Bill Text: NY A06566 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
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 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-21 - ordered to third reading rules cal.233 [A06566 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A06566-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6566--B 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 12, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Mental Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Mental Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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. LBD10086-04-0
