Assembly Bill A1776

                            
 
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                                   1776
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2019
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 Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Mental Health
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the creation of
   an acute psychiatric bed registry
 
   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 a new section
 9.65 to read as follows:
 § 9.65 ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC BED REGISTRY.
   (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP  AND  ADMINISTER  A  WEB-BASED  ACUTE
 PSYCHIATRIC  BED REGISTRY TO COLLECT, AGGREGATE, AND DISPLAY INFORMATION
 ABOUT AVAILABLE ACUTE BEDS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE  INPATIENT  PSYCHIATRIC
 FACILITIES AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL CRISIS STABILIZATION UNITS
 TO  FACILITATE  THE IDENTIFICATION AND DESIGNATION OF FACILITIES FOR THE
 TEMPORARY DETENTION AND TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MEET  THE  CRITERIA
 FOR TEMPORARY DETENTION PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
   (B) THE ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC BED REGISTRY CREATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL:
   1.  INCLUDE DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION FOR EVERY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INPA-
 TIENT PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY AND EVERY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE CRISIS STABILIZA-
 TION UNIT IN THE STATE, INCLUDING CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE FACILITY;
   2. PROVIDE REAL-TIME INFORMATION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF BEDS AVAILABLE AT
 EACH FACILITY AND, FOR EACH AVAILABLE BED, THE TYPE OF PATIENT THAT  MAY
 BE  ADMITTED,  THE LEVEL OF SECURITY PROVIDED, AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION
 THAT MAY BE NECESSARY TO  ALLOW  EMPLOYEES  OR  DESIGNEES  OF  COMMUNITY
 SERVICES  BOARDS  AND  EMPLOYEES  OF  PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES TO IDENTIFY
 APPROPRIATE FACILITIES FOR DETENTION AND TREATMENT  OF  INDIVIDUALS  WHO
 MEET THE CRITERIA FOR TEMPORARY DETENTION PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE; AND
   3.  ALLOW  EMPLOYEES  AND  DESIGNEES  OF COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARDS AND
 EMPLOYEES OF PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES TO PERFORM SEARCHES OF THE  REGISTRY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04491-01-9
              

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 TO  IDENTIFY  AVAILABLE  BEDS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE DETENTION AND
 TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MEET THE CRITERIA FOR TEMPORARY DETENTION.
   (C)  EVERY STATE FACILITY, COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
 AUTHORITY, AND PRIVATE PROVIDER LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PARTIC-
 IPATE IN THE ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC  BED  REGISTRY  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  THIS  SECTION AND SHALL DESIGNATE AN INDIVIDUAL TO
 SUBMIT INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN THE ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC  BED  REGISTRY
 AND  SERVE AS A POINT OF CONTACT FOR ADDRESSING REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION
 RELATED TO DATA REPORTED TO THE ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC BED REGISTRY. INFORMA-
 TION REPORTED TO THE ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC BED REGISTRY SHALL BE UPDATED  AT
 LEAST DAILY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.