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Assembly Bill A8126

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to reviewing suicide prevention programs periodically

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2017-A8126 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7.07, Ment Hyg L

2017-A8126 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to reviewing suicide prevention programs periodically and making recommendations regarding cultural and linguistic competency and best practices for screening and interventions aimed at addressing suicide risk factors for minority groups, including membership in racial and ethnic, religious, sexual and gender minority groups.

2017-A8126 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8126
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 31, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEPULVEDA  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to reviewing suicide
   prevention programs periodically
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section 7.07 of mental hygiene law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision (g) to read as follows:
   (G) THE OFFICE SHALL PERIODICALLY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT
 OF HEALTH, REVIEW SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED BY THE  OFFICE
 TO ENSURE THAT THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS AT RISK OF SUICIDE ARE BEING MET
 AND  MAKE  RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE SUCH PROGRAMS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE
 BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: (1) CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC COMPETENCY;  AND  (2)
 BEST  PRACTICES  FOR  SCREENING  AND  INTERVENTIONS  AIMED AT ADDRESSING
 SUICIDE RISK FACTORS FOR MINORITY GROUPS, INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN RACIAL
 AND ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS, SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY GROUPS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11874-01-7

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