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This bill requires New York to create programs and facilities for screening and training on deficiencies in executive functioning.
Why it matters
Early identification and intervention. By requiring screening and training for executive functioning deficits, the bill aims to catch cognitive and behavioral challenges early, which can improve long-term outcomes for individuals in need of social services or medical attention.
Professional development and system-wide awareness. Training medical professionals, social service providers, and agency staff increases the likelihood that executive functioning issues (which are linked to a range of developmental, psychiatric, and learning disorders) are recognized and addressed, rather than overlooked or misattributed.
Targeted support for high-risk populations. The bill specifically calls for the use of clinic-referred and high-risk individual rating scales, focusing resources on those most likely to benefit, such as children in foster care, people with disabilities, or others dependent on social services.
Potential for improved service delivery and outcomes. By integrating expert consultation and evidence-based screening tools, the legislation could lead to more accurately tailored interventions, reduced misdiagnosis, and more effective allocation of social and medical support resources.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4193
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2019
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 twenty, 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.
LBD01074-01-9
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