Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to insurance |
Apr 17, 2009 |
reference changed to insurance |
Feb 17, 2009 |
referred to mental health |
Assembly Bill A5659
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
RIVERA P
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Karim Camara
Mark J.F. Schroeder
Barbara Lifton
William Colton
multi-Sponsors
Janet Duprey
Joseph Giglio
George Latimer
Margaret Markey
2009-A5659 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Insurance
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §7.09, Ment Hyg L; amd §8, Chap 748 of 2006; amd §4, Chap 502 of 2007
2009-A5659 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Directs the commissioner of mental health to prepare a report on the effectiveness of mental health parity; report will include the results and findings of a study conducted by the superintendent of insurance and the office of mental health pursuant to chapter 748 of the laws of 2006 (Timothy's Law); the commissioner of health shall deliver a copy of such report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on or before March 31, 2010.
2009-A5659 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5659 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 17, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. P. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Developmental Disa- bilities AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to directing the commissioner of mental health to prepare a report on the effectiveness of mental health parity; to amend chapter 748 of the laws of 2006 amending the insurance law relating to enacting "Timothy's law", in relation to making the provisions of such chapter permanent; and to amend chapter 502 of the laws of 2007 amending the insurance law relating to certain coverage for mental illness, in relation to the effectiveness thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 7.09 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new subdivision (k) to read as follows: (K) THE COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SUPER- INTENDENT OF INSURANCE, SHALL PREPARE A REPORT ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH PARITY. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE RESULTS AND FINDINGS OF A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND SIX. THE COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH SHALL DELIVER A COPY OF SUCH REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON OR BEFORE MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN. S 2. Section 8 of chapter 748 of the laws of 2006, amending the insur- ance law relating to enacting "Timothy's law", is amended to read as follows: S 8. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law [and shall expire and be deemed repealed December 31, 2009;] and the provisions of this act EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08317-02-9
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