NY State Senate Bill 2019-S5046

Senate Bill S5046

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the office of mental health to establish a training program for the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 28, 2020	committed to rules
Mar 10, 2020	advanced to third reading
Mar 04, 2020	2nd report cal.
Mar 03, 2020	1st report cal.552
Feb 04, 2020	reported and committed to finance
Jan 08, 2020	referred to mental health and developmental disabilities
Apr 30, 2019	reported and committed to finance
Apr 04, 2019	referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

Votes

- Mar 3, 2020 - Finance Committee Vote
  S5046
  
  21
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Finance Committee Vote: Mar 3, 2020
      
      aye (21)
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Gallivan
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Thomas
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      LaValle
      
      Seward
  Feb 4, 2020 - Committee Vote
  S5046
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Committee Vote: Feb 4, 2020
      
      aye (6)
      
      Amedore
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Kaplan
      
      Rivera
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Serino
  Apr 30, 2019 - Committee Vote
  S5046
  
  7
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Committee Vote: Apr 30, 2019
      
      aye (7)
      
      Amedore
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Kaplan
      
      Ortt
      
      Rivera
      
      Sepúlveda

co-Sponsors

2019-S5046 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §7.17, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S5367
2021-2022: S5648
2023-2024: S7274

2019-S5046 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of mental health to establish a training program for the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.

2019-S5046 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5046

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to
a program for the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress
disorder

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Amends section 7.17 of the mental hygiene law to require the Office of
Mental Health (OMH) to develop a training program which includes a
component on military culture competency for mental health providers and
clinicians to diagnose and treat veterans with post-traumatic stress
disorder.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

It is estimated that 11-20% of Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars
and about 30% of Vietnam Veterans have PTSD. Many veterans' experience
situations which most civilians have never experienced.  These situ-
ations can be unfamiliar to mental health providers who may be tasked

with diagnosing and treating a veteran who has PTSD.

When veterans return home with symptoms of PTSD, they are often referred
to mental health professionals who may have no military experience and
therefore little to no knowledge of military culture.  Mental health
providers in rural areas have the additional challenge of, at times,
being a great distance away from any training programs that may be able
to help them in regards to the diagnosis and treatment of PTSD. This
bill requires the program be placed on the website of OMH along with
other resources the Office already offers.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18: S5367 REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
2015-16: A1256 Referred to Veterans' Affairs 2013-14: A7737 Referred to
Veterans' Affairs

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minimal to state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2019-S5046 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5046
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 a program for the
   diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 7.17 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision (g) to read as follows:
   (G)  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN COOPERATION WITH ANY OTHER STATE AGENCY OR
 RELEVANT STAKEHOLDER SHALL DEVELOP A TRAINING PROGRAM TO  BE  POSTED  ON
 THE  OFFICE'S  WEBSITE FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF POST-TRAUMATIC
 STRESS DISORDER FOR MILITARY  VETERANS.  THE  PROGRAM  SHALL  INCLUDE  A
 COMPONENT  ON  MILITARY CULTURE COMPETENCY AND SHALL BE INTENDED FOR THE
 TRAINING OF  MENTAL  HEALTH  PROVIDERS  AND  MENTAL  HEALTH  CLINICIANS.
 CERTIFICATION  OF  THE  COMPLETION  OF  THE  PROGRAM  MAY BE PROVIDED TO
 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH THE OFFICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10678-01-9

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Kevin S. Parker