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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Jan 28, 2013 |
referred to mental health and developmental disabilities |
Senate Bill S3013
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-S3013 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3575
- Current Committee:
- Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §41.11, Ment Hyg L
2013-S3013 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3013 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to including the executive officer of a local government's office for the aging in the composition of such government's local community service board PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would require an executive officer of a local government's office for the aging to serve on the local community service board's executive committee. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 and 2 of the bill relate to the composition of local community services board in population areas ranging from less than one hundred thousand to cities over one million. Requires that the local government's executive officer of the local government's office for the aging be a member of that local government's community service board's executive committee. Section 3 relates to when this act shall take effect. JUSTIFICATION: After meeting with local community service board members and executive officers of local offices for the aging, it was determined that including the executive officer of the local government's office for the aging on that government's community
2013-S3013 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 3013 A. 3575 2013-2014 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y January 28, 2013 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to including the executive officer of a local government's office for the aging in the composition of such government's local community service board THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions (a) and (b) of section 41.11 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by section 52 of chapter 37 of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows: (a) In all local governments with a population less than one hundred thousand, community services boards, at the option of the local govern- ment, shall have either nine or fifteen members appointed by the local government. In all other local governments, a community services board shall have fifteen members appointed by the local government. Whenever practicable at least one member shall be a licensed physician and one member shall be a certified psychologist and otherwise at least two members shall be licensed physicians, such members to have demon- strated an interest in the field of services for persons with mental disabilities. ONE MEMBER SHALL BE THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S OFFICE FOR THE AGING. The other members shall represent the community interest in all the problems of persons with mental disabili- ties and shall include representatives from community agencies for persons with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and those suffering from alcoholism and substance abuse. The community services board shall have separate subcommittees for mental health, developmental disabilities, and alcoholism or, at the discretion of the local govern- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07331-01-3
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