Senate Bill S7322

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to prevention of suicide; repealer

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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-S7322 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8961
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§41.56 & 7.07, Ment Hyg L; amd §2, Chap of 2017 (as proposed in S. 5500-C and A. 7225-B)

2017-S7322 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the establishment of the adolescent suicide prevention advisory council.

2017-S7322 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7322 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7322
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. ALCANTARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the prevention of
   suicide;  and  to  amend  a  chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the
   mental hygiene law relating to  establishing  the  adolescent  suicide
   prevention  advisory council, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
   S. 5500-C and A. 7225-B, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; and
   repealing section 41.56 of the mental hygiene law relating thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  41.56  of  the mental hygiene law, as added by a
 chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the mental hygiene law relating to
 establishing the adolescent  suicide  prevention  advisory  council,  as
 proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.  5500-C  and A. 7225-B, is
 REPEALED.
   § 2.  Section 7.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision (g) to read as follows:
   (G)  THE  OFFICE  OF  MENTAL  HEALTH SHALL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
 ASSURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES IN  THE  AREAS
 OF  RESEARCH  AND PREVENTION OF SUICIDE, TO REDUCE SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR AND
 SUICIDE THROUGH CONSULTATION, TRAINING, IMPLEMENTATION OF EVIDENCE-BASED
 PRACTICES, AND USE OF SUICIDE SURVEILLANCE DATA. SUCH  PLANS,  PROGRAMS,
 AND  SERVICES  SHALL  CONSIDER THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF DIFFERING DEMOGRAPHIC
 GROUPS AND THE IMPACT OF GENDER, RACE AND ETHNICITY,  AND  CULTURAL  AND
 LANGUAGE NEEDS. SUCH PLANS, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES SHALL BE DEVELOPED IN
 COOPERATION  WITH  OTHER  AGENCIES  AND  DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE, LOCAL
 GOVERNMENTS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES,  OR  OTHER  ORGANIZA-
 TIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.
   §  3.  Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the mental
 hygiene law relating to establishing the adolescent  suicide  prevention
 advisory council, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5500-C and
 A. 7225-B, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect [on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law] IMMEDIATELY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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