Bill Text: NY A10484 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the office of mental health in consultation with the department of health, the office for people with developmental disabilities, and the office of addiction services and supports to prepare and issue a report bi-annually regarding integrated service providers statewide.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-22 - reported referred to rules [A10484 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10484-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10484

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 22, 2020
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        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Lentol) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health

        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  a
          report on the delivery of integrated service providers statewide

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

     1    Section 1. Section 7.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
     3    (i) The office of mental health in consultation with the department of
     4  health, the office for people with developmental disabilities,  and  the
     5  office  of  addiction  services  and supports, shall prepare and issue a
     6  report no later than January first, two thousand twenty-one and bi-annu-
     7  ally thereafter, to the governor and the legislature on the delivery  of
     8  integrated  services  pursuant  to  article  twenty-eight  of the public
     9  health law, and article sixteen, article thirty-one, and  article  thir-
    10  ty-two  of  this chapter. The report shall include but not be limited to
    11  the following information related to each  integrated  service  provider
    12  statewide and by county:
    13    (1)  the location of each provider, the type of integrated care model,
    14  and the approving state licensing agency;
    15    (2) the objectives and scope of each program;
    16    (3) the most frequent physical health, behavioral health,  and  social
    17  services  needs  of  those  patients  receiving  care and any additional
    18  services which required a referral to an outside program;
    19    (4) the number and type of providers which are currently  or  recently
    20  were  seeking  approval  to  be  an  integrated service provider and the
    21  outcome of their application, including the  reasons  why  a  provider's
    22  application was denied;
    23    (5)  information regarding the effectiveness and efficacy of the inte-
    24  grated care services program in relation to its goals and quality assur-
    25  ance plan; and
    26    (6) any identified quality improvement opportunities with  respect  to
    27  patient concerns and complaints, changes in regulatory requirements, and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16479-01-0
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     1  any  recommendations  and  plans  for  improvement  in  its  services to
     2  patients, as well as recommend changes in its policies and procedures.
     3    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.