Assembly Actions -
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Senate Bill S7108
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 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
2019-S7108 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §31.25, Ment Hyg L; amd §2799-g, Pub Health L
2019-S7108 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that in planning discharge and care transition from residential settings to the individual's own home or apartment, home of a family member or other adult, or to other allowed community settings for home care under article thirty-six of the public health law, the residential provider and comprehensive care center for eating disorders shall consider coordination with home care agency professionals under article thirty-six of such law to provide pre-discharge, transitional and post-discharge home and community-based care if conducive to the individual's continued recovery, stability and progressive outcome, including prevention of further, potentially avoidable hospital, emergency room or residential provider admissions; makes related provisions.
2019-S7108 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7108 SPONSOR: CARLUCCI TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the mental hygiene law and the public health law, in relation to home and community-based care and support for individuals with eating disorders PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL: To provide that the non-institutional components of care for individuals with eating disorders may include in-home care where beneficial. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends the mental hygiene law as it relates to authorizing residential providers and Comprehensive Care Centers for Eating Disorders to consider home care for the provision of pre-disc- harge, transitional, and post-discharge care for individuals with eating disorders.
2019-S7108 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7108 I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 8, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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 and the public health law, in relation to home and community-based care and support for individuals with eating disorders THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 31.25 of the mental hygiene law, as added by chap- ter 24 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: § 31.25 Residential services for treatment of eating disorders. The commissioner shall establish, pursuant to regulation, licensed residential providers of treatment and/or supportive services to chil- dren, adolescents, and adults with eating disorders, as that term is defined in section twenty-seven hundred ninety-nine-e of the public health law. Such regulations shall be developed in consultation with representatives from each of the comprehensive care centers for eating disorders established pursuant to article twenty-seven-J of the public health law and licensed treatment professionals, such as physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists and therapists, with demonstrated expertise in treating patients with eating disorders. IN PLANNING DISCHARGE AND CARE TRANSITION FROM SUCH RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S OWN HOME OR APARTMENT, HOME OF A FAMILY MEMBER OR OTHER ADULT, OR TO OTHER ALLOWED COMMUNITY SETTINGS FOR HOME CARE UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, THE RESIDENTIAL PROVIDER AND COMPREHENSIVE CARE CENTER FOR EATING DISORDERS SHALL CONSIDER COORDINATION WITH HOME CARE AGENCY PROFESSIONALS UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX OF SUCH LAW TO PROVIDE PRE-DISCHARGE, TRANSITIONAL AND POST- DISCHARGE HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED CARE IF CONDUCIVE TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S CONTINUED RECOVERY, STABILITY AND PROGRESSIVE OUTCOME, INCLUDING PREVENTION OF FURTHER, POTENTIALLY AVOIDABLE HOSPITAL, EMERGENCY ROOM OR RESIDENTIAL PROVIDER ADMISSIONS. SUCH HOME CARE AGENCY PROFESSIONALS AND SERVICES MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, NURSING, THERAPY, SOCIAL
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