Assembly Bill A10938

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing the geriatric service demonstration program to promote mental health and home care collaboration within the program

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A10938 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8632
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7.41, Ment Hyg L

2017-A10938 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the geriatric service demonstration program to promote mental health and home care collaboration within the program.

2017-A10938 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10938
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 29, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in  relation  to  the  geriatric
   service  demonstration program, to promote mental health and home care
   collaboration within the program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Subdivision (a) of section 7.41 of the mental hygiene law,
 as added by chapter 568 of the laws of  2005,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (a)  The  office  shall  establish  a  geriatric service demonstration
 program to provide grants, within appropriations therefor, to  providers
 of  mental  health  care to the elderly.  THE OFFICE IS ALSO AUTHORIZED,
 UNDER THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM, TO  FOSTER  AND  SUPPORT  COLLABORATION
 BETWEEN  PROVIDERS  OF  HOME  CARE  SERVICES LICENSED OR CERTIFIED UNDER
 ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND MENTAL HEALTH  PROVIDERS
 FOR  THE INTEGRATION OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE, AND FOR ALL OTHER
 ENUMERATED GOALS OF THIS SECTION. Such program shall be administered  by
 the  office  in cooperation with the state office for the aging and such
 other state agencies as the commissioner shall determine  are  necessary
 for the operation of the program.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15899-01-8

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