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type: "Bill"
title: "Directs certain commissioners to study and report on the costs to the state of early diagnosis and treatment of autism"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 261"
citation: "New York A 261 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ABINANTI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2018-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d04d5807-93bc-40f6-b2ec-260a8436187d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A261"
source_hash: "0a3f854dc7e59583542c3b86de16b351f4327ba1c0342e8d74ba6a1e26ff6d56"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A261&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A261 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A261)
## Votes
- Floor Vote — **610** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **1410** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **1330** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d04d5807-93bc-40f6-b2ec-260a8436187d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).