Bill Text: NY A08485 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the office of mental health to identify information and training programs relating to the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for military veterans; requires the office of mental health to publish on their website information and links to the identified relevant training programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-13 - substituted by s8076 [A08485 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08485-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8485

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 4, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Mental Health

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  mental  hygiene law, in relation to identifying
          information and training programs relating to the diagnosis and treat-
          ment of post-traumatic stress disorder for military veterans,  and  to
          amend  a  chapter  of the laws of 2023 amending the mental hygiene law
          relating to a program for the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumat-
          ic stress disorder, as proposed in legislative bills numbers  S.  7274
          and A. 793, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision (g) of section 7.17 of the mental hygiene  law,
     2  as  added  by  a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the mental hygiene
     3  law relating to a program for the diagnosis and treatment of  post-trau-
     4  matic  stress disorder, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7274
     5  and A.  793, is amended to read as follows:
     6    (g) The commissioner, in cooperation with any other  state  agency  or
     7  relevant  stakeholder, shall [develop a] identify information and train-
     8  ing [program to be posted on the office's website for] programs relating
     9  to the diagnosis and treatment of  post-traumatic  stress  disorder  for
    10  military  veterans[.  The program], including but not limited to, train-
    11  ings developed using funds received from the  state  of  New  York,  and
    12  publish  such information and links to relevant training programs on the
    13  office's website.   The identified  information  and  training  programs
    14  shall  include  a  component on military culture competency and shall be
    15  intended for [the training of] use by mental health providers and mental
    16  health clinicians. [Certification of the completion of the  program  may
    17  be provided to participants through the office.]
    18    §  2.  Section  2 of a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the mental
    19  hygiene law relating to a program for the  diagnosis  and  treatment  of
    20  post-traumatic stress disorder, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
    21  S. 7274 and A. 793, is amended to read as follows:
    22    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect [immediately] on the ninetieth day
    23  after it shall have become a law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
     2  section  one  of  this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
     3  same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the mental hygiene
     4  law relating to a program for the diagnosis and treatment of  post-trau-
     5  matic  stress disorder, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7274
     6  and A. 793, takes effect.