Bill Text: NY A01832 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the commissioner of mental health to conduct a study on the suicide rates of taxi medallion holders and taxi drivers in the state and make a report and recommendations on the findings of such study within one year.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to mental health [A01832 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A01832-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1832

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. REYES, DE LA ROSA, GOTTFRIED, McDONOUGH, DeSTEFA-
          NO,  EPSTEIN,  WILLIAMS,  SIMON,  RODRIGUEZ,  BARRON,  TAYLOR, NIOU --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK -- read once and referred  to  the
          Committee on Mental Health

        AN  ACT  authorizing  and directing the commissioner of mental health to
          conduct a study on the suicide rates of  taxi  medallion  holders  and
          taxi  drivers  in  the  state;  and  providing  for the repeal of such
          provisions upon the expiration thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  1.  The  commissioner  of mental health is authorized and
     2  directed to conduct a study on the suicide rates of taxi medallion hold-
     3  ers and taxi drivers in the state and what factors  contribute  to  such
     4  rates.
     5    2.  In  conducting  such  study, the commissioner of mental health may
     6  consult with any state  or  local  office,  agency,  or  department  and
     7  request  information  from any such entity that is relevant and material
     8  to the completion of this study and report.
     9    3. Within one year after the  effective  date  of  this  section,  the
    10  commissioner  of mental health shall prepare and submit to the governor,
    11  the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly,  the
    12  minority  leader of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly a
    13  report containing the study's findings concerning the  suicide  rate  of
    14  taxi  medallion  holders  and  taxi drivers, the factors contributing to
    15  such rate and recommendations for legislative or other actions that  can
    16  be  undertaken to reduce or eliminate suicides by taxi medallion holders
    17  and taxi drivers.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    19  deemed repealed 2 years after such date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00107-01-1