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Assembly Bill A6033

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the office of mental health, the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services and the department of education to create a behavioral health website

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2019-A6033 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8818
2021-2022: A5103
2023-2024: A2906
2025-2026: A5991

2019-A6033 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring the office of mental health, office of alcoholism and substance abuse services and the department of education to create a behavioral health website which shall provide information on various behavioral health issues such as depression, eating disorders, anxiety, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar disorder.

2019-A6033 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6033
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Mental Health
 
 AN  ACT in relation to requiring the office of mental health, the office
   of alcoholism and substance  abuse  services  and  the  department  of
   education to create a behavioral health website

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Behavioral health website. 1. The office of mental  health,
 in  conjunction  with  the  office  of  alcoholism  and  substance abuse
 services and the department of education shall  create  and  maintain  a
 website  which  shall  provide  information on behavioral health issues.
 Such issues shall include, but shall  not  be  limited  to,  depression,
 eating disorders, anxiety, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder
 and bipolar disorder.
   2.  Such behavioral health information, as required by subdivision one
 of this section shall include, but shall not be limited  to,  signs  and
 symptoms of the behavioral health issues and coping mechanisms to assist
 individuals dealing with such behavioral health issues.
   3. The behavioral health website shall maintain a resource guide list-
 ing  contact  information of local behavioral health resources and shall
 be organized by county. Such contact information shall include the name,
 address, telephone number, e-mail address and website, if  any,  of  the
 behavioral health resources.
   ยง  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09886-01-9

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