NY State Senate Bill 2017-S4910

Senate Bill S4910

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Renames and broadens the geriatric service demonstration program to include older adults with mental health disabilities and chemical dependence

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 07, 2017	reported and committed to rules
Mar 03, 2017	referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

Votes

- Jun 7, 2017 - Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee Vote
  S4910
  
  11
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee Vote: Jun 7, 2017
      
      aye (11)
      
      Bailey
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Felder
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Krueger
      
      Murphy
      
      Ortt
      
      Rivera
      
      Serino

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2017-S4910 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3861
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §7.41, Ment Hyg L; amd §3, Chap 568 of 2005
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2207, A1843
2011-2012: S308, A265
2013-2014: S299, A427
2015-2016: S256, A1234
2019-2020: S4925, A3193

2017-S4910 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Broadens the geriatric service demonstration program to include older adults with mental health disabilities and chemical dependence; renames the program to be the geriatric mental health and chemical dependence demonstration program; allows for grants to be awarded by the office to providers of care to older adults with chemical dependence.

2017-S4910 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4910

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the mental hygiene law and chapter 568 of the laws of
2005, amending the mental hygiene law relating to enacting the
geriatric mental health act, in relation to mental health care,
chemical dependence and compulsive gambling services for the elderly
under the geriatric service demonstration program

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

To amend the existing geriatric mental health act to expand the
advisory scope of the interagency geriatric mental health planning
council to include issues of substance abuse, chemical dependence, and
compulsive gambling.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1. Amends the Mental Hygiene Law, section 7.41. Requires the
consideration of chemical dependence and compulsive gambling services
for mental health programs directed to seniors.

Section 2. Amends the Mental Hygiene Law, section 3 of chapter 568 of
the laws of 2005, as amended by chapter 203 of the laws of 2008,
amending the geriatric mental health act. Expands the advisory scope

of the geriatric mental health planning council to include chemical
dependence, compulsive gambling, health, aging and other services as
appropriate, and workforce development. Provides that such Council
shall consist of nineteen members and shall include the Commissioner
of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, the Director
of the Division of Veterans Affairs and the Director of the State
Office for the Aging who shall serve as co-chairs. The Adjutant
General shall serve as an ex-officio member of the Council. Specifies
the manner in which appointments to the Council shall be made.

Section 3. Effective Date

 EXISTING LAW :

Title B, Article 7, Section 7.41 of the Mental Hygiene Law establishes
the Geriatric Service Demonstration Program. This bill expands the
scope of the Geriatric Service Demonstration Program by including
chemical dependence and compulsive gambling.

 JUSTIFICATION :

It is estimated that 17% of seniors suffer from alcoholism or some
other form of chemical dependence. Compulsive gambling is also a
growing problem. As our senior population is expected to increase over
the next 15 years, we must act proactively to develop programs and
strategies to meet the expected needs of our seniors. This legislation
is unlike previous attempts to provide services for seniors because it
does not create a new bureaucracy to investigate best practices for
senior chemical dependence and compulsive gambling services. It simply
expands an existing planning council to address these issues among the
elderly in New York State.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2016: S.256 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE/A.1234 - passed
assembly
2015: S.256 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE/A.1234 - passed
assembly
2014: S.299A - Reported and Committed to Finance/A.427A - Passed
Assembly
2013: S.299-Reported and Committed to Finance/A.427- Referred to Aging
2012: S.308 - Notice of Committee Consideration Requested, Committee
Discharged, Committed to Rules/A.265 - Passed Assembly
2011: S.308 - Reported and Committed to Finance/A.265 Reported,
Referred to Rules
2009-10: S.2207 - Reported and Committed to Finance/A.1843 - Reported
Referred to Ways and Means
2008: S.6817/A.9846 - Passed Both Houses, Veto Memo 14

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S4910 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4910
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. DIAZ, AVELLA -- 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 mental hygiene law and chapter 568 of the laws of
   2005, amending the mental hygiene law relating to enacting the  geria-
   tric  mental  health  act, in relation to mental health care, chemical
   dependence and compulsive gambling services for the elderly under  the
   geriatric service demonstration program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 7.41 of the mental hygiene law, as added by chapter
 568 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
 § 7.41 Geriatric service demonstration program.
   (a) The office  shall  establish  a  geriatric  service  demonstration
 program  to provide grants, within appropriations therefor, to providers
 of mental health care, CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE SERVICES, COMPULSIVE GAMBLING
 SERVICES, OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF, to the elderly,  INCLUDING  ORGAN-
 IZATIONS  THAT  PROVIDE  HEALTH  AND  AGING  SERVICES  AS WELL AS MENTAL
 HEALTH, CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE, AND COMPULSIVE GAMBLING ORGANIZATIONS. Such
 program shall be administered by the  office  in  cooperation  with  THE
 OFFICE  OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, the state office for
 the aging and such other state agencies as the commissioner shall deter-
 mine are necessary for the operation of the program.
   (b) Grants may be awarded by the office to providers of care to  older
 adults  with mental disabilities, CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE, COMPULSIVE GAMBL-
 ING, OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF, for the purposes which may include  one
 or more of the following:
   (1)  Community  integration.  Programs  which enable older adults with
 mental disabilities OR OLDER ADULTS SUFFERING FROM  CHEMICAL  DEPENDENCE
 OR  COMPULSIVE  GAMBLING  to age SAFELY in the community and prevent the
 unnecessary use of institutional care;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD03572-01-7

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   (2) Improved quality of treatment. Programs  for  older  adults  which
 improve  the  quality  of  mental  health  care,  CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE OR
 COMPULSIVE GAMBLING SERVICES in the community OR IN RESIDENTIAL  FACILI-
 TIES;
   (3)  Integration  of  services. Programs which integrate mental health
 and  aging  services  with  alcohol,  drug,  health  and  other  support
 services;
   (4) Workforce. Programs which make more efficient use of mental health
 [and],  CHEMICAL  DEPENDENCE,  COMPULSIVE  GAMBLING,  health  AND  AGING
 SERVICES professionals by developing alternative service roles for para-
 professionals and volunteers, including peers, and programs more  effec-
 tive   in  recruitment  and  retention  of  bi-lingual,  bi-cultural  or
 culturally competent staff;
   (5) Family support. Programs which provide support for family caregiv-
 ers, to include the provision of care to older adults by younger  family
 members and by older adults to younger family members;
   (6)  Finance. Programs which have developed and implemented innovative
 financing methodologies to support the delivery of best practices;
   (7) Specialized populations. Programs which  concentrate  on  outreach
 to,  engagement  of  and  effective  treatment of cultural minorities OR
 VETERANS AS DEFINED IN SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW;
   (8) Information clearinghouse. Programs which compile, distribute  and
 make available information on clinical developments, program innovations
 and  policy  developments  which  improve  the care to older adults with
 mental disabilities OR SUFFERING FROM CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE OR  COMPULSIVE
 GAMBLING; and
   (9) Staff training. Programs which offer on-going training initiatives
 including  improved  clinical and cultural skills, evidence based geria-
 tric mental health, CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE AND COMPULSIVE  GAMBLING  TREAT-
 MENT skills, and the identification and management of mental, behavioral
 and substance abuse disorders among older adults.
   (c)  The  commissioner  may  adopt  rules and regulations necessary to
 implement the provisions of this section.
   § 2. Section 3 of chapter 568 of the laws of 2005, amending the mental
 hygiene law relating to enacting the geriatric  mental  health  act,  as
 amended  by  chapter  203  of  the  laws  of 2008, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 3. Interagency geriatric mental health and chemical dependence plan-
 ning council. (a) There shall be established  an  interagency  geriatric
 mental  health  and  chemical dependence planning council.  Such council
 shall consist of nineteen members, as follows:
   (1) the commissioner of mental health, the commissioner of  alcoholism
 and  substance abuse services, the director of the division of veterans'
 affairs and the director of the state office for the  aging,  who  shall
 serve  as the co-chairs of the council. The adjutant general shall serve
 as an ex-officio member of the council;
   (2) one member appointed by the commissioner  of  [mental  retardation
 and]  THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities to represent
 the office [of mental retardation and]  FOR  PEOPLE  WITH  developmental
 disabilities;
   (3)  one  member  appointed by the chairman of the state commission on
 quality of care and advocacy for persons with disabilities to  represent
 such commission;
   (4)  one  member  appointed by the commissioner of health to represent
 the department of health;

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   (5) one member appointed by the commissioner of education to represent
 the education department and the board of regents;
   (6)  one  member  appointed by the commissioner of children and family
 services to represent the office of  children  and  family  services  on
 issues relating to adult protective services;
   (7) one member appointed by the commissioner of temporary and disabil-
 ity  assistance  to  represent  the  office  of temporary and disability
 assistance;
   (8) four members appointed by the governor; and
   (9) two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate and
 two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly  to  represent  any
 other  organizations  which  serve  or  advocate  on  behalf  of elderly
 persons.
   (b) The members of the council shall serve at the  pleasure  of  their
 appointing authority.
   (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 address issues which include:
 community  integration,  quality  improvement,  integration  of   mental
 health, CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE, COMPULSIVE GAMBLING, HEALTH, AGING AND SUCH
 RELEVANT  services [with services to address alcoholism, drug abuse, and
 health care needs,] AS APPROPRIATE; AND  workforce  development,  family
 support and finance.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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