Senate Bill S256

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Renames and broadens the geriatric service demonstration program to include older adults with mental health disabilities and chemical dependence

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S256 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1234
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7.41, Ment Hyg L; amd §3, Chap 568 of 2005
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2207, A1843
2011-2012: S308, A265
2013-2014: S299, A427
2017-2018: S4910, S7229, A3861
2019-2020: S4925, A3193

2015-S256 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Broadens the geriatric service demonstration program to include older adults with mental health disabilities and chemical dependence; renames the program to be the geriatric mental health and chemical dependence demonstration program; allows for grants to be awarded by the office to providers of care to older adults with chemical dependence.

2015-S256 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S256 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   256

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

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 amend the mental hygiene law and chapter 568 of  the  laws  of
  2005,  amending the mental hygiene law relating to enacting the geria-
  tric mental health act, in relation to mental  health  care,  chemical
  dependence  and compulsive gambling services for the elderly under the
  geriatric service demonstration program

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 7.41 of the mental hygiene law, as added by chapter
568 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
S 7.41 Geriatric service demonstration program.
  (a)  The  office  shall  establish  a  geriatric service demonstration
program to provide grants, within appropriations therefor, to  providers
of mental health care, CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE SERVICES, COMPULSIVE GAMBLING
SERVICES,  OR  ANY COMBINATION THEREOF, to the elderly, INCLUDING ORGAN-
IZATIONS THAT PROVIDE HEALTH  AND  AGING  SERVICES  AS  WELL  AS  MENTAL
HEALTH, CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE, AND COMPULSIVE GAMBLING ORGANIZATIONS. Such
program  shall  be  administered  by  the office in cooperation with THE
OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, the state office  for
the aging and such other state agencies as the commissioner shall deter-
mine are necessary for the operation of the program.
  (b)  Grants may be awarded by the office to providers of care to older
adults with mental disabilities, CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE, COMPULSIVE  GAMBL-
ING,  OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF, for the purposes which may include one
or more of the following:
  (1) Community integration. Programs which  enable  older  adults  with
mental  disabilities  OR OLDER ADULTS SUFFERING FROM CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00345-01-5
              

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