Senate Bill S800

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to recommendations of the traumatic brain injury services coordinating council

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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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2025-S800 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1016
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.1478 & A.7215); amd §2744, Pub Health L

2025-S800 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Sets the basis for recommendations of the traumatic brain injury services coordinating council; requires annual posting of such recommendations.

2025-S800 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S800 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    800
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to recommendations of
   the traumatic brain  injury  services  coordinating  council;  and  to
   repeal  a  chapter  of  the laws of 2024 directing the commissioner of
   health and the commissioner of the office  for  people  with  develop-
   mental  disabilities to conduct a study of the delivery of services to
   individuals with traumatic brain injury, as  proposed  in  legislative
   bills numbers S. 1478 and A.  7215
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. A chapter of the laws of 2024 directing the commissioner of
 health and the commissioner of the office for people with  developmental
 disabilities  to conduct a study of the delivery of services to individ-
 uals with traumatic brain  injury,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills
 numbers S. 1478 and A. 7215, is REPEALED.
   §  2. Subdivision 2 of section 2744 of the public health law, as added
 by chapter 196 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   2. (A) The council shall be charged with recommending to  the  depart-
 ment  long range objectives, goals and priorities. It shall also provide
 advice on the planning, coordination and development of needed services.
 IN MAKING SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS, THE COUNCIL SHALL CONSIDER:
   (I) THE AVAILABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY  OF  SERVICES  FOR  INDIVIDUALS
 DIAGNOSED  WITH  TRAUMATIC  BRAIN  INJURY,  THE  COST  OF RECEIVING SUCH
 SERVICES, AND ANY DISPARITIES THAT MAY EXIST IN THE REGIONAL AVAILABILI-
 TY OF SERVICES;
   (II) EMERGING TRENDS IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, INCLUDING  CHANGES  IN
 INCIDENCES,  CHANGES  IN  THE  NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN
 INJURY, AND ASSESS THE TRAINING SERVICE PROVIDERS  RECEIVE  RELATING  TO
 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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