Bill Text: NY S04000 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to maternal depression treatment; requires the commissioner of health, in collaboration with the commissioner of mental health, to compile a list of providers who treat or provide support for maternal depression.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-12-18 - APPROVAL MEMO.39 [S04000 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S04000-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4000 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 1, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, AVELLA, DILAN, HAMILTON, PERSAUD, RIVERA, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to maternal depression treatment The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2500-k of the public health law is 2 renumbered subdivision 4 and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as 3 follows: 4 3. Maternal depression treatment. The commissioner, in collaboration 5 with the commissioner of mental health, shall: 6 (a) compile a list of providers who treat or provide support for 7 maternal depression including mental health professionals, other 8 licensed professionals, peer support, not-for-profit corporations and 9 other community resources. Such list shall be made available to the 10 public on the department's website and be searchable by zip code; 11 (b) update the list of providers as necessary; and 12 (c) within existing appropriations, ensure adequate investment in 13 treatment resources for maternal depression including a statewide 14 hotline, peer support, adequate referral networks and telehealth or 15 telemedicine services. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 17 ing the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however, 18 that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any 19 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its 20 effective date is authorized to be made and completed by the commission- 21 er of health on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05978-01-7