STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7037 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 29, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TITONE, CUSICK, ORTIZ, COLTON, JAFFEE, WALTER, CYMBROWITZ, BENEDETTO, MOSLEY, SIMON, COOK, BLAKE, RAIA, CROUCH, McDO- NOUGH, ABINANTI, OTIS, STECK, PALMESANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to children with disabil- ities placed in out-of-state facilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 4401 of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 12 to read as follows: 3 12. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this article, where 4 a child with a disability is placed in an out-of-state facility, as 5 approved by the commissioner, the state shall provide for all special 6 services or programs as defined in paragraph a of subdivision two of 7 this section. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next 9 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09197-01-7