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Assembly Bill A8818

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the office of mental health, the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services and the department of education to create a behavioral health website

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2017-A8818 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6033
2021-2022: A5103
2023-2024: A2906
2025-2026: A5991

2017-A8818 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring the office of mental health, office of alcoholism and substance abuse services and the department of education to create a behavioral health website which shall provide information on various behavioral health issues such as depression, eating disorders, anxiety, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar disorder.

2017-A8818 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8818
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 29, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CASTORINA  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT in relation to requiring the office of mental health, the  office
   of  alcoholism  and  substance  abuse  services  and the department of
   education to create a behavioral health website

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Behavioral health website. 1. The office of mental health,
 in conjunction  with  the  office  of  alcoholism  and  substance  abuse
 services  and  the  department  of education shall create and maintain a
 website which shall provide information  on  behavioral  health  issues.
 Such  issues  shall  include,  but  shall not be limited to, depression,
 eating disorders, anxiety, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder
 and bipolar disorder.
   2. Such behavioral health information, as required by subdivision  one
 of  this  section  shall include, but shall not be limited to, signs and
 symptoms of the behavioral health issues and coping mechanisms to assist
 individuals dealing with such behavioral health issues.
   3. The behavioral health website shall maintain a resource guide list-
 ing contact information of local behavioral health resources  and  shall
 be organized by county. Such contact information shall include the name,
 address,  telephone  number,  e-mail address and website, if any, of the
 behavioral health resources.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13730-01-7

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