The Current Status of the scope restriction on behavior analysis in NY: Why Everyone Should Care

Debbi Napolitano, NYSABA Legislative Committee Chair History Matters In the Beginning

 The writing was on the wall. Licensure was becoming necessary, but we were not successful  In collaboration with Autism Speaks we got autism insurance passed.  Autism insurance included BCBAs  NY said too bad…..  Joe Morelle got us a license, but couldn’t get a license that wasn’t restricted  We debated scrapping it, knowing it would be a disaster, but we knew it was happening whether we wanted it or not, to fix the insurance. SOME Problems with a Field Restricted to Autism

 Students trained ONLY to work with individuals with autism  Difficulty for students to accrue hours  VERY difficult to become licensed when moving to NY even if licensed in another state Individuals Without Autism Cannot Access Services: Meet Micah

In our recent survey, 48% (42 respondents) stated they know someone who cannot get services It Is Hurting Individuals with Autism and Our Field The Rest of the Country

What is the Difference Between the Licensing Statute and the Regulations

 First a law is passed. Besides the word “autism” and ”prescription” our scope in statute is pretty good.  Regulation is what is developed by the State Education Department (SED) Higher Education with “advisement” from the Licensing Board  Regulations are in need of change but will not be changed until they have to be! Our Efforts Our Bills: A6389-A (Peoples-Stokes)/S4967-A (Skoufis)

 We have been working on this since the passage of the current license  We are currently in the second year of a two-year session  We have 5 months to get this over the finish line or we need to start again Bills and Sponsors Relates to the practice of applied behavior analysis; removes the requirement for a diagnosis from a person who is licensed or ➢ We have been working otherwise authorized to provide such diagnosis on this since the for persons with autism or related disorders. passage of the current A6389-A S4967-A license ➢ We are currently in the second year of a two-year session ➢ We have 5 months to get this over the finish line or we need to start again Crystal Peoples-Stokes James Skouffis Process

 Both bills are stuck in Higher Education Committees  Assembly – Glick (Manhattan)  Senate – Stavisky ()  In previous three years the bills have not been put on the Higher Education Committee Agendas Senate Co-Sponsors Senator District Party 4th Republican John E. Brooks 8th Democrat 9th Democrat Diane J. Savino 23rd Democrat Nine Velmanette Mongomery 25th Democrat Democrats. 38th Democrat Pete Harckham 40th Democrat We need 22 41st Republican more! 42nd Democrat 48th Republican James Tedisco 49th Republican 53rd Democrat Pamela Helming 54th Republican Patrick M. Gallivan 59th Republican Timothy M. Kennedy 63rd Democrat Chris Jacobs 60th Republican Senators We Still Need! Long Island Senators District Party Kenneth LaValle 1st Republican John J. Flanagan 2nd Republican Monica R. Martinez 3rd Democrat James Goughrin 5th Democrat Kevin Thomas 6th Democrat Anna M. Kaplan 7th Democrat James Sanders Jr. 10th Democrat Assembly Co-Sponsors Assembly Member District Party 1 Independent Anthony H. Palumbo 2 Republican Andrew Raia 12 Republican Edward Ra 19 Republican 21 Democrat Michaelle C. Solages. 22 Democrat 28 Democrat 31 Assembly Co- Melissa Miller 38 Republican 56 Democrat Sponsors Thomas Abinanti 92 Democrat Kevin M. Byrne 94 Republican Kenneth Zebrowski 96 Democrat 14 Democrats Ellen C. Jaffee 97 Democrat Karl Brabenec 98 Republican 99 Republican We need 48 MORE! 100 Democrat 104 Democrat Kieran Michael Lalor 105 Republican . 111 Democrat 112 Republican William A. Barclay 120 Republican Clifford Crouch 122 Republican Barbara Lifton 125 Democrat Albert A. Stirpe 127 Democrat 130 Republican 131 Republican Mark C. Johns 135 Republican Jamie Romeo 136 Democrat Harry B. Bronson 138 Democrat Monica P. Wallace 143 Democrat David DiPietro 147 Republican Long Island Assembly Members We Still Need

Long Island Assembly Member District Party Joe DeStefano 3 Republican 4 Democrat Doug Smith 5 Republican Phil Ramos 6 Democrat Andrew Garbarino 7 Republican Michael Fitzpatrick 8 Republican Michael LiPetri 9 Republican 10 Democrat Kimberly Jean-Pierre 11 Democrat Charles Lavine 13 Democrat David McDonough 14 Republican Michael Montessano 15 Republican Anthony D’Urso 16 Democrat John K. Mikulin 17 Republican Taylor Darling 18 Democrat Melissa Miller 20 Republican

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