Senate Bill S517

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to services for individuals with traumatic brain injuries sustained after age twenty-one in rural areas

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  • 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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2017-S517 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2745, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6655
2019-2020: S992, S4805

2017-S517 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to services for individuals with traumatic brain injuries sustained after age twenty-one in rural areas.

2017-S517 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S517 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    517
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. YOUNG, LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to the services for
   individuals with traumatic brain injuries in rural areas

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2745 to read as follows:
   § 2745. COUNTIES WITH LIMITED SERVICE CAPACITY.  1.    NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY  LAW,  RULE  OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, THE COMMISSIONER AND THE
 COMMISSIONER OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SHALL ENTER  INTO  A  COOPER-
 ATIVE  AGREEMENT  TO ALLOW THE INTEGRATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH TRAUMATIC
 BRAIN INJURY SUSTAINED AFTER  AGE  TWENTY-ONE  INTO  PROGRAMS  CERTIFIED
 PURSUANT  TO ARTICLE SIXTEEN OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW IN COUNTIES WHERE
 THERE IS A LACK OF APPROPRIATE SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS  WITH  TRAUMATIC
 BRAIN INJURY.
   2.  SERVICES  AVAILABLE  TO  INDIVIDUALS  WITH  TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
 SUSTAINED AFTER AGE TWENTY-ONE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION  SHALL  INCLUDE,
 BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, MEDICAL, HOUSING, VOCATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, TRANS-
 PORTATION, SOCIAL, PERSONAL CARE, FAMILY SUPPORT, DAY PROGRAM, COMMUNITY
 RE-ENTRY,  OUTPATIENT  REHABILITATION,  HABILITATION AND OTHER ESSENTIAL
 SERVICES.
   3. FUNDING FOR SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE  PROVIDED
 BY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MEDICAID RESOURCES.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided, however, that  effective  immediately,  the
 addition  and/or  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the
 implementation of this act on  its  effective  date  is  authorized  and
 directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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