Bill Text: NY S06912 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the office of mental health, in consultation and cooperation with the education department, to establish the urban youth gun violence reduction pilot program and appropriates $12,000,000 therefor; provides for the implementation of such program within 24 schools in 5 school districts in the state; provides each such school shall have an additional social worker; requires youth mental health first aid training be provided to teachers, professionals and after care workers in such schools; provides for the establishment of mental health curriculum in such schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-28 - PRINT NUMBER 6912A [S06912 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06912-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6912
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 4, 2016
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        Introduced  by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
        AN ACT to amend the  mental  hygiene  law  and  the  education  law,  in
          relation  to  establishing  the  Carey  Gabay urban youth gun violence
          reduction pilot program; making an appropriation therefor; and provid-
          ing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.    This  act shall be known and may be cited as the "Carey
     2  Gabay urban youth gun violence reduction pilot program".
     3    § 2. Title B of the mental hygiene law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     4  article 11 to read as follows:
     5                                 ARTICLE 11
     6                                 CAREY GABAY
     7                          URBAN YOUTH GUN VIOLENCE
     8                           REDUCTION PILOT PROGRAM
     9  Section 11.01 Definitions.
    10          11.03 Establishment.
    11          11.05 Social worker services.
    12          11.07 Youth mental health first aid training.
    13          11.09 Mental health curriculums.
    14  § 11.01 Definitions.
    15    As used in this article:
    16    (a)  "Gun  violence"  means physical injuries and deaths caused by the
    17  use of firearms.
    18    (b) "Mental health first aid" means the recognition of the symptoms of
    19  common mental illnesses and chemical dependency; the safe  de-escalation
    20  of crisis situations; and the initiation of timely referral of appropri-
    21  ate  students  to mental health and chemical dependency resources within
    22  the community.
    23    (c) "Program" means the Carey Gabay urban youth gun violence reduction
    24  pilot program established in section 11.03 of this article.
    25  § 11.03 Establishment.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13033-01-5