republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2017-2018/a-261.md

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Bill	Directs certain commissioners to study and report on the costs to the state of early diagnosis and treatment of autism	Directs the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities, the commissioner of education, the commissioner of health, the commissioner of the office of children and family services and the commissioner of mental health to study and report the costs to the state for the early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and the long-term treatment for individuals with autism spectrum disorder.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2017-2018	A 261	New York A 261 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	ABINANTI	2	19	3	2017-01-05	2018-08-24	openstates	ocd-bill/d04d5807-93bc-40f6-b2ec-260a8436187d	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A261	0a3f854dc7e59583542c3b86de16b351f4327ba1c0342e8d74ba6a1e26ff6d56	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 261 (2017-2018) — Directs certain commissioners to study and report on the costs to the state of early diagnosis and treatment of autism

Directs the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities, the commissioner of education, the commissioner of health, the commissioner of the office of children and family services and the commissioner of mental health to study and report the costs to the state for the early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and the long-term treatment for individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. A261 HTML (committee substitute) — source
2. A261 PDF (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Floor Vote — 61–0 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 141–0 (pass) · lower
• Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — 133–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• ABINANTI — primary (person)
• BARRETT — cosponsor (person)
• BENEDETTO — cosponsor (person)
• BICHOTTE — cosponsor (person)
• COLTON — cosponsor (person)
• COOK — cosponsor (person)
• CUSICK — cosponsor (person)
• ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
• LIFTON — cosponsor (person)
• LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
• MILLER MG — cosponsor (person)
• TITONE — cosponsor (person)
• WALSH — cosponsor (person)
• WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-01-05 REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH referral-committee
• 2017-01-31 REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS referral-committee
• 2017-05-23 REPORTED
• 2017-05-25 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.479
• 2017-06-05 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2017-06-05 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2017-06-05 REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2018-01-03 DIED IN SENATE
• 2018-01-03 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2018-01-03 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.18
• 2018-01-09 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2018-01-09 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2018-01-09 REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES referral-committee
• 2018-06-07 SUBSTITUTED FOR S3895
• 2018-06-07 3RD READING CAL.1639
• 2018-06-07 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2018-06-07 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2018-08-13 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2018-08-24 SIGNED CHAP.210 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d04d5807-93bc-40f6-b2ec-260a8436187d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).