Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to mental health |
Mar 04, 2009 |
print number 5993a |
Mar 04, 2009 |
amend (t) and recommit to mental health |
Feb 23, 2009 |
referred to mental health |
Assembly Bill A5993
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
RIVERA P
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- 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
Bill Amendments
2009-A5993 - Details
2009-A5993 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5993 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 23, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. P. RIVERA, CUSICK, EDDINGTON, LUPARDO, FIELDS, WEISENBERG, MAISEL, LANCMAN, CHRISTENSEN, BRADLEY, BURLING, GUNTHER, JACOBS, BOYLAND, ERRIGO, KOON, McKEVITT, MOLINARO, REILLY, JAFFEE, WALKER, ALFANO, ROSENTHAL, SCOZZAFAVA, SPANO, SCHIMEL, MILLMAN, PEOPLES, PHEFFER, BENEDETTO, MAGNARELLI, CAHILL, FINCH, DESTITO, MORELLE, ORTIZ, CLARK, ESPAILLAT, ALESSI, HOOPER, SCHROEDER, PERRY, ZEBROWSKI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BACALLES, BRENNAN, COLTON, CROUCH, CYMBROWITZ, DelMONTE, DIAZ, DUPREY, GIGLIO, HIKIND, HYER-SPENCER, LIFTON, McDONOUGH, McENENY, ROBINSON, SALADINO, SAYWARD, SCHIMMINGER, SWEENEY, THIELE, TOWNSEND, WEINSTEIN, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities AN ACT to create a course of instruction to train mental health provid- ers in veteran specific mental health issues THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "veterans mental health training initiative". S 2. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares that the state of New York and the country at large are facing a formidable chal- lenge in serving the mental health needs of veterans returning from active duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, over one and a half million active duty and reserve members of the United States military have been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, and nearly one-half million have been redeployed. With each deployment, our service members encount- er extreme strains on their physical and mental health, which, in many cases have resulted in unprecedented rates of health and mental health problems, most notably post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and trau- matic brain injury (TBI). Equally alarming, are numerous reports of increased suicide, addiction and homelessness among our returning EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03301-03-9
co-Sponsors
Michael Cusick
Donna Lupardo
Ginny Fields
Harvey Weisenberg
multi-Sponsors
James Bacalles
James F. Brennan
William Colton
Clifford Crouch
2009-A5993A (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A5993A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5993--A 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 23, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. P. RIVERA, CUSICK, EDDINGTON, LUPARDO, FIELDS, WEISENBERG, MAISEL, LANCMAN, CHRISTENSEN, BRADLEY, BURLING, GUNTHER, JACOBS, BOYLAND, ERRIGO, KOON, McKEVITT, MOLINARO, REILLY, JAFFEE, WALKER, ALFANO, ROSENTHAL, SCOZZAFAVA, SPANO, SCHIMEL, MILLMAN, PEOPLES, PHEFFER, BENEDETTO, MAGNARELLI, CAHILL, FINCH, DESTITO, MORELLE, ORTIZ, CLARK, ESPAILLAT, ALESSI, HOOPER, SCHROEDER, PERRY, ZEBROWSKI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BACALLES, BRENNAN, COLTON, CROUCH, CYMBROWITZ, DelMONTE, DIAZ, DUPREY, GIGLIO, HIKIND, HYER-SPENCER, LIFTON, McDONOUGH, McENENY, ROBINSON, SALADINO, SAYWARD, SCHIMMINGER, SWEENEY, THIELE, TOWNSEND, WEINSTEIN, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to create a course of instruction to train mental health provid- ers in veteran specific mental health issues and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "veterans mental health training initiative". S 2. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares that the state of New York and the country at large are facing a formidable chal- lenge in serving the mental health needs of veterans returning from active duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, over one and a half million active duty and reserve members of the United States military have been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, and nearly one-half million have been redeployed. With each deployment, our service members encount- er extreme strains on their physical and mental health, which, in many cases have resulted in unprecedented rates of health and mental health problems, most notably post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and trau- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03301-08-9
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