BILL NUMBER:A11084
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to
the discharge and release of patients into the community
PURPOSE: To allow certified psychiatric nurse practitioners the
ability to refer housing services to patients.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section One of the bill amends paragraph 2 of
subdivision (g) of section 29.15 of the mental hygiene law, as amended
by chapter 433 of the laws of 1976 to read that a specific
recommendation made by either the certified psychologist or a
certified nurse practitioner of the type of residence in which the
patient is to live and a listing of the services available to the
patient in such residence.
JUSTIFICATION: Currently, there is confusion as to whether or not
certified psychiatric nurse practitioners have the ability to refer
patients to residences and other housing services. This confusion
brings a disruption to the quality of service and inconsistent level
of care for patients.
It is only right that certified psychiatric nurse practitioners, who
already have the ability to prescribe medication, have the ability to
refer housing services.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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11084
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 13, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Mental Health
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the discharge and
release of patients into the community
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (g) of section 29.15 of the
mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 433 of the laws of 1976, is
amended to read as follows:
2. a specific recommendation MADE BY EITHER THE CERTIFIED PSYCHOLOGIST
OR A CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER of the type of residence in which the
patient is to live and a listing of the services available to the
patient in such residence.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01322-01-9
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