Assembly Bill A4971

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for mental home health care services for the aging

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A4971 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7814
Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5.05, Ment Hyg L

2023-A4971 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of the office of mental health and the director of the state office for the aging shall establish a mental home health services program for the aging to facilitate access to mental home health services to respond to identified mental health needs, including those needs that may have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, and for the aging or families that may not have access to mental health professionals in-person; makes related provisions.

2023-A4971 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4971
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 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 mental
   home health care services to the aging
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 5.05 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
   (F)  THE  COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE DIRECTOR
 OF THE STATE OFFICE FOR THE AGING SHALL ESTABLISH A MENTAL  HOME  HEALTH
 CARE  SERVICES PROGRAM FOR THE AGING TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO MENTAL HOME
 HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO  RESPOND  TO  IDENTIFIED  MENTAL  HEALTH  NEEDS,
 INCLUDING THOSE NEEDS THAT MAY HAVE RESULTED FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC,
 AND  FOR THE AGING OR FAMILIES THAT MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH
 PROFESSIONALS IN-PERSON. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE UP  TO  FIVE  MENTAL
 HOME  HEALTH ASSESSMENTS, SERVICES AND VISITS ANNUALLY AT NO COST TO THE
 INDIVIDUAL, FOR ACUTE CRISIS  RESPONSE,  MENTAL  HEALTH  ASSESSMENT,  OR
 INITIATION OF CARE TO REDUCE BARRIERS AND FACILITATE ENGAGEMENT IN LONG-
 TERM CARE.
   AS  SOON  AS PRACTICABLE, BUT NO LATER THAN AUGUST FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR, THE OFFICES SHALL ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A VENDOR  TO
 CREATE,  OR  USE  AN  EXISTING,  WEBSITE  OR WEB-BASED APPLICATION, AS A
 PORTAL AVAILABLE TO THE AGING AND PROVIDERS TO FACILITATE  THE  PROGRAM.
 SUCH VENDOR SHALL BE DETERMINED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00659-01-3

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