Assembly Bill A4577

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes the child psychiatry access project within the office of mental health; establishes a gift for such purpose on personal income tax forms

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 03, 2010	print number 4577b
Feb 03, 2010	amend and recommit to mental health
Jan 20, 2010	committed to mental health
Jan 06, 2010	ordered to third reading cal.338 returned to assembly died in senate
Jun 15, 2009	referred to rules passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.272 rules report cal.272 reported reported referred to rules
Jun 16, 2009	delivered to senate
Mar 09, 2009	print number 4577a
Mar 09, 2009	amend (t) and recommit to ways and means
Mar 03, 2009	reported referred to ways and means
Feb 05, 2009	referred to mental health

Bill Amendments

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2009-A4577 - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Mental Health
Laws Affected:: Add §7.42, Ment Hyg L; add §628-a, Tax L; add §89-h, St Fin L

2009-A4577 - Summary

Establishes the child psychiatry access project; provides that the office of mental hygiene shall establish regional child psychiatry access projects across the state to provide primary care providers with timely access to child psychiatry consultations they treat in order to assist such primary care providers in meeting the mental health needs of the children and adolescents and their families; establishes a gift for the child psychiatry access project on state personal income tax forms, the proceeds from which shall be deposited into a child psychiatry access fund for the funding of such projects.

2009-A4577 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4577

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  P. RIVERA,  ALFANO, LUPARDO -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Mental  Health,  Mental  Retardation  and
  Developmental Disabilities

AN  ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing the
  child psychiatry access project

  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
7.42 to read as follows:
S 7.42 CHILD PSYCHIATRY ACCESS PROJECT.
  (A) THE OFFICE SHALL, WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED THEREFOR,  ESTABLISH
OR  MAY  CONTRACT  FOR  THE  ESTABLISHMENT  OF REGIONAL CHILD PSYCHIATRY
ACCESS PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE TO PROVIDE PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS  WITH
TIMELY  ACCESS TO CHILD PSYCHIATRY CONSULTATIONS IN ORDER TO ASSIST SUCH
PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS IN MEETING THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF  THE  CHIL-
DREN AND ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
  (B)  REGIONAL  TEAMS SHALL CONSIST OF A CHILD PSYCHIATRIST WITH APPRO-
PRIATE SUPPORT STAFF, AND BE ESTABLISHED TO  PROVIDE  CHILD  PSYCHIATRIC
TELEPHONE  CONSULTATIONS TO PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS WITHIN THE DESIGNATED
REGION RESULTING IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING, DEPENDING UPON  THE  NEEDS  OF
THE CHILD PATIENT AND/OR FAMILY:
  1.  RESPONDING  TO THE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN'S PATIENT SPECIFIC QUES-
TIONS ABOUT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH;
  2. ASSISTING THE FAMILY IN ACCESSING ROUTINE, LOCAL BEHAVIORAL  HEALTH
SERVICES, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THERE MAY BE A WAITING PERIOD;
  3.  PROVIDING  TRANSITIONAL  SUPPORT  TO  THE CHILD PATIENT AND FAMILY
UNTIL THE FAMILY CAN ACCESS ROUTINE, LOCAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES;
  4. MAKING REFERRAL TO A TEAM CHILD PSYCHIATRIST FOR AN  ACUTE  PSYCHO-
PHARMACOLOGIC OR DIAGNOSTIC CONSULTATION.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00731-02-9

A. 4577                             2

  (C)  REGIONAL  TEAMS MAY ALSO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE SERVICES,
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY AND OTHER RELATED  SERVICES
TO THE PROVIDER AND MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNITY.
  (D) CHILD PSYCHIATRY ACCESS SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL
NOT  DISCRIMINATE AGAINST CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, BASED UPON THEIR INSUR-
ANCE STATUS, WHEN SUCH SERVICES ARE ACCESSED THROUGH THEIR PRIMARY  CARE
PROVIDER PRACTICING IN THE REGION.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.

co-Sponsors

2009-A4577A - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Mental Health
Laws Affected:: Add §7.42, Ment Hyg L; add §628-a, Tax L; add §89-h, St Fin L

2009-A4577A - Summary

2009-A4577A - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 4577--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. P. RIVERA, ALFANO, LUPARDO, WEISENBERG -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health,  Mental  Retarda-
  tion  and  Developmental  Disabilities -- reported and referred to the
  Committee on Ways and Means --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing the
  child psychiatry access project; to amend the tax law, in relation  to
  establishing  a  gift  for the child psychiatry access project; and to
  amend the state finance law, in relation  to  establishing  the  child
  psychiatry access fund

  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
7.42 to read as follows:
S 7.42 CHILD PSYCHIATRY ACCESS PROJECT.
  (A)  THE OFFICE SHALL, WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED THEREFOR, ESTABLISH
OR MAY CONTRACT FOR  THE  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  REGIONAL  CHILD  PSYCHIATRY
ACCESS  PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE TO PROVIDE PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS WITH
TIMELY ACCESS TO CHILD PSYCHIATRY CONSULTATIONS IN ORDER TO ASSIST  SUCH
PRIMARY  CARE  PROVIDERS IN MEETING THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF THE CHIL-
DREN AND ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
  (B) REGIONAL TEAMS SHALL CONSIST OF A CHILD PSYCHIATRIST  WITH  APPRO-
PRIATE  SUPPORT  STAFF,  AND BE ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE CHILD PSYCHIATRIC
TELEPHONE CONSULTATIONS TO PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS WITHIN THE  DESIGNATED
REGION  RESULTING  IN  ONE OF THE FOLLOWING, DEPENDING UPON THE NEEDS OF
THE CHILD PATIENT AND/OR FAMILY:
  1. RESPONDING TO THE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN'S PATIENT  SPECIFIC  QUES-
TIONS ABOUT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH;
  2.  ASSISTING THE FAMILY IN ACCESSING ROUTINE, LOCAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
SERVICES, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THERE MAY BE A WAITING PERIOD;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00731-03-9

A. 4577--A                          2

  3. PROVIDING TRANSITIONAL SUPPORT TO  THE  CHILD  PATIENT  AND  FAMILY
UNTIL THE FAMILY CAN ACCESS ROUTINE, LOCAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES;
  4.  MAKING  REFERRAL TO A TEAM CHILD PSYCHIATRIST FOR AN ACUTE PSYCHO-
PHARMACOLOGIC OR DIAGNOSTIC CONSULTATION.
  (C) REGIONAL TEAMS MAY ALSO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH  RESOURCE  SERVICES,
EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES
TO THE PROVIDER AND MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNITY.
  (D) CHILD PSYCHIATRY ACCESS SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL
NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, BASED UPON THEIR  INSUR-
ANCE  STATUS, WHEN SUCH SERVICES ARE ACCESSED THROUGH THEIR PRIMARY CARE
PROVIDER PRACTICING IN THE REGION.
  S 2. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 628-a to  read  as
follows:
  S  628-A.  GIFT FOR THE CHILD PSYCHIATRY ACCESS PROJECT. EFFECTIVE FOR
ANY TAX YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINE, AN
INDIVIDUAL IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT  TO  CONTRIBUTE  TO  THE  CHILD
PSYCHIATRY  ACCESS  FUND. SUCH CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE IN ANY WHOLE DOLLAR
AMOUNT AND SHALL NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STATE TAX OWED BY  SUCH  INDI-
VIDUAL.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX
RETURN FORM TO ENABLE A TAXPAYER TO MAKE SUCH  CONTRIBUTION.    NOTWITH-
STANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ALL REVENUES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO
THIS SECTION SHALL BE PAID TO THE CHILD PSYCHIATRY  ACCESS  FUND  ESTAB-
LISHED  PURSUANT  TO  AND  USED  ONLY  FOR  THOSE PURPOSES ENUMERATED IN
SECTION EIGHTY-NINE-H OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
  S 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 89-h  to
read as follows:
   S  89-H.  CHILD PSYCHIATRY ACCESS FUND. 1. A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN
AS THE "CHILD PSYCHIATRY ACCESS FUND" IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT
CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER  OF  TAXATION  AND
FINANCE.
  2.  THE  FUND  SHALL  CONSIST  OF  ALL MONEYS TRANSFERRED TO SUCH FUND
PURSUANT TO LAW, ALL MONEYS REQUIRED BY ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO BE  PAID
INTO  OR CREDITED TO THE FUND, ALL MONEYS FROM GIFTS PURSUANT TO SECTION
SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT-A OF THE TAX  LAW  AND  ANY  INTEREST  EARNINGS
WHICH  MAY  ACCRUE  FROM  THE  INVESTMENT OF MONEYS IN THE FUND. NOTHING
CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS,
GIFTS OR BEQUESTS FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THE  FUND  AS  DEFINED  IN  THIS
SECTION AND DEPOSITING THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
  3.  MONEYS OF THE FUND, WHEN ALLOCATED, SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE
OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH SOLELY FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF  ESTABLISHING  CHILD
PSYCHIATRY PROJECTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 7.42 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
  4.  MONEYS  SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF
THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER
OF MENTAL HEALTH.
  S  4.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.

co-Sponsors

2009-A4577B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Mental Health
Laws Affected:: Add §7.42, Ment Hyg L; add §628-a, Tax L; add §89-h, St Fin L

2009-A4577B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2009-A4577B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:A4577B

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to
establishing the child psychiatry access project; to amend the tax law,
in relation to establishing a gift for the child psychiatry access
project; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing
the child psychiatry access fund

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This legislation would enhance access
to mental health services for children and adolescents by creating
regional teams specializing in behavioral health to consult with and
provide support to primary care providers caring for children and fami-
lies dealing with mental health issues.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Sections one of the bill creates a new
section 7.42 of the mental hygiene law directing the office of mental
health, within amounts appropriated therefore, to establish regional
child psychiatry access projects across the state designed to provide
primary care providers with timely access to child psychiatry consulta-
tions regarding the children and adolescents they treat. The teams would
consist of a child psychiatrist and appropriate support staff who would
support primary health care providers in their region regardless of the
patient's insurance status. The teams would answer questions, provide
consultations, make referrals and in some cases provide transitional
support to the child and family until the family can access local behav-
ioral health services. They may also provide educational and advocacy

services to providers and the mental health community. Section two
provides for an effective date on the 90th day after it shall have
become law.

JUSTIFICATION: According to a 1999 report of the Surgeon General "About
20% of children are estimated to have mental disorders with at least
mild functional impairment." The number of children reported to have
"serious emotional disturbance" are reportedly 59% of children ages 9 to
17. Indications are that these numbers have not changed much over the
last decade and, unfortunately, the vast majority of these children
receive little or no treatment.

A recent report to the Senate Mental Health and Developmental Disabili-
ties Committee from the NYS Department of Health and Office of Mental
Health on psychiatric drugs for Medicaid beneficiaries age eighteen and
under concluded that "the greatest problem in children's mental health
is that most children needing help get too little, too late." At the
same time as children are suffering untreated, many are also being
treated with medications some of which have not been approved by the FDA
for use in children and adolescents. While these medications may provide
great benefit there is the potential for serious adverse side effects.
There is growing concern about appropriate and safe prescribing of medi-
cation to children and adolescents with a mental illness. Part of the
reason that children are not getting the mental health help they need is
that there are significant barriers to referral to behavioral health
providers. The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health

reported in 2003 that these barriers included "lack of available
specialists, insurance restrictions, appointment delays and stigma." The
lack of child psychiatrists is a well documented national problem. In
New York State there are many counties without a single child psychia-
trist. Efforts have been made to pilot telepsychiatry as a way to
provide at least some access to rural areas of the state for consulta-
tions and assessments by child psychiatrists. However, more needs to be
done.

Because of the inadequate numbers of child psychiatrists, primary care
practitioners for children and adolescents are often the ones who care
for young people with behavioral and emotional problems.  Providing
primary care providers and families with timely access to expert guid-
ance is essential in helping to make informed decisions about psycho-
pharmacology and other treatments. This bill aims to provide that
resource through regional child psychiatry access teams.

The bill will address the problems of access, inappropriate medication,
and insurance barriers by establishing regional teams specialized in
child and adolescent behavioral health who will be available to primary
care practitioners to consult, answer questions and provide support and
referrals for their patients. It is a model that began in Massachusetts
in 2004-05 and has proven very successful. In Massachusetts there are
six regional teams covering the entire state who are able to respond to
the primary care providers in their region, at no cost to the provider
or patient, within about 30 minutes of a call. The program is not meant
to replace emergency services or on going behavioral health care. This
bill will provide support and information to primary care providers and
timely access to mental health services for children and adolescents.

With such legislation, "too little, too late," could become a
description of the past for the children of New York State.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: Same as S.7033A of 2007 Veto # 122

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 90 days after enactment.

2009-A4577B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 4577--B

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. P. RIVERA, ALFANO, LUPARDO, WEISENBERG, SCHROEDER
  --  read  once  and referred to the Committee on Mental Health, Mental
  Retardation and Developmental Disabilities -- reported and referred to
  the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
  committed to Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Developmental Disa-
  bilities  --  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing  the
  child  psychiatry access project; to amend the tax law, in relation to
  establishing a gift for the child psychiatry access  project;  and  to
  amend  the  state  finance  law, in relation to establishing the child
  psychiatry access fund

  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
7.42 to read as follows:
S 7.42 CHILD PSYCHIATRY ACCESS PROJECT.
  (A) THE OFFICE SHALL, WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED THEREFOR,  ESTABLISH
OR  MAY  CONTRACT  FOR  THE  ESTABLISHMENT  OF REGIONAL CHILD PSYCHIATRY
ACCESS PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE TO PROVIDE PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS  WITH
TIMELY  ACCESS TO CHILD PSYCHIATRY CONSULTATIONS IN ORDER TO ASSIST SUCH
PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS IN MEETING THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF  THE  CHIL-
DREN AND ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
  (B)  REGIONAL  TEAMS SHALL CONSIST OF A CHILD PSYCHIATRIST WITH APPRO-
PRIATE SUPPORT STAFF, AND BE ESTABLISHED TO  PROVIDE  CHILD  PSYCHIATRIC
TELEPHONE  CONSULTATIONS TO PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS WITHIN THE DESIGNATED
REGION RESULTING IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING, DEPENDING UPON  THE  NEEDS  OF
THE CHILD PATIENT AND/OR FAMILY:
  1.  RESPONDING  TO THE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN'S PATIENT SPECIFIC QUES-
TIONS ABOUT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00731-06-0

A. 4577--B                          2

  2. ASSISTING THE FAMILY IN ACCESSING ROUTINE, LOCAL BEHAVIORAL  HEALTH
SERVICES, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THERE MAY BE A WAITING PERIOD;
  3.  PROVIDING  TRANSITIONAL  SUPPORT  TO  THE CHILD PATIENT AND FAMILY
UNTIL THE FAMILY CAN ACCESS ROUTINE, LOCAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES;
  4. MAKING REFERRAL TO A TEAM CHILD PSYCHIATRIST FOR AN  ACUTE  PSYCHO-
PHARMACOLOGIC OR DIAGNOSTIC CONSULTATION.
  (C)  REGIONAL  TEAMS MAY ALSO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE SERVICES,
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY AND OTHER RELATED  SERVICES
TO THE PROVIDER AND MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNITY.
  (D) CHILD PSYCHIATRY ACCESS SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL
NOT  DISCRIMINATE AGAINST CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, BASED UPON THEIR INSUR-
ANCE STATUS, WHEN SUCH SERVICES ARE ACCESSED THROUGH THEIR PRIMARY  CARE
PROVIDER PRACTICING IN THE REGION.
  S  2.  The tax law is amended by adding a new section 628-a to read as
follows:
  S 628-A. GIFT FOR THE CHILD PSYCHIATRY ACCESS PROJECT.  EFFECTIVE  FOR
ANY  TAX YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN, AN
INDIVIDUAL IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT  TO  CONTRIBUTE  TO  THE  CHILD
PSYCHIATRY  ACCESS  FUND. SUCH CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE IN ANY WHOLE DOLLAR
AMOUNT AND SHALL NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STATE TAX OWED BY  SUCH  INDI-
VIDUAL.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX
RETURN FORM TO ENABLE A TAXPAYER TO MAKE SUCH  CONTRIBUTION.    NOTWITH-
STANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ALL REVENUES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO
THIS SECTION SHALL BE PAID TO THE CHILD PSYCHIATRY  ACCESS  FUND  ESTAB-
LISHED  PURSUANT  TO  AND  USED  ONLY  FOR  THOSE PURPOSES ENUMERATED IN
SECTION EIGHTY-NINE-H OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
  S 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 89-h  to
read as follows:
   S  89-H.  CHILD PSYCHIATRY ACCESS FUND. 1. A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN
AS THE "CHILD PSYCHIATRY ACCESS FUND" IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT
CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER  OF  TAXATION  AND
FINANCE.
  2.  THE  FUND  SHALL  CONSIST  OF  ALL MONEYS TRANSFERRED TO SUCH FUND
PURSUANT TO LAW, ALL MONEYS REQUIRED BY ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO BE  PAID
INTO  OR CREDITED TO THE FUND, ALL MONEYS FROM GIFTS PURSUANT TO SECTION
SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT-A OF THE TAX  LAW  AND  ANY  INTEREST  EARNINGS
WHICH  MAY  ACCRUE  FROM  THE  INVESTMENT OF MONEYS IN THE FUND. NOTHING
CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS,
GIFTS OR BEQUESTS FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THE  FUND  AS  DEFINED  IN  THIS
SECTION AND DEPOSITING THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
  3.  MONEYS OF THE FUND, WHEN ALLOCATED, SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE
OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH SOLELY FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF  ESTABLISHING  CHILD
PSYCHIATRY PROJECTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 7.42 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
  4.  MONEYS  SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF
THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER
OF MENTAL HEALTH.
  S  4.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.

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