| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2014 |
referred to mental health and developmental disabilities |
Senate Bill S6788
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee
Actions
2013-S6788 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10041
- Current Committee:
- Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง41.55, Ment Hyg L
2013-S6788 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6788
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to
the community mental health support and workforce reinvestment program
PURPOSE: The bill will require the calculation of savings from in-pa-
tient state operated psychiatric hospital bed closures, which determines
the funding for the Community Mental Health Support and Workforce Rein-
vestment Program (Reinvestment), to be based upon the actual costs of
the beds. A schedule of rates for inpatient services is already estab-
lished under section 43.01 of the Mental Hygiene Law.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 states the calculation of savings for purposes of Reinvestment
will be calculated consistent with the provisions of Section 43.01 of
the MHL, reduced by the vacancy rate of the state operated in-patient
hospital bed census for the most recent year available.
Section 2 is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION: Since the inception of the Community Mental Health Rein-
vestment Act in 1993, the calculations used to determine the value of a
state operated in-patient psychiatric hospital bed result in an amount
with no substantiating documentation. For nearly 20 years, Reinvestment
has been the only potential source of funding for new and innovative
2013-S6788 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6788
I N S E N A T E
March 11, 2014
___________
Introduced by Sen. TKACZYK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
mental Disabilities
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
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