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Senate Bill S5477
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities 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
(R, C, IP) 62nd Senate District
2019-S5477 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §7.41, Ment Hyg L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2017-2018:
S7173
2021-2022: S6954
2019-S5477 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5477 SPONSOR: SERINO TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to telepsychiatry PURPOSE: To promote the use of telepsychiatry to address geriatric social isolation SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends the Geriatric Service Demonstration Program of the mental hygiene law to add telepsychiatry programs that offer socially isolated geriatric patients access to mental health services at a distance to the purposes for which grants may be awarded under the program. Section 2: Directs the Commissioner of the Office of Mental Health, in consultation with the State Office for the Aging and Department of
2019-S5477 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5477 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 2, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SERINO -- 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 telepsychiatry THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 7.41 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new paragraph 10 to read as follows: (10) TELEPSYCHIATRY. PROGRAMS WHICH OFFER HOMEBOUND OR SOCIALLY ISOLATED GERIATRIC PATIENTS WITH THE USE OF TWO-WAY REAL-TIME INTERAC- TIVE AUDIO AND VIDEO EQUIPMENT ACCESS TO PROVIDE AND SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AT A DISTANCE. § 2. Subdivision (c) of section 7.41 of the mental hygiene law is relettered subdivision (d) and a new subdivision (c) is added to read as follows: (C) THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE OFFICE FOR THE AGING AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL CONDUCT A STUDY TO CONSIDER THE INCIDENCE OF GERIATRIC SOCIAL ISOLATION, MENTAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES, AND THEIR TREATMENT AND PREVENTION ACROSS THE STATE. THE STUDY SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO AN ASSESSMENT OF AT-RISK POPULATIONS, THE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS OF SOCIAL ISOLATION, LIFE STAGES THAT MAY PUT A PERSON AT A HIGHER RISK OF SOCIAL ISOLATION, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THAT MAY BE DEVELOPED TO HELP ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS. THE STUDY SHALL PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON EFFECTIVE IDENTIFICATION OF SOCIAL ISOLATION, INCLUD- ING SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS, INTERVENTION TECHNIQUES, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TELEHEALTH, TELEMEDICINE, AND TELE- PSYCHIATRY PROGRAMS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF HOMEBOUND AND SOCIALLY ISOLATED GERIATRIC PATIENTS WHO MAY BE SUFFERING FROM DEPRESSION, MENTAL ILLNESS, OR OTHER HEALTH CONSEQUENCES. THE STUDY SHALL ALSO CONSIDER THE DEVELOP- MENT OF PUBLIC AWARENESS INFORMATION MATERIALS THAT THE OFFICE MAY DISTRIBUTE TO RAISE AWARENESS OF SOCIAL ISOLATION IN OLDER ADULTS AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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