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Senate Bill S3973
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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
2013-S3973 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S3973 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3973 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to providing for behavioral health wraparound demonstration projects PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill proposes demonstration projects leading to changes in social service law to address the problem of children and adolescents with behavioral health issues not receiving appropriate care due to lack of integration of services and funding streams. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: The social services law is amended by adding a new section 364-n as follows: Section 1: Legislature findings that demonstration projects to integrate services provided by the office for people with developmental disabilities, the office of mental health, and the department of health can help children and families move from crisis or high risk to normalization by providing the right services at the right time and in the right amount. Section 2: Authorizes the commissioner of health, to the extent of funds appropriated for this purpose, to fund demonstration projects that develop and evaluate interventions targeted at Medicaid beneficiaries under the age of 21 who have had one or more crisis interventions during the previous 12 months. Such interventions may be
2013-S3973 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3973 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 1, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to providing for behavioral health wraparound demonstration projects THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 364-n to read as follows: S 364-N. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WRAPAROUND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. 1. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS THAT INTEGRATE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND OTHER FUNDING STREAMS FOR THERAPEUTIC CARE AT THE FAMILY LEVEL CAN MOVE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS THROUGH THE SYSTEM EFFICIENTLY TO OPTIMAL TREATMENTS, AND WILL MOVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FROM CRISIS OR HIGH RISK OF CRISIS TO NORMALIZATION BY PROVIDING THE RIGHT SERVICE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND IN THE RIGHT AMOUNT. THE LEGISLATURE FURTHER FINDS THAT THROUGH TARGETED INTERVENTIONS THE CARE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS CAN BE IMPROVED AND THE COSTS OF THAT CARE REDUCED. 2. TO THE EXTENT OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR THIS PURPOSE, THE COMMIS- SIONER OF HEALTH IS AUTHORIZED TO FUND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS THAT DEVELOP AND EVALUATE INTERVENTIONS TARGETED AT MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE WHO HAVE ONE OR MORE CRISIS INTERVENTIONS DURING THE PREVIOUS TWELVE MONTHS RELATED TO BEHAVIORAL ISSUES. SUCH INTERVENTIONS MAY BE VIEWED AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THE COORDI- NATION OF CARE, ENSURE THAT CARE IS DELIVERED IN THE MOST APPROPRIATE SETTING, IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND REDUCE THE COST OF THAT CARE. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, A "CRISIS INTERVENTION" MEANS CIRCUMSTANCES INVOLVING: A. THE UTILIZATION OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SERVICES; B. CRIMINAL JUSTICE INTERVENTION RELATED TO BEHAVIORAL ISSUES; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02055-01-3
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