Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 14, 2012 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jun 11, 2012 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.72 rules report cal.72 reported |
Jun 06, 2012 |
reported referred to rules |
Jan 19, 2012 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to aging |
Jun 06, 2011 |
reported referred to rules |
May 10, 2011 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to aging |
Assembly Bill A265
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DINOWITZ
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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
Ellen C. Jaffee
Inez Barron
2011-A265 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S308
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §7.41, Ment Hyg L; amd §3, Chap 568 of 2005
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
A1843, S2207
2013-2014: A427, S299
2015-2016: A1234, S256
2017-2018: A3861, S4910, S7229
2019-2020: A3193, S4925
2011-A265 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Broadens the geriatric service demonstration program to include older adults with mental health disabilities and chemical dependence; renames the program to be the geriatric mental health and chemical dependence demonstration program; allows for grants to be awarded by the office to providers of care to older adults with chemical dependence.
2011-A265 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 265 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, JAFFEE, BARRON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Aging AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law and chapter 568 of the laws of 2005, amending the mental hygiene law relating to enacting the geria- tric mental health act, in relation to mental health care and chemical dependence services for the elderly under the geriatric mental health and chemical dependence demonstration program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 7.41 of the mental hygiene law, as added by chapter 568 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: S 7.41 Geriatric [service] MENTAL HEALTH AND CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE demon- stration program. (a) The office shall establish a geriatric [service] MENTAL HEALTH AND CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE demonstration program to provide grants, within appropriations therefor, to providers of mental health care OR CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE SERVICES, OR BOTH, to the elderly, INCLUDING ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE HEALTH AND AGING SERVICES AS WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH AND CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE ORGANIZATIONS. Such program shall be administered by the office in cooperation with THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, the state office for the aging and such other state agencies as the commissioner shall determine are necessary for the oper- ation of the program. (b) Grants may be awarded by the office to providers of care to older adults with mental disabilities OR CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE, OR BOTH, for the purposes which may include one or more of the following: (1) Community integration. Programs which enable older adults with mental disabilities OR OLDER ADULTS SUFFERING FROM CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE to age SAFELY in the community and prevent the unnecessary use of insti- tutional care; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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