Bill Text: NY S02054 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to establishing integrated community mental health clinics to provide services to address mental health issues, anger management issues, substance abuse issues and isolation issues.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH [S02054 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02054-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2054

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 18, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health

        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene  law,  in  relation  to  establishing
          integrated community mental health clinics

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

     1    Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
     2  41.59 to read as follows:
     3  § 41.59 Integrated community mental health clinics.
     4    (a)  The commissioner is authorized, within appropriations made there-
     5  for, to establish integrated community mental health clinics.
     6    (b) The commissioner shall establish standards for the  operation  and
     7  funding of such clinics, including but not limited to:
     8    1. guidelines for integrated services to address mental health issues,
     9  anger management issues, substance abuse issues and isolation issues;
    10    2. periodic evaluation of services provided by such clinics;
    11    3. staffing patterns for such clinics; and
    12    4. guidelines for determining state aid to such clinics.
    13    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    14  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    15  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    16  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    17  on or before such effective date.



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