Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 02, 2014 |
referred to mental health |
Assembly Bill A9485
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GUNTHER
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
2013-A9485 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Mental Health
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene
2013-A9485 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9485 I N A S S E M B L Y May 2, 2014 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Mental Health AN ACT relating to the establishment of a standardized training program for the purpose of developing crisis intervention teams THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The office of mental health, in consultation with stake- holders, including but not limited to, representatives from behavioral health providers, self-advocates, peer service providers, law enforce- ment and district attorney agencies shall establish a standardized training program for the purpose of developing crisis intervention teams. Such programs shall provide training to law enforcement and other first responders in best practices and strategies for de-escalating crisis situations involving an individual exhibiting emotional disturb- ances. Such training program shall be made available to municipal law enforcement, within amounts appropriated, at the request of the local municipality or law enforcement agency no later than six months after the effective date of this section. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14645-03-4
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