Bill Text: NY A10915 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the Officer Ron Griffith law enforcement personnel peer support program to provide grants, within appropriations therefor, to eligible entities for the purpose of establishing peer-to-peer mental health programs for law enforcement personnel; and makes an appropriation therefor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-08-17 - referred to codes [A10915 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A10915-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10915 IN ASSEMBLY August 17, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Montesano) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the Offi- cer Ron Griffith law enforcement personnel peer support program; and making an appropriation therefor The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Officer 2 Ron Griffith law enforcement personnel peer support program act". 3 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-w to 4 read as follows: 5 § 837-w. Law enforcement personnel peer support program. (a) For the 6 purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following 7 meanings: 8 (1) "Program" shall mean the "Officer Ron Griffith law enforcement 9 personnel peer support program" established by this section. 10 (2) "Eligible entities" shall mean an entity which submits to the 11 commissioner an application, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, 12 containing such information and assurances as the commissioner may 13 require to provide initial and continued training in mental illness, 14 including but not limited to post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide 15 prevention, for law enforcement personnel volunteers. 16 (b) The commissioner shall establish a grant program to be known as 17 the "Officer Ron Griffith law enforcement personnel peer support 18 program". Such program shall provide grants, within appropriations 19 therefor, to eligible entities for the purpose of establishing peer-to- 20 peer mental health programs for law enforcement personnel. 21 (c) The commissioner shall establish standards applicable to such 22 program. Such standards shall include initial and continued training for 23 law enforcement personnel peer volunteers, administrative staffing 24 needs, and best practices for addressing the needs of each member of law 25 enforcement personnel served. 26 (d) Grants may be awarded by the commissioner to an eligible entity in 27 an amount that does not exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16786-02-0A. 10915 2 1 (e) The commissioner shall not require the recipient of any grant 2 under this section to maintain records on law enforcement personnel 3 seeking support or report any personal identifying information directly 4 or indirectly to the commissioner. 5 § 3. The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000), or so much thereof 6 as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the office of mental 7 health out of any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund to 8 the credit of the state purposes account, not otherwise appropriated, 9 and made immediately available, for the purpose of carrying out the 10 provisions of this act. 11 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.