Assembly Actions -
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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Apr 28, 2009 |
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Assembly Bill A7878
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
HOYT
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
2009-A7878 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A7878 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Makes provisions regarding safety of certain employees of the office of mental health: provides that the commissioner of the office of mental health shall direct that in outpatient programs no employee shall be required to enter the residence of a person with a serious mental illness unless said employee is accompanied by at least one other employee of the office of mental health; provides that the commissioner shall also direct that all such employees shall, when they are required to enter the residence of a recipient of services, be supplied with a wireless telephone or comparable device for the purposes of emergency communications; provides that the commissioner shall direct that employees serving as intensive case managers receive annual training in safety measures and violence prevention and that the commissioner shall insure the availability of such training; provides that funds appropriated for the operation of outpatient programs shall be expended to insure that there shall be at least one intensive case manager for each twelve persons receiving such services, and that there shall be no more than twelve persons receiving services from any one assertive case management team
2009-A7878 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7878 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 28, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HOYT, SCHROEDER -- 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 safety provisions for employees of the office of mental health THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 7.25 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding two new subdivisions (c) and (d) to read as follows: (C) IN ANY OUTPATIENT PROGRAM STAFFED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY EMPLOYEES OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DIRECT THAT NO EMPLOYEE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO ENTER THE RESIDENCE OF A RECIPIENT OF SERVICES WHO IS A PERSON WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FIFTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03 OF THIS CHAPTER UNLESS SUCH EMPLOYEE IS ACCOMPANIED BY AT LEAST ONE OTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE PROGRAM, OR OTHER APPROPRIATE PERSON. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO DIRECT THAT ALL SUCH EMPLOYEES SHALL, WHEN THEY ARE REQUIRED TO ENTER THE RESIDENCE OF A RECIPIENT OF SERVICES, BE SUPPLIED WITH A WIRELESS TELEPHONE OR COMPARABLE DEVICE FOR THE PURPOSES OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. (D) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DIRECT THAT ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVING AS INTENSIVE CASE MANAGERS SHALL RECEIVE ANNUAL TRAINING IN SAFETY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SHALL INSURE THAT SUCH TRAINING IS MADE AVAILABLE BY THE OFFICE AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING SUCH EMPLOYEES. FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE OPERATION OF OUTPATIENT PROGRAMS SHALL BE EXPENDED BY THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH TO INSURE THAT SUFFI- CIENT STAFF SHALL BE EMPLOYED AS INTENSIVE CASE MANAGERS TO INSURE THAT THERE SHALL BE NO FEWER THAN ONE INTENSIVE CASE MANAGER FOR EACH TWELVE PERSONS RECEIVING SERVICES OF INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT; AND IN THE CASE OF ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT TEAMS THE SAME STAFF TO CONSUMER RATIO SHALL BE MAINTAINED. IN THE EVENT ANY SUCH STAFF POSITIONS BECOME EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06146-01-9
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