Bill Text: NY S09023 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to providing ten million dollars annually to be used for the provision of grants related to the expansion and support of crisis intervention services and diversion programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-10-05 - REFERRED TO RULES [S09023 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S09023-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9023

                    IN SENATE

                                     October 5, 2020
                                       ___________

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

        AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing grants related  to
          the  expansion  and support of crisis intervention services and diver-
          sion programs

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 6 of section 186-f of
     2  the  tax  law,  paragraph  (d)  as amended and paragraph (e) as added by
     3  section 39 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, are amended  and
     4  a new paragraph (f) is added to read as follows:
     5    (d) To provide the costs of debt service for bonds and notes issued to
     6  finance  expedited  deployment  funding  pursuant  to  the provisions of
     7  section three hundred thirty-three of the county law and section sixteen
     8  hundred eighty-nine-h of the public authorities law; [and]
     9    (e) [services] Services and expenses that support the [operations  and
    10  mission  of] interoperable communications program within the division of
    11  homeland security and emergency services as appropriated by the legisla-
    12  ture[.];
    13    (f) The sum of ten million dollars annually  shall  be  used  for  the
    14  provision  of  grants  related  to  the  expansion and support of crisis
    15  intervention services and diversion programs as developed or approved by
    16  the New York state office of mental  health,  in  conjunction  with  the
    17  division  of criminal justice services for law enforcement officers, 911
    18  dispatchers or call takers, and  first  responders,  to  be  distributed
    19  pursuant to a plan developed by the commissioner of the office of mental
    20  health  and  the  commissioner  of  the  division  of  criminal  justice
    21  services. Such plan shall consider factors such as population and number
    22  of staff eligible for such training. The commissioner of the  office  of
    23  mental  health  and the commissioner of the division of criminal justice
    24  services shall provide a report to  the  governor  and  the  legislature
    25  annually stating the progress of the program, including, but not limited
    26  to, information detailing the number of individuals trained, the occupa-
    27  tions of those trained, and their county of employment; and
    28    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
    29  the date on which it shall have become a law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD17430-02-0