Bill Text: NY S01464 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Creates a public education initiative designed to eliminate stigma and misinformation about mental illness and chemical dependence among military service members.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-30 - PRINT NUMBER 1464A [S01464 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S01464-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        1464--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, BRESLIN, SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered
         printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Mental
         Health  and Developmental Disabilities -- recommitted to the Committee
         on Mental Health and Developmental  Disabilities  in  accordance  with
         Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to creating a public
         education initiative designed to eliminate stigma  and  misinformation
         about  mental  illness  and chemical dependence among military service
         members; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon  expira-
         tion thereof
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 7.09 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
    2  a new subdivision (k) to read as follows:
    3    (K) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY GENERAL OR SPECIAL LAW TO  THE  CONTRARY,  THE
    4  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONJUNCTION  WITH  THE COMMISSIONER OF ALCOHOLISM AND
    5  SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION  OF  VETERANS'
    6  AFFAIRS  SHALL  DEVELOP A PUBLIC EDUCATION INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO ELIMI-
    7  NATE STIGMA AND MISINFORMATION ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS AND CHEMICAL DEPEND-
    8  ENCE AMONG SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND THEIR FAMILIES, IMPROVE  THEIR
    9  UNDERSTANDING OF MENTAL AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND THE EXISTENCE OF
   10  EFFECTIVE   TREATMENT,   AND  PROVIDE  INFORMATION  REGARDING  AVAILABLE
   11  RESOURCES AND HOW TO ACCESS THEM. THESE PUBLIC EDUCATION INITIATIVES MAY
   12  INCLUDE THE USE OF THE INTERNET, INCLUDING THE USE OF SOCIAL  NETWORKING
   13  SITES.
   14    S  2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire June 30,
   15  2017 when upon such date the provisions of  this  act  shall  be  deemed
   16  repealed.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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