Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 29, 2014 |
reported and committed to finance |
Mar 17, 2014 |
print number 6607a |
Mar 17, 2014 |
amend and recommit to mental health and developmental disabilities |
Feb 12, 2014 |
referred to mental health and developmental disabilities |
Senate Bill S6607A
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance 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
Votes
Bill Amendments
2013-S6607 - Details
2013-S6607 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6607 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the creation of an acute psychiatric bed registry PURPOSE: To establish and administer a web-based acute psychiatric bed registry to collect, aggregate, and display information about available beds in public and private inpatient psychiatric facilities. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 9.65 to create an acute psychiatric bed registry. This registry shall include descriptive information for every public and private inpatient psychiatric facility and every public or private crisis stabilization unit in the state; provided real-time information about the number of beds available at each facility. Every state facility, community services board, behavioral health authority, and private provider licensed by the department shall participate in the acute psychiatric bed registry, and shall designate an employee to submit information for the inclusion in the acute psychiatric bed registry. The commissioner may enter into a contract with a private entity for the development and administration of the acute psychiatric bed registry.
2013-S6607 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6607 I N S E N A T E February 12, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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 creation of an acute psychiatric bed registry 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 a new section 9.65 to read as follows: S 9.65 ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC BED REGISTRY. (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP AND ADMINISTER A WEB-BASED ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC BED REGISTRY TO COLLECT, AGGREGATE, AND DISPLAY INFORMATION ABOUT AVAILABLE ACUTE BEDS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL CRISIS STABILIZATION UNITS TO FACILITATE THE IDENTIFICATION AND DESIGNATION OF FACILITIES FOR THE TEMPORARY DETENTION AND TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MEET THE CRITERIA FOR TEMPORARY DETENTION PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE. (B) THE ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC BED REGISTRY CREATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL: 1. INCLUDE DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION FOR EVERY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INPA- TIENT PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY AND EVERY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE CRISIS STABILIZA- TION UNIT IN THE STATE, INCLUDING CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE FACILITY; 2. PROVIDE REAL-TIME INFORMATION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF BEDS AVAILABLE AT EACH FACILITY AND, FOR EACH AVAILABLE BED, THE TYPE OF PATIENT THAT MAY BE ADMITTED, THE LEVEL OF SECURITY PROVIDED, AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT MAY BE NECESSARY TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES OR DESIGNEES OF COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARDS AND EMPLOYEES OF PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES TO IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE FACILITIES FOR DETENTION AND TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MEET THE CRITERIA FOR TEMPORARY DETENTION PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE; AND 3. ALLOW EMPLOYEES AND DESIGNEES OF COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARDS AND EMPLOYEES OF PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES TO PERFORM SEARCHES OF THE REGISTRY TO IDENTIFY AVAILABLE BEDS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE DETENTION AND TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MEET THE CRITERIA FOR TEMPORARY DETENTION. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13783-02-4
2013-S6607A (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S6607A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6607A REVISED 3/25/14 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the creation of an acute psychiatric bed registry PURPOSE: To establish and administer a web-based acute psychiatric bed registry to collect, aggregate, and display information about available beds in public and private inpatient psychiatric facilities. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 9.65 to create an acute psychiatric bed registry. This registry shall include descriptive information for every public and private inpatient psychiatric facility and every public or private crisis stabilization unit in the state; provided real-time information about the number of beds available at each facility. Every state facility, community services board, behavioral health authority, and private provider licensed by the department shall participate in the acute psychiatric bed registry, and shall designate an employee to submit information for the inclusion in the acute psychiatric bed registry. JUSTIFICATION: Due in part to the closure of many psychiatric facilities throughout the State, psychiatric patients and their families are forced to turn to emergency rooms in hospitals when experiencing acute psychiatric distress. However, there are finite,
2013-S6607A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6607--A I N S E N A T E February 12, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop- mental Disabilities -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the creation of an acute psychiatric bed registry 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 a new section 9.65 to read as follows: S 9.65 ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC BED REGISTRY. (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP AND ADMINISTER A WEB-BASED ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC BED REGISTRY TO COLLECT, AGGREGATE, AND DISPLAY INFORMATION ABOUT AVAILABLE ACUTE BEDS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL CRISIS STABILIZATION UNITS TO FACILITATE THE IDENTIFICATION AND DESIGNATION OF FACILITIES FOR THE TEMPORARY DETENTION AND TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MEET THE CRITERIA FOR TEMPORARY DETENTION PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE. (B) THE ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC BED REGISTRY CREATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL: 1. INCLUDE DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION FOR EVERY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INPA- TIENT PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY AND EVERY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE CRISIS STABILIZA- TION UNIT IN THE STATE, INCLUDING CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE FACILITY; 2. PROVIDE REAL-TIME INFORMATION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF BEDS AVAILABLE AT EACH FACILITY AND, FOR EACH AVAILABLE BED, THE TYPE OF PATIENT THAT MAY BE ADMITTED, THE LEVEL OF SECURITY PROVIDED, AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT MAY BE NECESSARY TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES OR DESIGNEES OF COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARDS AND EMPLOYEES OF PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES TO IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE FACILITIES FOR DETENTION AND TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MEET THE CRITERIA FOR TEMPORARY DETENTION PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE; AND 3. ALLOW EMPLOYEES AND DESIGNEES OF COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARDS AND EMPLOYEES OF PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES TO PERFORM SEARCHES OF THE REGISTRY TO IDENTIFY AVAILABLE BEDS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE DETENTION AND TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MEET THE CRITERIA FOR TEMPORARY DETENTION. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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