NY State Senate Bill S6844

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Jan 03, 2018	referred to mental health and developmental disabilities
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S6844 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§7.49, 7.51 & 7.53, amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L; add §99-bb, St Fin L; add §209-h, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S4126
2021-2022: S4679
2023-2024: S5857

S6844 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing a crisis intervention team training demonstration program in a city with a population of one million or more; establishes a crisis intervention team training program advisory committee and crisis intervention team training fund.

S6844 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 BILL NUMBER:  S6844

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the mental hygiene law, the state
finance law and the general municipal law, in relation to establishing
a crisis intervention team program

 PURPOSE :

This legislation provides for the creation of demonstration crisis
intervention teams in New York City in order to increase the
effectiveness of first responders to emotionally distressed citizen
situations and reduce police initiated casualties.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1: Amends the mental hygiene law by adding three new sections
7.51, 7.53 and 7.55 to create the crisis intervention program, the
crisis intervention team training program advisory committee and the
crisis intervention team training fund grant program.

Section 2: Amends the state finance law by adding a new section 99-w
to create the crisis team training fund.

Section 3: Amends the general municipal law by adding a new section
204-ff to establish the criteria and goals for a crisis intervention
team.

Section 4: Amends section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law by adding a
new subdivision (1) to provide for the collaboration of the office of
alcoholism and substance abuse services, office of mental health and
law enforcement to establish criteria for the development of crisis
intervention teams.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The NYPD receives approximately 100,000 calls a year that are related
to an "emotionally disturbed person". Often times that person is
suffering with mental health issues, or substance abuse problems, or
both that require clinical intervention rather than enforcement that
may result in unwarranted arrests, injuries, and fatalities.

Data for the year 2012 indicates that civil suits against the NYPD
have doubled in the past decade. By the end of that year over 9,500
lawsuits totaling more than $1 billion had been filed against the
NYPD, an onerous burden on taxpayers. Additionally, during the last
months of 2013 suits were filed totaling over $50 million related to
three deaths related to lethal actions by police involving the
emotionally impaired.

The creation of a crisis intervention team response model in New York
City would provide law-enforcement personnel with the special training
necessary to respond to individuals experiencing erratic emotional
events from a clinical rather than criminal perspective.  Treating
these calls less as a threat to public safety and more as a
possibility to help a New Yorker in crisis, would provide a pathway to
handle the initial calls with the tools necessary to defuse the
confrontation and appropriately address the situation.

Forty-five states and 2,500 cities have adopted crisis intervention
programs wherein law enforcement engaged in 40-80 hour training. The
results have included a significant reduction in violence, improved
community relations and a reduction in injuries to both law
enforcement and the emotionally impaired which in the past had easily
become highly volatile and dangerous to both parties. Major cities
such as Los Angeles and Chicago have adopted the successful Memphis
Model adopted in Tennessee.
 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16: S.2644A- Amend and recommitted to mental health and
developmental disabilities
2013-14: S.6365 referred to mental health and developmental
disabilities

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

This bill will have a substantial positive fiscal impact on the City
of New York by reducing the legal and settlement costs related to
unwarranted lethal force against the emotionally impaired. Up to 1
million dollars from the general fund will be used to establish the
program.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately and sunset 5 years from the
date of enactment.

S6844 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  6844

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             August 7, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

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 7.49, 7.51 and 7.53 to read as follows:
§ 7.49 CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM.
  (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAIN-
ING DEMONSTRATION 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.

                                                           LBD06167-03-7

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  (III)  PROVIDE  SUPPORT, TRAINING AND COMMUNITY COORDINATION TO ENSURE
THAT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY  PROVIDE  ALTERNA-
TIVES TO INCARCERATION;
  (IV)  THROUGH  FEDERAL  AND  PRIVATE  GRANTS,  GIFTS OR CONTRIBUTIONS,
PROVIDE FUNDING TO SUPPORT TRAINING AND COMMUNITY COORDINATION COSTS  AS
NECESSARY. ALL MONEYS SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM
TRAINING FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION NINETY-NINE-BB OF THE STATE FINANCE
LAW;
  (V) IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED BY THIS ARTICLE, DISTRIBUTE CRISIS INTER-
VENTION  TEAM  TRAINING  FUND MONEYS AS NEEDED FOR SUPPORT, TRAINING AND
COMMUNITY COORDINATION COSTS; AND
  (VI) SUBMIT A REPORT TO  THE  GOVERNOR,  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE
SENATE,  SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAIN-
ING PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH  OF  EACH
YEAR THAT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING:
  (A) A REVIEW OF ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT HAVE PROVIDED CRISIS
INTERVENTION  TEAM TRAINING TO THEIR OFFICERS AND THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS
THAT HAVE COMPLETED THE TRAINING;
  (B) A LIST OF COMMUNITIES IN THIS  STATE  THAT  HAVE  IMPLEMENTED  THE
CRISIS  INTERVENTION  TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM THROUGH TRAINING AND COORDI-
NATION, INCLUDING THE LENGTH OF IMPLEMENTATION AND CURRENT STATUS OF THE
PROGRAM;
  (C) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THE  COMMUNITY  BASED  PARTNER-
SHIPS THAT SUPPORT CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM RESPONSES;
  (D)  RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC
SAFETY AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM RESPONSES; AND
  (E) A REVIEW OF ALL FUNDING RESOURCES  THAT  THE  CRISIS  INTERVENTION
TEAM  TRAINING PROGRAM COORDINATOR HAS APPLIED FOR TO INCREASE AVAILABLE
FUNDING, INCLUDING THE STATUS OF ALL FUNDING REQUESTS AND THE  TOTAL  OF
MONEYS RECEIVED.
  (D) THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT
TO  THIS  SECTION  SHALL END FIVE YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SECTION.
§ 7.51 CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
  (A) THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED A CRISIS  INTERVENTION  TEAM  TRAINING
PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
  (B) THE COMMITTEE SHALL CONSIST OF:
  (1)  THE COMMISSIONER, WHO SHALL SERVE AS CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMITTEE
AND WHO IS A NONVOTING MEMBER;
  (2) THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM COORDINATOR, WHO  IS
A NONVOTING MEMBER;
  (3)  ONE  MEMBER  APPOINTED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER WHO IS A CONSUMER OF
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES;
  (4) ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER WHO IS AN IMMEDIATE FAMI-
LY MEMBER OF A CONSUMER OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES;
  (5) ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER WHO REPRESENTS  A  STATE-
WIDE  ADVOCACY  AGENCY  THAT SERVES PERSONS WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES AND
THEIR FAMILIES;
  (6) ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER WHO IS A PSYCHIATRIST  OR
PSYCHOLOGIST LICENSED IN THE STATE;
  (7)  ONE  MEMBER  APPOINTED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  ALCOHOLISM AND
SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES;
  (8) ONE  MEMBER  APPOINTED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  ALCOHOLISM  AND
SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  SERVICES  WHO REPRESENTS A STATEWIDE BEHAVIOR ADVOCACY
GROUP, AGENCY OR ASSOCIATION;

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  (9) ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR  PEOPLE
WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES WHO IS EITHER A FAMILY MEMBER OR GUARDI-
AN OF A PERSON WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY;
  (10) ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE
WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES  WHO  IS A PERSON WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITY;
  (11) ONE MEMBER RECOMMENDED BY THE NEW YORK CITY PEACE OFFICER BENEVO-
LENT ASSOCIATION WHO IS A CERTIFIED PEACE OFFICER;
  (12) ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF CRIM-
INAL JUSTICE SERVICES WHO IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER; AND
  (13) ONE MEMBER APPOINTED  BY  THE  NEW  YORK  POLICE  DEPARTMENT  WHO
REPRESENTS LAW ENFORCEMENT.
  (C) THE COMMITTEE SHALL:
  (1)  MEET AT LEAST TWO TIMES IN EACH FULL CALENDAR YEAR. THE COMMITTEE
SHALL MEET AT THE REQUEST OF ITS CHAIRPERSON; AND
  (2) REVIEW THE REPORT REQUIRED BY SECTION 7.49  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  AND
BASED  ON  THAT  REPORT  MAKE  RECOMMENDATIONS  TO  THE OFFICE OF MENTAL
HEALTH, THE OFFICE  FOR  PEOPLE  WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES,  THE
OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, THE DIVISION OF CRIM-
INAL JUSTICE SERVICES, THE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE GOVERNOR, THE
TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
  (D)  COMMITTEE  MEMBERS  SHALL NOT BE COMPENSATED BUT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
REIMBURSEMENT OF REASONABLE EXPENSES.
§ 7.53 CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING FUND GRANT PROGRAM.
  (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  ESTABLISH  THE  CRISIS  INTERVENTION  TEAM
TRAINING  FUND GRANT PROGRAM WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,
PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT WHEN NECESSARY AND AS AVAILABLE FOR TRAINING
AND COMMUNITY COORDINATION COSTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION  OF  THE  CRISIS
INTERVENTION  TEAM  TRAINING  PROGRAM  TO  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCIES AS
REQUESTED.
  (B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE FUND SHALL CONSIST OF
UP TO ONE MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE STATE GENERAL FUND.
  § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-bb to
read as follows:
  § 99-BB. CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING FUND.  1. THERE  IS  HEREBY
ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER
OF  THE  OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH A FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE CRISIS INTER-
VENTION TEAM TRAINING FUND.
  2. THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING FUND  SHALL  CONSIST  OF  ALL
MONEYS  RECEIVED  FROM  THE  FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE GRANTS, GIFTS,
CONTRIBUTIONS AND DEVISES.
  3. ANY CONTRACTORS THAT RECEIVE MONEYS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION  SHALL
SUBMIT QUARTERLY REPORTS TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL
HEALTH  REGARDING  THE  USE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DISTRIBUTED MONEYS.
THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF  MENTAL  HEALTH  SHALL  INCLUDE  A
SUMMARY  OF  THE FUND ANALYSIS IN THE ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 7.49 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
  § 3. The general municipal law is amended  by  adding  a  new  section
209-h to read as follows:
  §  209-H.  CRISIS  INTERVENTION TEAMS. 1.  THE COMMISSIONER OF THE NEW
YORK STATE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH
THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES AND OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SERVICES, SHALL, FOR ALL LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT  UNITS
OF  A  CITY  HAVING  A  POPULATION  OF ONE MILLION OR MORE AND ANY OTHER
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THAT CHOOSES TO PARTICIPATE:

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  (A) ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR  THE  DEVELOPMENT  OF  CRISIS  INTERVENTION
TEAMS; AND
  (B)  ESTABLISH,  AND IMPLEMENT ON AN ONGOING BASIS, A TRAINING PROGRAM
FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW EMPLOYEES REGARDING THE POLICIES AND  PROCEDURES
ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION. THE CURRICULUM SHALL INCLUDE A
MINIMUM OF FORTY HOURS OF MANDATORY TRAINING IN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
  2. THE GOALS OF THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM PROGRAM SHALL BE TO:
  (A) PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE BY SPECIFICALLY TRAINED LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS;
  (B) REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME POLICE OFFICERS  SPEND  OUT  OF  SERVICE
AWAITING ASSESSMENT AND DISPOSITION;
  (C) AFFORD PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND/OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS
A SENSE OF DIGNITY IN CRISIS SITUATIONS;
  (D) REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION;
  (E)  IDENTIFY  UNDERSERVED  POPULATIONS  WITH  MENTAL  ILLNESS  AND/OR
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS AND REFER THEM TO APPROPRIATE CARE;
  (F) DECREASE THE USE OF ARREST AND DETENTION OF  PERSONS  EXPERIENCING
MENTAL  HEALTH  AND/OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE CRISES BY PROVIDING BETTER ACCESS
TO TIMELY TREATMENT;
  (G) PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC LOCATIONS OR PROTOCOLS FOR OFFICERS  TO  BRING
INDIVIDUALS  IN  CRISIS  FOR ASSESSMENT THAT IS NOT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OR
JAIL FACILITY; AND
  (H) DECREASE  INJURIES  TO  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  OFFICERS  DURING  CRISIS
EVENTS.
  3.  OTHER  STATE  AGENCIES SHALL PROVIDE COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE TO
THE PROGRAM TO ASSIST IN THE EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE OF ITS DUTIES.
  § 4. Section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended  by  adding  a
new subdivision (l) to read as follows:
  (L)  THE  OFFICE  OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES SHALL, IN
COLLABORATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT  AND  THE  OFFICE  OF  MENTAL  HEALTH
ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAMS THAT
SHALL  INCLUDE ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PLAN FOR COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT, TRAINING AND THERAPEUTIC RESPONSE ALTERNATIVES AND A DETER-
MINATION OF WHETHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE  EFFECTIVE  AGREEMENTS
WITH MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND ALL OTHER COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.
  § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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