Senate Bill S6365

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a crisis intervention team program

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S6365 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§7.44, 7.45 & 7.46, amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L; add §99-v, St Fin L; add §204-ff, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S2644

2013-S6365 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing a crisis intervention team program.

2013-S6365 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6365 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6365

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 21, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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, the state finance  law  and  the
  general  municipal  law,  in  relation to establishing a crisis inter-
  vention team program

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

  Section  1.  The  mental  hygiene  law  is amended by adding three new
sections 7.44, 7.45 and 7.46 to read as follows:
S 7.44 CRISIS INTERVENTION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
  (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  ESTABLISH  A  CRISIS  INTERVENTION  DEMON-
STRATION  PROGRAM IN ANY CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN  RESPONDING  TO
CRISIS SITUATIONS INVOLVING PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND/OR SUBSTANCE
ABUSE PROBLEMS.
  (B) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH WITHIN THE OFFICE THE POSITION OF
CRISIS  INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM COORDINATOR WHO WILL SERVE AT
THE PLEASURE OF THE COMMISSIONER AND WHO SHALL WORK WITH  THE  NEW  YORK
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN THE STATE THAT
REQUESTS  ASSISTANCE  TO COORDINATE THE PROVISION OF CRISIS INTERVENTION
TEAM TRAINING TO ITS  FIRST  RESPONDERS  AS  A  PART  OF  A  SPECIALIZED
RESPONSE TEAM OR AS PART OF THE TRAINING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.
  (C) THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM COORDINATOR SHALL:
  (I)  WORK  WITH COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS, COORDINATE ACTIV-
ITIES AND PROMOTE COOPERATION  AND  COLLABORATION  BETWEEN  THE  OFFICE,
OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN-
CIES,  DISABILITY SERVICE PROVIDERS AND PEOPLE WITH PSYCHIATRIC OR OTHER
DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES  TO  PROVIDE  CRISIS  INTERVENTION  TEAM
TRAINING;
  (II)  PROVIDE  COORDINATION  ACTIVITIES AND FUNDING SUPPORT FOR CRISIS
INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13314-02-4

              

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