
July 10, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to identification and screening for deficiencies in executive functioning
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 152-c to read as follows:
§ 152-c. Screening for deficiencies in executive functioning. 1. The commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance, in conjunction with the commissioner of mental health and any other appropriate state agency which the commissioner deems necessary, shall, by June thirtieth, two thousand eighteen, develop a program to train medical professionals, social services providers, and social services employees to identify deficiencies in executive functioning. The office shall also establish a facility or facilities for the purpose of providing screening of individuals for such deficiencies pursuant to this section. Such screening program and facilities shall be developed in consultation with experts in the study of executive functioning and shall utilize rating scales designed to evaluate the range of deficits in clinic-referred or high-risk individuals in their executive functioning.
2. For the purposes of this section, the term "executive functioning" shall mean the use of self-directed actions, including self-awareness, self-monitoring, inhibition, non-verbal working memory, verbal working memory, planning, and problem-solving, to choose goals to select, enact and sustain actions across time toward those goals for the maximization of one's long-term welfare.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13204-01-7
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