Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 03, 2022 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.529 substituted for s4253 |
Feb 15, 2022 |
referred to mental health delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jan 05, 2022 |
ordered to third reading cal.217 returned to assembly died in senate |
Jun 08, 2021 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.584 rules report cal.584 reported |
Jun 07, 2021 |
reported referred to rules |
May 25, 2021 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Mar 19, 2021 |
referred to mental health |
Assembly Bill A6506
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GUNTHER
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate & Assembly
- 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
Votes
2021-A6506 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A6506 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires the commissioner of the office of mental health to provide monthly status reports of the community investments and the impact on inpatient census to the chair of the senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee and to post such report on the office's website.
2021-A6506 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6506 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 19, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Mental Health AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring monthly status reports of community investments and the impact on inpatient census THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 7.49 to read as follows: § 7.49 MONTHLY STATUS REPORTS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE MONTHLY STATUS REPORTS OF THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS AND THE IMPACT ON INPATIENT CENSUS TO THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE AND SHALL POST SUCH REPORTS ON THE OFFICE'S PUBLICLY ACCESSI- BLE WEBSITE. SUCH REPORTS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: (A) STATE OPERATED PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY CENSUS; (B) OCCURRENCE OF CENSUS EXCEEDING BUDGETED CAPACITY AND REASON; (C) OCCURRENCE OF OUT OF CATCHMENT AREA PLACEMENTS THAT ARE DUE TO INSUFFICIENT CAPACITY IN THE CATCHMENT AREA OF THE HOSPITAL; (D) ADMISSIONS AND DISCHARGES; (E) RATE OF MEDICAID PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENT READMISSIONS TO ANY HOSPI- TAL WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF DISCHARGE; (F) MEDICAID EMERGENCY ROOM PSYCHIATRIC VISITS; (G) DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW COMMUNITY SERVICE INVESTMENTS; (H) AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY AND NUMBER OF LONG-TERM STAY PATIENTS; AND (I) AN EXPLANATION OF ANY MATERIAL CENSUS REDUCTIONS, WHEN KNOWN TO THE FACILITY. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08277-01-1
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