NY State Senate Bill 2019-S4467B

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A6740 - Vetoed by Governor

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Dec 13, 2019	tabled vetoed memo.199
Dec 06, 2019	delivered to governor
Jun 20, 2019	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.300 substituted for s4467b
Jun 20, 2019	substituted by a6740b
Jun 18, 2019	amended on third reading 4467b
Jun 18, 2019	vote reconsidered - restored to third reading returned to senate recalled from assembly
Jun 11, 2019	referred to codes returned to assembly repassed senate
Jun 06, 2019	amended on third reading 4467a
Jun 06, 2019	vote reconsidered - restored to third reading returned to senate recalled from assembly
Apr 10, 2019	referred to mental health delivered to assembly passed senate
Mar 20, 2019	advanced to third reading
Mar 19, 2019	2nd report cal.
Mar 18, 2019	1st report cal.300
Mar 12, 2019	referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

Votes

- Jun 20, 2019 - Floor Vote
  A6740
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 20, 2019
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Antonacci
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      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
  Jun 11, 2019 - Floor Vote
  S4467B
  
  60
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 11, 2019
      
      aye (60)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (1)
      
      Antonacci
      
      excused (1)
      
      Serino
  Apr 10, 2019 - Floor Vote
  S4467B
  
  56
  
  Aye
  
  3
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  3
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Apr 10, 2019
      
      aye (56)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (3)
      
      Antonacci
      
      Jordan
      
      Ortt
      
      excused (3)
      
      Gallivan
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Seward
  Mar 18, 2019 - Committee Vote
  S4467B
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Committee Vote: Mar 18, 2019
      
      aye (6)
      
      Amedore
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Kaplan
      
      Rivera
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Ortt

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

co-Sponsors

2019-S4467 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6740
Law Section:: Mental Hygiene
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S3408, A1716
2023-2024: S1861, S8659, A1510

2019-S4467 - Summary

Establishes a Black youth suicide prevention task force; provides for the number of members, manner of appointment and the topics to be reviewed.

2019-S4467 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4467

SPONSOR: CARLUCCI
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to establish a Black youth suicide prevention
task force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
tion thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation will create a Black suicide prevention task force to
examine, evaluate and determine how to improve mental health and suicide
prevention for our New York's Black residents aged 5 through 18.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 establishes the Black suicide prevention task force to examine
evaluate and determine how to improve mental health and suicide
prevention for New York's Black residents, consisting of seven members,
each to serve until two years after the effective date of this act. Such
members shall be appointed as follows: one member shall be appointed by
the governor; one member shall be appointed by the temporary president

of the senate; one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of
the senate; one member shall be appointed by the speaker of the assem-
bly; one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assem-
bly; and two members shall be appointed by the commissioner of health.
Appointments shall be made within sixty days of the effective date of
this act. Vacancies in the task force shall be filled in the same manner
provided for original appointments.

All appointees shall have expertise in fields or disciplines related to
mental health and knowledge related to the Black community. All appoint-
ments shall be coordinated to ensure geographic representation from the
entire state. The task force shall be chaired by the governor's appoint-
ee. The task force shall elect a vice-chair and other necessary officers
from among all appointed members.

Section 2 of the bill provides for an effective date that shall take
effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law and shall
expire 2 years after such effective date when upon such date the
provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Suicide rates for Black children have doubled; we need a task force to
find out why and to do something about it. According to a fifteen-year
study done by Jeffrey A. Bridge (Ohio State University), and published
article in the Journal of American Medical Association concerning Age
Related Disparity in Suicide Rates Among US Youths from 2001 to 2015,
found that suicide rates of Black children aged 5 to 18 have nearly
doubled. The Bridge study found that among children, ages 5 to 11, and
young adolescents ages 12 to 14, those who took their own lives were
more likely to be male, black and dealing with stressful relationships
at home or with friends. Analyses revealed that the suicide rate among
those younger than 13 years is approximately 2 times higher for Black
children compared to White children, a finding observed in boys and
girls.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law and shall expire 2 years after such effective date when
upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.

2019-S4467 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4467
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 12, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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 establish a Black youth suicide  prevention  task  force;  and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Black youth suicide prevention task  force.  (a)  There  is
 hereby created the Black youth suicide prevention task force to examine,
 evaluate  and  determine  how  to  improve  mental  health  and  suicide
 prevention for our Black New York residents  aged  5  though  18  years,
 consisting  of  seven  members,  each to serve until two years after the
 effective date of this act.
   (b)(1) Such members shall be appointed as follows: one member shall be
 appointed by the governor; one member shall be appointed by  the  tempo-
 rary  president  of  the  senate;  one  member shall be appointed by the
 minority leader of the senate; one member  shall  be  appointed  by  the
 speaker  of  the assembly; one member shall be appointed by the minority
 leader of the assembly; and  two  members  shall  be  appointed  by  the
 commissioner  of health. Appointments shall be made within sixty days of
 the effective date of this act. Vacancies in the  task  force  shall  be
 filled in the same manner provided for original appointments.
   (2)  All  appointees  shall  have  expertise  in fields or disciplines
 related to mental health and knowledge related to the  Black  community.
 All  appointments  shall  be  coordinated to ensure geographic represen-
 tation from the entire state.
   (3) The task force shall be chaired by the governor's  appointee.  The
 task  force  shall  elect a vice-chair and other necessary officers from
 among all appointed members.
   (4) A majority of the members  of  the  task  force  in  office  shall
 constitute  a  quorum for the transaction of business or the exercise of

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD10558-02-9

 S. 4467                             2
 
 any power or function of the task force. An act, determination or  deci-
 sion  of  the  majority  of the members present during the presence of a
 quorum shall be held to be the act, determination, or  decision  of  the
 task force.
   (5)  The  task  force shall meet at least quarterly at the call of the
 chair. Meetings may be held via teleconference. Special meetings may  be
 called  by  the chair at the request of a majority of the members of the
 task force.
   (6) Members of the task force shall receive no compensation for  their
 services  but  shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in
 the performance of their duties in the work of the task force.
   (c) The task force shall:
   (1) study current  mental  health  practices  and  suicide  prevention
 efforts for Black youths aged 5 through 18 years;
   (2)  recommend  mental health practices and suicide prevention efforts
 for such age group to increase effectiveness across the state; and
   (3) determine potential reasons for the high  number  of  Black  youth
 suicides.
   (d)  The task force may establish such advisory committees as it deems
 appropriate on matters relating to the task  force's  functions,  powers
 and duties. Such committees shall be chaired by a task force member, but
 may  be  composed  of  task  force  members as well as other individuals
 selected by the task force to provide expertise of interest specific  to
 the charge of such committees.
   (e) The task force may, as it deems appropriate, request that studies,
 surveys,  or  analyses relating to the task force's powers and duties be
 performed by any state department, commission, agency or public authori-
 ty. All state departments, commissions, agencies or  public  authorities
 shall  provide  information  and advice in a timely manner and otherwise
 assist the task force with its work.
   (f) The task force shall submit a request  for  any  appropriation  as
 shall be necessary to enable the task force to perform its functions and
 duties  to  the governor, director of the division of budget, and chair-
 persons of the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and  means
 committee.
   (g)  The  task force may hold public hearings, take testimony and make
 investigations at such places as it deems necessary.
   (h) The task force shall make a preliminary report to the governor and
 the legislature of its findings, conclusions, recommendations and activ-
 ities already undertaken by the task  force,  not  later  than  thirteen
 months  after  the effective date of this act, and a final report of its
 findings, conclusions, recommendations and activities already undertaken
 by the task force, not later than twenty-two months after the  effective
 date of this act and shall submit with its reports legislative proposals
 as it deems necessary to implement its recommendations.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law and shall expire 2 years  after  such  effective  date
 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.

co-Sponsors

2019-S4467A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6740
Law Section:: Mental Hygiene
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S3408, A1716
2023-2024: S1861, S8659, A1510

2019-S4467A - Summary

Establishes a Black youth suicide prevention task force; provides for the number of members, manner of appointment and the topics to be reviewed.

2019-S4467A - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4467A

SPONSOR: CARLUCCI
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to establish a Black youth suicide prevention
task force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
tion thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation will create a Black suicide prevention task force to
examine, evaluate and determine how to improve mental health and suicide
prevention for our New York's Black residents aged 5 through 18.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 establishes the Black suicide prevention task force to examine
evaluate and determine how to improve mental health and suicide
prevention for New York's Black residents, consisting of seven members,
each to serve until two years after the effective date of this act. Such
members shall be appointed as follows: one member shall be appointed by
the governor; one member shall be appointed by the temporary president

of the senate; one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of
the senate; one member shall be appointed by the speaker of the assem-
bly; one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assem-
bly; and two members shall be appointed by the commissioner of mental
health.  Appointments shall be made within sixty days of the effective
date of this act. Vacancies in the task force shall be filled in the
same manner provided for original appointments.

All appointees shall have expertise in fields or disciplines related to
mental health, suicide prevention services, supports and knowledge
related to the Black community. All appointments shall be coordinated to
ensure geographic representation from the entire state. The task force
shall be chaired by the governor's appointee. The task force shall elect
a vice-chair and other necessary officers from among all appointed
members.

Section 2 of the bill provides for an effective date that shall take
effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law and shall
expire 2 years after such effective date when upon such date the
provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Suicide rates for Black children have doubled; we need a task force to
find out why and to do something about it. According to a fifteen-year
study done by Jeffrey A. Bridge (Ohio State University), and published
article in the Journal of American Medical Association concerning Age
Related Disparity in Suicide Rates Among US Youths from 2001 to 2015,
found that suicide rates of Black children aged 5 to 18 have nearly
doubled. The Bridge study found that among children, ages 5 to 11, and
young adolescents ages 12 to 14, those who took their own lives were
more likely to be male, black and dealing with stressful relationships
at home or with friends. Analyses revealed that the suicide rate among
those younger than 13 years is approximately 2 times higher for Black
children compared to White children, a finding observed in boys and
girls.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law and shall expire 2 years after such effective date when
upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.

2019-S4467A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4467--A
     Cal. No. 300
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 12, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. CARLUCCI, RIVERA, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Mental
   Health  and Developmental Disabilities -- reported favorably from said
   committee, ordered to first and second  report,  ordered  to  a  third
   reading,  passed  by  Senate  and delivered to the Assembly, recalled,
   vote reconsidered, restored to  third  reading,  amended  and  ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT  to  establish  a Black youth suicide prevention task force; and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Black  youth  suicide prevention task force. (a) There is
 hereby created the Black youth suicide prevention task force to examine,
 evaluate  and  determine  how  to  improve  mental  health  and  suicide
 prevention for Black New York residents aged 5 though 18 years, consist-
 ing  of seven members, each to serve until two years after the effective
 date of this act.
   (b)(1) Such members shall be appointed as follows: one member shall be
 appointed by the governor; one member shall be appointed by  the  tempo-
 rary  president  of  the  senate;  one  member shall be appointed by the
 minority leader of the senate; one member  shall  be  appointed  by  the
 speaker  of  the assembly; one member shall be appointed by the minority
 leader of the assembly; and  two  members  shall  be  appointed  by  the
 commissioner  of  mental health. Appointments shall be made within sixty
 days of the effective date of this act.  Vacancies  in  the  task  force
 shall be filled in the same manner provided for original appointments.
   (2)  All  appointees  shall  have  expertise  in fields or disciplines
 related to mental health suicide prevention services, supports and know-
 ledge related to the Black community. All appointments shall be  coordi-
 nated to ensure geographic representation from the entire state.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD10558-04-9

 S. 4467--A                          2
 
   (3)  The  task force shall be chaired by the governor's appointee. The
 task force shall elect a vice-chair by majority vote and other necessary
 officers from among all appointed members.
   (4)  The  task  force shall meet at least quarterly at the call of the
 chair. Meetings may be held via teleconference. Special meetings may  be
 called  by  the chair at the request of a majority of the members of the
 task force.
   (5) Members of the task force shall receive no compensation for  their
 services  but  shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in
 the performance of their duties in the work of the task force.
   (c) The task force shall:
   (1) study current  mental  health  practices  and  suicide  prevention
 efforts for Black youths aged 5 through 18 years;
   (2)  recommend  mental health practices and suicide prevention efforts
 for such age group to increase effectiveness across the state; and
   (3) determine potential reasons for the high  number  of  Black  youth
 suicides.
   (d)  The  task  force  may  establish  advisory committees as it deems
 appropriate on matters relating to the task  force's  functions,  powers
 and duties. Such committees shall be chaired by a task force member, but
 may  be  composed  of  task  force  members as well as other individuals
 selected by the task force to provide expertise of interest specific  to
 the charge of such committees.
   (e) The task force may, as it deems appropriate, request that studies,
 surveys,  or  analyses relating to the task force's powers and duties be
 performed by any state department, commission, agency or public authori-
 ty. All state departments, commissions, agencies or  public  authorities
 shall  provide  information  and advice in a timely manner and otherwise
 assist the task force with its work; provided however,  any  information
 obtained  pursuant  to  this  subdivision shall be kept confidential and
 shall only be used by members of the task force in the course  of  their
 tasks and duties as a task force member.
   (f)  The task force shall provide a preliminary report to the governor
 and the legislature of its findings,  conclusions,  recommendations  and
 activities already undertaken by the task force, not later than thirteen
 months  after  the effective date of this act, and a final report of its
 findings, conclusions, recommendations and activities already undertaken
 by the task force, not later than twenty-two months after the  effective
 date of this act and shall submit with its reports legislative proposals
 as it deems necessary to implement its recommendations.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law and shall expire 2 years  after  such  effective  date
 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.

co-Sponsors

2019-S4467B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6740
Law Section:: Mental Hygiene
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S3408, A1716
2023-2024: S1861, S8659, A1510

2019-S4467B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a Black youth suicide prevention task force; provides for the number of members, manner of appointment and the topics to be reviewed.

2019-S4467B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4467B

SPONSOR: CARLUCCI
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to establish a Black youth suicide prevention
task force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
tion thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation will create a Black suicide prevention task force to
examine, evaluate and determine how to improve mental health and suicide
prevention for our New York's Black residents aged 5 through 18.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 establishes the Black suicide prevention task force to examine
evaluate and determine how to improve mental health and suicide
prevention for New York's Black residents, consisting of seven members,
each to serve until two years after the effective date of this act. Such
members shall be appointed as follows: one member shall be appointed by
the governor; one member shall be appointed by the temporary president

of the senate; one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of
the senate; one member shall be appointed by the speaker of the assem-
bly; one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assem-
bly; and two members shall be appointed by the commissioner of health.
Appointments shall be made within sixty days of the effective date of
this act. Vacancies in the task force shall be filled in the same manner
provided for original appointments.

All appointees shall have expertise in fields or disciplines related to
mental health and knowledge related to the Black community. All appoint-
ments shall be coordinated to ensure geographic representation from the
entire state. The task force shall be chaired by the governor's appoint-
ee. The task force shall elect a vice-chair and other necessary officers
from among all appointed members.

Section 2 of the bill provides for an effective date that shall take
effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law and shall
expire 2 years after such effective date when upon such date the
provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Suicide rates for Black children have doubled; we need a task force to
find out why and to do something about it. According to a fifteen-year
study done by Jeffrey A. Bridge (Ohio State University), and a published
article in the Journal of American Medical Association concerning Age
Related Disparity in Suicide Rates Among US Youths from 2001 to 2015,
suicide rates of Black children aged 5 to 18 have nearly doubled. The
Bridge study found that among children, ages 5 to 11, and young adoles-
cents ages 12 to 14, those who took their own lives were more likely to
be male, black and dealing with stressful relationships at home or with
friends. Analyses revealed that the suicide rate among those younger
than 13 years is approximately 2 times higher for Black children
compared to White children, a finding observed in boys and girls.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law and shall expire 2 years after such effective date when
upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.

2019-S4467B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4467--B
     Cal. No. 300
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 12, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. CARLUCCI, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities -- reported  favorably
   from  said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a
   third reading,  passed  by  Senate  and  delivered  to  the  Assembly,
   recalled,  vote  reconsidered,  restored to third reading, amended and
   ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of  third  reading
   --  repassed  by  Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote
   reconsidered,  restored  to  third  reading,   amended   and   ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT  to  establish  a Black youth suicide prevention task force; and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Black  youth  suicide prevention task force. (a) There is
 hereby created the Black youth suicide prevention task force to examine,
 evaluate  and  determine  how  to  improve  mental  health  and  suicide
 prevention for Black New York residents aged 5 though 18 years, consist-
 ing  of seven members, each to serve until two years after the effective
 date of this act.
   (b)(1) Such members shall be appointed as follows: one member shall be
 appointed by the governor; one member shall be appointed by  the  tempo-
 rary  president  of  the  senate;  one  member shall be appointed by the
 minority leader of the senate; one member  shall  be  appointed  by  the
 speaker  of  the assembly; one member shall be appointed by the minority
 leader of the assembly; and  two  members  shall  be  appointed  by  the
 commissioner  of  mental health. Appointments shall be made within sixty
 days of the effective date of this act.  Vacancies  in  the  task  force
 shall be filled in the same manner provided for original appointments.
   (2)  All  appointees  shall  have  expertise  in fields or disciplines
 related to mental health suicide prevention services, supports and know-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10558-06-9

 S. 4467--B                          2
 
 ledge related to the Black community. All appointments shall be  coordi-
 nated to ensure geographic representation from the entire state.
   (3)  The  task force shall be chaired by the governor's appointee. The
 task force shall elect a vice-chair by majority vote and other necessary
 officers from among all appointed members.
   (4) The task force shall meet at least quarterly at the  call  of  the
 chair.  Meetings may be held via teleconference. Special meetings may be
 called by the chair at the request of a majority of the members  of  the
 task force.
   (5)  Members of the task force shall receive no compensation for their
 services but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses  incurred  in
 the performance of their duties in the work of the task force.
   (c) The task force shall:
   (1)  study  current  mental  health  practices  and suicide prevention
 efforts for Black youths aged 5 through 18 years;
   (2) recommend mental health practices and suicide  prevention  efforts
 for such age group to increase effectiveness across the state; and
   (3)  determine  potential  reasons  for the high number of Black youth
 suicides.
   (d) The task force may  establish  advisory  committees  as  it  deems
 appropriate  on  matters  relating to the task force's functions, powers
 and duties. Such committees shall be chaired by a task force member, but
 may be composed of task force  members  as  well  as  other  individuals
 selected  by the task force to provide expertise of interest specific to
 the charge of such committees.
   (e) The task force may, as it deems appropriate, request that studies,
 surveys and analyses relating to the task force's powers and  duties  be
 performed by any state department, commission, agency or public authori-
 ty.  All  state departments, commissions, agencies or public authorities
 shall provide information and advice in a timely  manner  and  otherwise
 assist  the  task force with its work; provided however, any information
 or records otherwise confidential  and  privileged  in  accordance  with
 state  or  federal  law  that are provided to the task force pursuant to
 this subdivision shall remain confidential as provided by such state  or
 federal  law and provided, further, that reports of the task force shall
 not identify the name  or  related  identifying  information  concerning
 individual persons who are deceased as a result of suicide.
   (f)  The task force shall provide a preliminary report to the governor
 and the legislature of its findings,  conclusions,  recommendations  and
 activities already undertaken by the task force, not later than thirteen
 months  after  the effective date of this act, and a final report of its
 findings, conclusions, recommendations and activities already undertaken
 by the task force, not later than twenty-two months after the  effective
 date of this act and shall submit with its reports legislative proposals
 as it deems necessary to implement its recommendations.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law and shall expire 2 years  after  such  effective  date
 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.

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