STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4534

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 5, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee 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.
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