Assembly Actions -
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Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to mental health |
Jan 13, 2023 |
referred to mental health |
Assembly Bill A1020
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BROWN E
Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Scott H. Bendett
Stefani Zinerman
Scott Gray
John Lemondes
2023-A1020 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-A1020 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1020 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 13, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Mental Health AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to providing waivers of certain rules and regulations to promulgate collaboration by mental health providers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 7.15 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by section 3 of part I of chapter 58 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: (a) The commissioner shall plan, promote, establish, develop, coordi- nate, evaluate, and conduct programs and services of prevention, diagno- sis, examination, care, treatment, rehabilitation, training, and research for the benefit of the mentally ill. Such programs shall include but not be limited to in-patient, out-patient, partial hospital- ization, day care, emergency, rehabilitative, and other appropriate treatments and services PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOP- MENTAL DISABILITIES, SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO WAIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, RESPEC- TIVELY, TO ADDRESS BARRIERS TO COLLABORATION BY MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS AND PROVIDERS OF HOME CARE SERVICES UNDER THIS SECTION, INCLUDING BARRI- ERS RELATED TO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE REIMBURSEMENT, SERVICE PROCEDURES, CARE COORDINATION AND DIRECT CARE WORKER TRAINING APPLICABLE TO SUCH PROVIDERS, PROVIDED FURTHER THAT REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO PATIENT SAFE- TY MAY NOT BE WAIVED, NOR SHALL ANY REGULATIONS BE WAIVED IF SUCH WAIVER WOULD RISK PATIENT SAFETY. He or she shall take all actions that are necessary, desirable, or proper to implement the purposes of this chap- ter and to carry out the purposes and objectives of the department with- in the amounts made available therefor by appropriation, grant, gift, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00356-01-3 A. 1020 2
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