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Senate Bill S1646

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of mental health to prepare a report on the effectiveness of mental health parity

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2009-S1646 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5659
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7.09, Ment Hyg L; amd §8, Chap 748 of 2006; amd §4, Chap 502 of 2007

2009-S1646 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of mental health to prepare a report on the effectiveness of mental health parity; report will include the results and findings of a study conducted by the superintendent of insurance and the office of mental health pursuant to chapter 748 of the laws of 2006 (Timothy's Law); the commissioner of health shall deliver a copy of such report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on or before March 31, 2010.

2009-S1646 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1646 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1646

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 3, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  HUNTLEY, ADAMS, AUBERTINE, BRESLIN, DIAZ, ESPADA,
  KLEIN, MONSERRATE, ONORATO,  OPPENHEIMER,  PERKINS,  SAMPSON,  SAVINO,
  SCHNEIDERMAN,  SQUADRON,  STAVISKY  -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and
  Developmental Disabilities

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in  relation  to  directing  the
  commissioner of mental health to prepare a report on the effectiveness
  of  mental  health  parity;  to  amend chapter 748 of the laws of 2006
  amending the insurance law relating to enacting  "Timothy's  law",  in
  relation  to  making  the provisions of such chapter permanent; and to
  amend chapter 502 of the laws  of  2007  amending  the  insurance  law
  relating  to  certain  coverage for mental illness, in relation to the
  effectiveness thereof

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 7.09 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
a new subdivision (k) to read as follows:
  (K) THE COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SUPER-
INTENDENT  OF  INSURANCE, SHALL PREPARE A REPORT ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
MENTAL HEALTH PARITY. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE  LIMITED  TO
THE  RESULTS  AND  FINDINGS OF A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE OFFICE OF MENTAL
HEALTH AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE  PURSUANT  TO  CHAPTER  SEVEN
HUNDRED  FORTY-EIGHT  OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND SIX.  THE COMMISSIONER
OF MENTAL HEALTH SHALL DELIVER A COPY OF SUCH REPORT  TO  THE  GOVERNOR,
THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON
OR BEFORE MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN.
  S 2. Section 8 of chapter 748 of the laws of 2006, amending the insur-
ance  law  relating  to  enacting "Timothy's law", is amended to read as
follows:
  S 8. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing  the  date on which it shall have become a law [and shall expire and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08317-02-9

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