Bill Text: NY A08015 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of mental health to conduct a study of child- and youth-targeted mobile crisis outreach teams in New York state, and deliver a report including the findings and recommendations of such study to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-05 - reported referred to ways and means [A08015 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08015-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8015

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    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:

     1    Section  1.  Definitions.  For the purposes of this act, the following
     2  terms shall have the following meanings:
     3    (a) "Child- and youth-targeted" shall mean  services  targeted  toward
     4  persons under the age of eighteen.
     5    (b) "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of mental health.
     6    (c)  "Crisis intervention services" shall have the same meaning as set
     7  forth in paragraph five of subdivision  (a)  of  section  36.03  of  the
     8  mental hygiene law.
     9    (d)  "Mobile  crisis  outreach team" shall mean a team approved by the
    10  commissioner pursuant to section 9.58 of the mental  hygiene  law,  that
    11  is:
    12    (i)  comprised  of  one  or  more  of the following: behavioral health
    13  professionals, as defined by paragraph six of subdivision (a) of section
    14  36.03 of the mental hygiene law, certified peer specialists, as  defined
    15  by  paragraph  seven  of  subdivision (a) of section 36.03 of the mental
    16  hygiene law, certified recovery peer advocates, as defined by  paragraph
    17  eight  of  subdivision  (a)  of section 36.03 of the mental hygiene law,
    18  credentialed family peer advocates, as  defined  by  paragraph  nine  of
    19  subdivision  (a)  of  section  36.03  of  the mental hygiene law, and/or
    20  credentialed youth peer advocates, as defined by paragraph ten of subdi-
    21  vision (a) of section 36.03 of the mental hygiene law; and
    22    (ii) deployed in the  community  to  assist  individuals  experiencing
    23  emotional and behavioral crisis situations and their families by provid-
    24  ing  face-to-face  crisis  intervention  services,  clinical assessment,
    25  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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     1  rals  to  crisis  stabilization centers pursuant to section 36.02 of the
     2  mental hygiene law and/or community-based mental health resources.
     3    §  2. Child- and youth-targeted mobile crisis outreach team study. The
     4  commissioner shall conduct a study on child- and  youth-targeted  mobile
     5  crisis outreach teams. Such study shall:
     6    (a)  Review  current  child- and youth-targeted mobile crisis outreach
     7  teams in New York state;
     8    (b) Identify regional and demographic gaps in child- and youth-target-
     9  ed crisis intervention services in New York state;
    10    (c) Identify and analyze current challenges in implementing child- and
    11  youth-targeted mobile crisis outreach teams, including financial, staff-
    12  ing, geographic, and other challenges that  the  commissioner  may  deem
    13  relevant, and identify solutions to address such challenges; and
    14    (d)  Make  recommendations  regarding  best  practices, implementation
    15  strategies, and practical guidance  to  promote  the  implementation  of
    16  child-  and youth-targeted mobile crisis outreach teams, and improve the
    17  services provided by such mobile crisis outreach teams.
    18    § 3. Report. No later than one year after the effective date  of  this
    19  act,  the  commissioner shall submit a report including the findings and
    20  recommendations of the study conducted pursuant to section two  of  this
    21  act  to  the  governor,  the  temporary president of the senate, and the
    22  speaker of the assembly.
    23    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.