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                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 1, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to direct the commissioner of mental health to conduct a study of
   child- and youth-targeted mobile crisis outreach teams
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Definitions.  For the purposes of this act, the following
 terms shall have the following meanings:
   (a) "Child- and youth-targeted" shall mean  services  targeted  toward
 persons under the age of eighteen.
   (b) "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of mental health.
   (c)  "Crisis intervention services" shall have the same meaning as set
 forth in paragraph five of subdivision  (a)  of  section  36.03  of  the
 mental hygiene law.
   (d)  "Mobile  crisis  outreach team" shall mean a team approved by the
 commissioner pursuant to section 9.58 of the mental  hygiene  law,  that
 is:
   (i)  comprised  of  one  or  more  of the following: behavioral health
 professionals, as defined by paragraph six of subdivision (a) of section
 36.03 of the mental hygiene law, certified peer specialists, as  defined
 by  paragraph  seven  of  subdivision (a) of section 36.03 of the mental
 hygiene law, certified recovery peer advocates, as defined by  paragraph
 eight  of  subdivision  (a)  of section 36.03 of the mental hygiene law,
 credentialed family peer advocates, as  defined  by  paragraph  nine  of
 subdivision  (a)  of  section  36.03  of  the mental hygiene law, and/or
 credentialed youth peer advocates, as defined by paragraph ten of subdi-
 vision (a) of section 36.03 of the mental hygiene law; and
   (ii) deployed in the  community  to  assist  individuals  experiencing
 emotional and behavioral crisis situations and their families by provid-
 ing  face-to-face  crisis  intervention  services,  clinical assessment,
 supportive counseling, and information and referrals,  including  refer-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 rals  to  crisis  stabilization centers pursuant to section 36.02 of the
 mental hygiene law and/or community-based mental health resources.
   §  2. Child- and youth-targeted mobile crisis outreach team study. The
 commissioner shall conduct a study on child- and  youth-targeted  mobile
 crisis outreach teams. Such study shall:
   (a)  Review  current  child- and youth-targeted mobile crisis outreach
 teams in New York state;
   (b) Identify regional and demographic gaps in child- and youth-target-
 ed crisis intervention services in New York state;
   (c) Identify and analyze current challenges in implementing child- and
 youth-targeted mobile crisis outreach teams, including financial, staff-
 ing, geographic, and other challenges that  the  commissioner  may  deem
 relevant, and identify solutions to address such challenges; and
   (d)  Make  recommendations  regarding  best  practices, implementation
 strategies, and practical guidance  to  promote  the  implementation  of
 child-  and youth-targeted mobile crisis outreach teams, and improve the
 services provided by such mobile crisis outreach teams.
   § 3. Report. No later than one year after the effective date  of  this
 act,  the  commissioner shall submit a report including the findings and
 recommendations of the study conducted pursuant to section two  of  this
 act  to  the  governor,  the  temporary president of the senate, and the
 speaker of the assembly.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.