Bill Text: NY A02758 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates a public education initiative designed to eliminate stigma and misinformation about mental illness and substance use among military service members.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-18 - signed chap.378 [A02758 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02758-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2758
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 25, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. ORTIZ, RAMOS, CUSICK, BARRETT, COLTON, WEPRIN,
          SEAWRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  ABINANTI,  MAGNARELLI,
          PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to creating a public
          education  initiative  designed to eliminate stigma and misinformation
          about mental illness and chemical dependence  among  military  service
          members;  and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
          tion thereof
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 7.09 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision (l) to read as follows:
     3    (l)  Notwithstanding  any  general or special law to the contrary, the
     4  commissioner, in conjunction with the  commissioner  of  alcoholism  and
     5  substance  abuse  services and the director of the division of veterans'
     6  affairs shall develop a public education initiative designed  to  elimi-
     7  nate stigma and misinformation about mental illness and chemical depend-
     8  ence  among service members, veterans, and their families, improve their
     9  understanding of mental and substance use disorders and the existence of
    10  effective  treatment,  and  provide  information   regarding   available
    11  resources and how to access them. These public education initiatives may
    12  include  the use of the internet, including the use of social networking
    13  sites.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire  on  June
    15  30,  2022 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed
    16  repealed.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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