The New York City Council - File #: Int 0273-2022

• File #: Int 0273-2022
• Version: B
• Name: Requiring police officers to receive training related to recognizing and interacting with individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• Committee: Committee on Public Safety
• On agenda: 4/28/2022
• Enactment date: 5/11/2023
• Law number: 2023/053
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring police officers to receive training related to recognizing and interacting with individuals with autism spectrum disorder
• Sponsors: Mercedes Narcisse, Kamillah Hanks, Darlene Mealy, Althea V. Stevens, Kalman Yeger , Lincoln Restler, Shaun Abreu, Erik D. Bottcher, Marjorie Velázquez, Julie Menin, Lynn C. Schulman, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Farah N. Louis, Crystal Hudson, Kevin C. Riley, Amanda Farías, Linda Lee, Rita C. Joseph, Gale A. Brewer, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Robert F. Holden, Justin L. Brannan, Eric Dinowitz, Keith Powers , Diana I. Ayala, David M. Carr
• Council Member Sponsors: 26
• Summary: The bill will require that NYPD to provide officers with training related to recognizing and interacting with individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Such training would include: (i) enhancing awareness and a practical understanding of autism spectrum disorder; (ii) development of the interpersonal skills to safely respond to emergencies involving someone with autism spectrum disorder; and (iii) instruction on interview and investigative techniques to utilize in cases involving individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

Date	Ver.	Prime Sponsor	Action By	Action	Result
5/16/2023	B	Mercedes Narcisse	City Council	Recved from Mayor by Council
5/11/2023	B	Mercedes Narcisse	Mayor	Signed Into Law by Mayor
5/11/2023	B	Mercedes Narcisse	Mayor	Hearing Held by Mayor
4/27/2023	B	Mercedes Narcisse	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
4/27/2023	B	Mercedes Narcisse	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
4/27/2023	*	Mercedes Narcisse	Committee on Public Safety	Hearing Held by Committee
4/27/2023	*	Mercedes Narcisse	Committee on Public Safety	Amendment Proposed by Comm
4/27/2023	*	Mercedes Narcisse	Committee on Public Safety	Amended by Committee
4/27/2023	B	Mercedes Narcisse	Committee on Public Safety	Approved by Committee	Pass
2/6/2023	*	Mercedes Narcisse	Committee on Hospitals	Laid Over by Committee
2/6/2023	*	Mercedes Narcisse	Committee on Hospitals	Hearing Held by Committee
2/6/2023	*	Mercedes Narcisse	Committee on Fire and Emergency Management	Laid Over by Committee
2/6/2023	*	Mercedes Narcisse	Committee on Fire and Emergency Management	Hearing Held by Committee
2/6/2023	*	Mercedes Narcisse	Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction	Laid Over by Committee
2/6/2023	*	Mercedes Narcisse	Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction	Hearing Held by Committee
2/6/2023	*	Mercedes Narcisse	Committee on Public Safety	Laid Over by Committee
2/6/2023	*	Mercedes Narcisse	Committee on Public Safety	Hearing Held by Committee
4/28/2022	*	Mercedes Narcisse	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
4/28/2022	*	Mercedes Narcisse	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 273-B

By Council Members Narcisse, Hanks, Mealy, Stevens, Yeger, Restler, Abreu, Bottcher, Velázquez, Menin, Schulman, Brooks-Powers, Louis, Hudson, Riley, Farías, Lee, Joseph, Brewer, De La Rosa, Holden, Brannan, Dinowitz, Powers, Ayala and Carr

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring police officers to receive training related to recognizing and interacting with individuals with autism spectrum disorder

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Title 14 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 14-193 to read as follows:

§ 14-193 Autism spectrum disorder safety training. a. Definition. For the purposes of this section, the term “autism spectrum disorder” means behavior that meets relevant diagnostic criteria contained within the American Psychiatric Association’s diagnostic and statistical manual, fifth edition, as may be revised from time to time.

b. Training. 1. The department shall train police recruits, as part of their police academy training, in recognizing and responding to individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

2. The department shall, on a biennial basis, train all uniformed members of the department in recognizing and responding to individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

c. The training required by subdivision b of this section shall include but not be limited to:

1. enhancement of awareness and a practical understanding of autism spectrum disorder, including an ability to recognize common behaviors and mannerisms of individuals with autism spectrum disorder, such as sensory processing disorders, oversensitivity to the environment and auditory processing disorder;

2. development of the interpersonal skills to safely respond to emergencies involving individuals with autism spectrum disorder; and

3. instruction on interview and investigative techniques to utilize in cases involving individuals with autism spectrum disorder, including cases where such an individual has experienced incidents of gender-based violence.

d. The curriculum for the training required by subdivision b of this section shall be periodically reviewed and, when appropriate, modified in consultation with independent clinicians and service providers with expertise on autism spectrum disorder.

§ 2. This local law shall take effect 180 days after it becomes law.

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