Bill Text: NY A04308 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4308

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the geriatric demonstration program to promote mental health and home care collaboration; authorizes the commissioner of mental health to identify barriers to participation in the program and make recommendations to address such barriers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-11 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH [A04308 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4308

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 14, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Mental Health

        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in  relation  to  the  geriatric
          service  demonstration  program to promote mental health and home care
          collaboration

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 7.41 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
     3    (d)  On  a  periodic  basis,  the commissioner shall identify barriers
     4  which may prevent an   authorized provider  from  participating  in  the
     5  demonstration  program, pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section. The
     6  commissioner shall share the identified barriers with  the  commissioner
     7  of  the  appropriate  state  agency,  as  well as any recommendations to
     8  address such barriers.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04489-01-3