NY State Senate Bill 2019-S2070

Archive: Last Bill Status - Vetoed by Governor

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
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Vetoed By Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 13, 2019	vetoed memo.210
Dec 06, 2019	delivered to governor
Jun 18, 2019	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.361 substituted for a6007
Mar 04, 2019	referred to mental health delivered to assembly passed senate
Feb 04, 2019	advanced to third reading
Jan 29, 2019	2nd report cal.
Jan 28, 2019	1st report cal.70
Jan 22, 2019	referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

Votes

- Mar 4, 2019 - Floor Vote
  S2070
  
  59
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Absent
  
  3
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Mar 4, 2019
      
      aye (59)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Antonacci
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      absent (1)
      
      Young
      
      excused (3)
      
      Helming
      
      Little
      
      May
  Jan 28, 2019 - Committee Vote
  S2070
  
  7
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Committee Vote: Jan 28, 2019
      
      aye (7)
      
      Amedore
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Kaplan
      
      Ortt
      
      Rivera
      
      Sepúlveda

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2019-S2070 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6007
Law Section:: Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:: Add §7.48, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S7920, A10406

2019-S2070 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the rural suicide prevention council; requires biennial reports on the findings of the council.

2019-S2070 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2070

SPONSOR: METZGER
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to
creating the rural suicide prevention council

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to reduce the growing rate of suicide in
rural New York through the establishment of a rural suicide prevention
council.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

A new section 7.48 is added to the mental hygiene law entitled "rural
suicide prevention council."

The new council will consist of twelve members to be appointed as
follows: two members appointed by the Commissioner of the Office of
Mental Hygiene; two members appointed by the Commissioner of Health; two
members shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and

Markets; two members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly; two
members appointed by the Temporary President of the Senate; one member
appointed by the Minority Leader of the Assembly; and one member
appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate.

The Commissioner of the Office of Mental Hygiene will appoint the chair
of the council.

Membership on the council may include representatives of local mental
hygiene directors, psychiatric and psychological practitioners,
substance abuse professionals, persons with expertise in public health
issues, any group, association, or university with expertise in finan-
cial or economic analysis, business planning, and providing supports for
farmers and other individuals residing in a rural area, and others whose
professional expertise includes rural affairs related to the duties of
the council.

The council will examine the causes and conditions related to the rise
of rural suicide, as well as access to mental health care in areas
considered "rural" as defined in section 481 of the executive law. The
council will identify policies, practices, resources, services and
potential legislation that may result in the reduction of rural suicide
and offer recommendations for coordination of the relevant services and
resources.

The council will create a plan to identify persons at-risk for suicide,
particularly within certain professions, including farming and agricul-
tural work, and to increase access to and delivery of suicide care.

The council shall meet at least two times annually. Members of the coun-
cil shall not receive compensation but will be reimbursed for their
actual expenses.

The council will submit a report by January 1, 2020 to the Governor and
the Legislature. The report will recommend policies, legislation, and
funding needed to implement their findings.

 
EXISTING LAW:
This is a new section of law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In 2017, the Centers for Disease Control released data from 2001-2015
which showed that rural counties had higher rates of suicide than metro-
politan counties. Presently, suicide is the tenth leading cause of death
among Americans with over half a million suicides occurring during the
survey period.

The rise in suicide rates is not attributable to one factor but instead
to a number of factors. Increasing rural suicide may be the result of
economic insecurity, social isolation, a dearth of mental health profes-
sionals, higher levels of alcohol and substance abuse, weakened social
supports, and many other factors.

The Rural Suicide Prevention Council envisioned in this legislation
would be tasked with examining the epidemic of suicide in rural New York
and then creating a comprehensive plan to address the problem.  Address-
ing the root problems of the mental health crisis in our state is a
critical first step to helping the state provide needed services to our
residents.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018 - Passed Senate - Died in Assembly

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Ninety Days after enactment

2019-S2070 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2070
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
   mental Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law,  in  relation  to  creating  the
   rural suicide prevention council

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
 7.48 to read as follows:
 § 7.48 RURAL SUICIDE PREVENTION COUNCIL.
   (A)  THERE  SHALL  BE  ESTABLISHED  BY  THE OFFICE, A COUNCIL ON RURAL
 SUICIDE PREVENTION, TO CONSIST OF TWELVE MEMBERS:
   1. TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER;
   2. TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH;
   3. TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER  OF  AGRICULTURE
 AND MARKETS;
   4. TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY;
   5. TWO  MEMBERS  SHALL  BE APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE
 SENATE;
   6. ONE MEMBER SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE  ASSEM-
 BLY; AND
   7. ONE MEMBER SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE.
   (B)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  DESIGNATE THE CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL FROM
 AMONG SUCH TWELVE MEMBERS. VACANCIES IN THE MEMBERSHIP OF  SUCH  COUNCIL
 SHALL  BE FILLED BY THE APPROPRIATE APPOINTING AUTHORITY. THE MEMBERSHIP
 OF THE COUNCIL MAY INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED  TO,  REPRESENTATIVES  OF
 THE  STATE CONFERENCE OF LOCAL MENTAL HYGIENE DIRECTORS, PSYCHIATRIC AND
 PSYCHOLOGICAL PRACTITIONERS, SUBSTANCE USE  AND  MENTAL  HEALTH  PROFES-
 SIONALS  WITH  EXPERIENCE  IN  THE  DELIVERY OF TREATMENT AND PREVENTION
 SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS, PERSONS WITH EXPERTISE IN PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES,
 ANY GROUP, ASSOCIATION, OR UNIVERSITY WITH  EXPERTISE  IN  FINANCIAL  OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD00560-01-9

 S. 2070                             2
 
 ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, BUSINESS PLANNING, AND PROVIDING SUPPORTS FOR FARMERS
 AND  OTHER INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN RURAL AREAS, AND OTHERS WHOSE PROFES-
 SIONAL EXPERTISE INCLUDES RURAL AFFAIRS RELATED TO  THE  DUTIES  OF  THE
 COUNCIL.
   (C)  THE  COUNCIL SHALL FOCUS ITS EFFORTS AND WORK ON "RURAL AREAS" AS
 SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE
 LAW.
   (D) DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   1. EXAMINING THE CAUSES AND CONDITIONS RELATED TO  RURAL  SUICIDES  OR
 SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AND THE PREVALENCE OF SUICIDE AMONG CERTAIN PROFESSIONS
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FARMERS AND AGRICULTURAL WORKERS;
   2. IDENTIFYING POLICIES, PRACTICES, RESOURCES, SERVICES, AND POTENTIAL
 LEGISLATION  THAT MAY RESULT IN THE REDUCTION OF RURAL SUICIDE AND RURAL
 SUICIDE ATTEMPTS;
   3. OFFERING RECOMMENDATIONS ON POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO IMPROVE  THE
 COORDINATION  OF  SERVICES  AND RESOURCES AMONG AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THE
 DELIVERY  OF  MENTAL  HEALTH,  SUBSTANCE  USE,  OR  SUICIDE   PREVENTION
 SERVICES; AND
   4. MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON FUNDING INITIATIVES TO INCREASE ACCESS TO
 MENTAL  HEALTH,  SUBSTANCE USE, AND SUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICES IN RURAL
 AREAS AND FACILITATE  THE  USE  OF  INNOVATIVE  INTERVENTION  STRATEGIES
 SPECIFIC TO INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN RURAL AREAS.
   (E)  THE RURAL SUICIDE PREVENTION COUNCIL SHALL MEET NOT LESS THAN TWO
 TIMES ANNUALLY, OR AS DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE CHAIR OF  THE  COUNCIL  OR
 THE COMMISSIONER.
   (F)  THE MEMBERS OF THE RURAL SUICIDE PREVENTION COUNCIL SHALL RECEIVE
 NO COMPENSATION FOR THEIR SERVICES, BUT SHALL BE  ALLOWED  THEIR  ACTUAL
 AND NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES.
   (G)  THE COUNCIL SHALL PREPARE AND SUBMIT A REPORT NO LATER THAN JANU-
 ARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, AND BIENNIALLY  THEREAFTER,  TO  THE
 GOVERNOR  AND THE LEGISLATURE THAT RECOMMENDS POLICIES, LEGISLATION, AND
 FUNDING NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT ANY OF THE FINDINGS IN THE COUNCIL'S REPORT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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Senate Bill S2070

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - Vetoed by Governor

Mar 4, 2019 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Mar 4, 2019

Jan 28, 2019 - Committee Vote

Committee Vote: Jan 28, 2019

co-Sponsors

2019-S2070 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S2070 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S2070 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2070 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Jen Metzger

Archive: Last Bill Status - Vetoed by Governor

co-Sponsors

David Carlucci

Patrick M. Gallivan

Pamela Helming

Rachel May

2019-S2070 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S2070 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S2070 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2070 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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