Bill Text: NY S04873 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the "behavioral health and long-term care act"; provides for the establishment of a behavioral health and long-term care plan.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-03 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES [S04873 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04873-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4873
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 3, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
          mental Disabilities
        AN ACT to enact the "behavioral health and long-term care act" providing
          for the establishment of a behavioral health and long-term care plan
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "behavioral health and long-term care act".
     3    § 2.  The behavioral health and long-term care plan.  1.  The  commis-
     4  sioner of mental health, in conjunction with the commissioner of health,
     5  the  commissioner  of  alcoholism  and  substance abuse services and the
     6  director of the office for the aging,  shall  develop  and  monitor  the
     7  implementation of a behavioral health and long-term care plan. A subcom-
     8  mittee  may  be  established  through  the  interagency geriatric mental
     9  health and chemical dependency planning council to assist in the  devel-
    10  opment of such plan.
    11    (a)  The  behavioral health and long-term care plan shall include, but
    12  not be limited to:
    13    (i) Coordination of provider services  and  interagency  referrals  of
    14  persons  with a mental illness and/or chemical dependence, as defined in
    15  section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law, other than and  in  addition  to
    16  dementia, who are in or who may be in need of long-term care,
    17    (ii)  Recommendations  for integrating and coordinating federal, state
    18  and local funding sources for behavioral health and long-term care,
    19    (iii) Recommendations for facilitating research on best practices  and
    20  model programs, and the dissemination of such information,
    21    (iv)  An  increase  in  alternatives  to nursing homes for adults with
    22  mental illness and/or chemical dependence who also need long-term  care,
    23  and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (v)  Support  services  for  family  caregivers who assist adults with
     2  mental illness and/or chemical dependence who also need  long-term  care
     3  in  the community rather than in institutions such as adult homes, nurs-
     4  ing homes or psychiatric inpatient units.
     5    (b)  The  behavioral  health and long-term care plan shall provide for
     6  specific actions to be taken  for  its  implementation,  the  number  of
     7  people  to  be  served,  measurable phases for the implementation, and a
     8  time schedule for the achievement of such phases.
     9    (c) The provisions of the behavioral health and  long-term  care  plan
    10  shall  be  included  in the statewide comprehensive plan of services for
    11  the mentally disabled pursuant to section 5.07  of  the  mental  hygiene
    12  law.
    13    2.  On  or  before  October 1, 2019, the commissioner of mental health
    14  shall submit a report to the governor, the temporary  president  of  the
    15  senate,  and  the speaker of the assembly. On or before October 1, 2020,
    16  and annually until 2027, the commissioner of mental health shall  submit
    17  a report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the
    18  speaker of the assembly regarding the implementation of the plan includ-
    19  ing the number of people served and other measurable outcomes.
    20    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    21  have become a law.