Assembly Bill A1843

2009-2010 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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2009-A1843 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2207
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
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:
2011-2012: A265, S308
2013-2014: A427, S299
2015-2016: A1234, S256
2017-2018: A3861, S4910, S7229
2019-2020: A3193, S4925

2009-A1843 (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.

2009-A1843 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1843

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Aging

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 and chemical
  dependence  services for the elderly under the geriatric mental health
  and chemical dependence 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] MENTAL HEALTH AND CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE demon-
         stration program.
  (a) The office shall establish a geriatric [service] MENTAL HEALTH AND
CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE demonstration  program  to  provide  grants,  within
appropriations  therefor, to providers of mental health care OR CHEMICAL
DEPENDENCE SERVICES, OR BOTH, to the  elderly,  INCLUDING  ORGANIZATIONS
THAT  PROVIDE  HEALTH  AND  AGING  SERVICES AS WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH AND
CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE 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 determine are necessary for the oper-
ation of the program.
  (b) Grants may be awarded by the office to providers of care to  older
adults with mental disabilities OR CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE, OR BOTH, 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
to age SAFELY in the community and prevent the unnecessary use of insti-
tutional care;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03455-01-9

              

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