Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to mental health |
May 05, 2015 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 27, 2015 |
referred to mental health |
Assembly Bill A3860
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BRENNAN
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
Ellen C. Jaffee
multi-Sponsors
Peter Abbate
William Colton
Vivian Cook
Jeffrey Dinowitz
2015-A3860 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A3860 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes a right to treatment for seriously emotionally disturbed children who are certified by the pre-admission certification committee and waiting to be placed in a residential placement facility for children and youth; requires commissioner to evaluate what services are needed and how to provide them.
2015-A3860 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3860 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 27, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRENNAN, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, CLARK, COLTON, COOK, DINOWITZ, HOOPER, LUPARDO, ORTIZ, SCAR- BOROUGH, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing a right to treatment for seriously emotionally disturbed children who are certified and waiting to be placed in a residential placement facility for children and youth THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 9.51 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding two new subdivisions (h) and (i) to read as follows: (H) WHENEVER A PERSON BECOMES CERTIFIED BY THE PRE-ADMISSION CERTIF- ICATION COMMITTEE AND IS WAITING FOR PLACEMENT, SUCH PERSON SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR WHICH THEY ARE ELIGIBLE AND WHICH ARE CUSTOMARILY PROVIDED IN A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY UNTIL THAT PERSON IS PLACED IN AN APPROPRIATE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ASSURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES IN THE AREAS OF EARLY PREVENTION, CARE AND TREATMENT, AND EDUCATION. SERVICES SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME AFTER CERTIFICATION AND APPROPRIATE TO INDIVIDUAL NEEDS IN THE ENVIRONMENT NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THE PURPOSES OF TREATMENT UNTIL SUCH INDIVIDUALS ARE PLACED IN A RESI- DENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL: (1) DEVELOP, ESTABLISH, AND PROMULGATE A PROCEDURE TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH PROCEDURE SHALL BE BASED UPON THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF THE PERSON; AND (2) NOTIFY, COOPERATE, GUIDE, AND ASSIST LOCAL AGENCIES, LOCAL GOVERN- MENT UNITS, COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARDS, AND/OR PROVIDERS OF SERVICE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01800-01-5
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