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Senate Bill S8159

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to expanding the scope of the interagency geriatric mental health planning council

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2017-S8159 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Chap 568 of 2005

2017-S8159 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the scope of the interagency geriatric mental health planning council to include the development of family support initiatives, the impact of Medicaid redesign, mental health housing programs and community based long-term care alternatives, certified community behavioral health clinic demonstration sites, treatment of those with behavioral disorders in long-term care, the development of behavioral health training programs in long-term care, behavioral health coverage in the managed long-term care program, the shortage of in-home services, technology, tele-mental health services, suicide risk, and building a generationally competent behavioral health workforce.

2017-S8159 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8159 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8159
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 11, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. ORTT, SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Mental  Health  and
   Developmental Disabilities
 
 AN  ACT to amend the geriatric mental health act, in relation to expand-
   ing the scope of the  interagency  geriatric  mental  health  planning
   council

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 3 of chapter 568 of the laws  of
 2005,  constituting the geriatric mental health act, as amended by chap-
 ter 203 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   (c) The council shall meet as often as necessary, but  not  less  than
 four  times  per calendar year, to develop annual recommendations, to be
 submitted to the commissioner of  mental  health,  the  commissioner  of
 alcoholism and substance abuse services, the director of the division of
 veterans'  affairs,  the  adjutant general and the director of the state
 office for the aging, regarding geriatric  mental  health  and  chemical
 dependence  needs. Such recommendations [may] SHALL address issues which
 include, BUT  ARE  NOT  LIMITED  TO:    community  integration,  quality
 improvement,  integration  of  mental  health  services with services to
 address alcoholism, drug  abuse,  [and]  health  care  needs,  workforce
 development,  family  support  [and],  THE DEVELOPMENT OF FAMILY SUPPORT
 INITIATIVES, finance, THE IMPACT OF  MEDICAID  REDESIGN,  MENTAL  HEALTH
 HOUSING  PROGRAMS  AND  COMMUNITY  BASED LONG-TERM CARE ALTERNATIVES FOR
 THOSE WITH CO-OCCURRING PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES  AND  CHRONIC  PHYSICAL
 ILLNESS  OR  DISABILITIES,  CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC
 DEMONSTRATION SITES, THE TREATMENT OF THOSE WITH BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS IN
 LONG-TERM CARE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH  TRAINING  PROGRAMS
 IN  LONG-TERM  CARE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COVERAGE IN THE MANAGED LONG-TERM
 CARE PROGRAM, THE SHORTAGE OF IN-HOME SERVICES  FOR  THOSE  WITH  MENTAL
 DISORDERS  INCLUDING  CHANGING  MEDICAID  RULES  REGARDING  PAYMENT  FOR
 IN-HOME SERVICES, THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY,  TELE-MENTAL  HEALTH  SERVICES,
 SUICIDE  RISK, AND BUILDING A GENERATIONALLY COMPETENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
 WORKFORCE  THROUGH  TRAINING  PROGRAMS  AND  INCREASING  THE  NUMBER  OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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