S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
June 10, 2014
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Lupardo) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the community
mental health support and workforce reinvestment program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 41.55 of the mental hygiene law is amended by
adding a new subdivision (a-1) to read as follows:
(A-1) SUMS OF MONEY ALLOCATED FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE
DETERMINED CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 43.01 OF THIS TITLE
AND REDUCED BY A FACTOR DETERMINED AS THE VACANCY RATE FOR THE STATE
OPERATED IN-PATIENT PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL BED CENSUS FROM THE MOST RECENT
YEAR AVAILABLE.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend-
ments to section 41.55 of the mental hygiene law made by section one of
this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed
repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14290-01-4