NY State Senate Bill 2019-S7049

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2019-S7049 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Law Section:: Mental Hygiene

2019-S7049 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an ADHD suicide prevention task force to examine, evaluate and determine how to improve mental health and prevent suicide among New York residents aged 3 through 18 who are impacted by attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; provides for the number of members, manner of appointment and the topics to be reviewed.

2019-S7049 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7049

SPONSOR: CARLUCCI
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to establish a task force to create an approach to address and
prevent suicide in the ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
youth population; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation will create a task force to examine, evaluate and
determine how to improve mental health and prevent suicide among New
York residents aged 3 through 18 who are impacted by ADHD.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 establishes the ADHD Suicide Prevention Task Force (ASPT) to
examine, evaluate, and determine how to improve mental health and
prevent suicide among New York's resident young people. ASPT will

consist of nine members, each serving until two years after the effec-
tive date of this Act.

Such members shall be appointed as follows: one member shall be
appointed by the Governor; one member shall be appointed by the Tempo-
rary President and Majority Leader of the Senate; one member shall be
appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; one member shall be
appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly; one member shall be appointed
by the Minority Leader of the Assembly; one member shall be appointed by
the Chairperson of Senate Committee on Mental Health; one member shall
be appointed by the Chair of the Assembly's Standing Committee on Mental
Health; two members shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Health.

Appointments shall be made within sixty days of the effective date of
this Act. Vacancies on the Task Force shall be filled in the same manner
provided for by original appointments.

All appointees shall have expertise in fields or disciplines related to
mental health ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and have
knowledge related to comorbidities impacting individuals with ADHD.

All appointments shall be coordinated to ensure geographic represen-
tation from the entire state. The Task Force shall be chaired by the
governor's appointee. The Task Force shall elect a vice-chair and other
necessary officers from among its appointed members.

Section 2 of the bill provides for an effective date for commencement of
the Task Force; it shall enter into effect on the sixtieth day after it
shall have become a law and shall expire two (2) years after such effec-
tive date when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed
repealed.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According to the Centers for Disease Control, 11% of American children
have ADHD, irrespective of race, gender, ethnicity, educational achieve-
ment or any socioeconomic stratification.

ADHD does not reflect intelligence, it impacts sufferers' ability to
attend and diminishes one's ability to focus. A subset of ADHD, Execu-
tive Function Disorder, is an inability to effectively plan, organize,
and coordinate one's affairs.

ADHD is rarely seen on its own; it is usually accompanied by comorbid
factors. Learning challenges and anxiety often complement ADHD, and must
be addressed in synchrony with ADHD to truly help those who are affected
with these disabilities.

There is a strong positive association between ADHD and suicide among
all genders and age groups (World Journal of Psychiatry, 2017;' Surczyk
et al; (20)).Suicidal attempts and completions among children and young
adults with ADHD are 1.5 to two times higher than control populations
(Impey et al (19)), especially in cases of delinquency and substance
misuse.

Joel Nigg in the Clinical Psychology Review,
doi:10.1016/i.cpr.2012.11.005 wrote that "The documented percentage that
suicide is the second leading cause of death in children ages 10-18, and
young adults. Accidental injury is number one. All of this is relevant
because children with ADHD have a 3-fold risk of serious, life threaten-
ing accidental injury, and when depression, ADHD and substance abuse are
combined, suicide risk can be increased by 10 Fold."

Skills and strategies must be focused on both individuals with ADHD and
their family. ADHD has a significant genetic component, and treating
families holistically is the best way to prevent ADHD from manifesting
in multi-generational problems like incarcerations and suicides.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Investment in a Task Force mandated with creating a strategy for the
identification, support, and coaching of youth with ADHD will save New
York State millions in expenses the state would otherwise incur.

Currently, untreated ADHD costs the State of New York untold billions of
dollars each year in the areas of criminal justice, corrections and
prisons, education, and emergency care.

This economic drain on public coffers is preventable; in the last analy-
sis, investment in strategic aid for young people who suffer from ADHD
will save New York State more than spent on the current system of miti-
gation.

Investing a Task Force to create strategies for coaching the one in
eleven of New York's young people who suffer from ADHD will be more than
cost-neutral. It will provide young people with ADHD the opportunity to
become active, productive, and contributing members of society; it will
save the State of New York significant amounts of money that would have
been spent on mitigation, incarceration and emergencies; and most impor-
tant, it will prevent thousands of people with ADHD from committing
suicide.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill shall take into effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law and shall expire 2 years after such effective date when
upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.

2019-S7049 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7049
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
   mental Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to establish a task force to create an approach  to  address  and
   prevent suicide in the ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
   youth population; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
   expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. ADHD suicide prevention task force.  (a)  There  is  hereby
 created the ADHD suicide prevention task force (ASPT) to examine, evalu-
 ate  and  determine  how to improve mental health and suicide prevention
 for New York residents aged  3  though  18  years,  consisting  of  nine
 members,  each to serve until two years after the effective date of this
 act.
   (b)(1) Such members shall be appointed as follows: one member shall be
 appointed by the governor; one member shall be appointed by  the  tempo-
 rary  president  of  the  senate;  one  member shall be appointed by the
 minority leader of the senate; one member  shall  be  appointed  by  the
 speaker  of  the assembly; one member shall be appointed by the minority
 leader of the assembly; one member shall be appointed by  the  chair  of
 the  senate committee on mental health; one member shall be appointed by
 the chair of the assembly standing committee on mental health;  and  two
 members  shall  be  appointed  by  the  commissioner  of  mental health.
 Appointments shall be made within sixty days of the  effective  date  of
 this act. Vacancies in the task force shall be filled in the same manner
 provided for original appointments.
   (2)  All  appointees  shall  have  expertise  in fields or disciplines
 related to mental health ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity  Disorder
 and  have  knowledge related to comorbidities impacting individuals with
 ADHD. All appointments shall be coordinated to ensure geographic  repre-
 sentation from the entire state.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14521-01-9

 S. 7049                             2
 
   (3)  The  task force shall be chaired by the governor's appointee. The
 task force shall elect a vice-chair by majority vote and other necessary
 officers from among all appointed members.
   (4)  The  task  force shall meet at least quarterly at the call of the
 chair. Meetings may be held via teleconference. Special meetings may  be
 called  by  the chair at the request of a majority of the members of the
 task force.
   (5) Members of the task force shall receive no compensation for  their
 services  but  shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in
 the performance of their duties in the work of the task force.
   (c) The task force shall:
   (1) study current  mental  health  practices  and  suicide  prevention
 efforts for youths aged 3 through 18 years;
   (2)  recommend  mental health practices and suicide prevention efforts
 for such age group to increase effectiveness across the state; and
   (3) determine potential reasons for the high number of youth suicides.
   (d) The task force may  establish  advisory  committees  as  it  deems
 appropriate  on  matters  relating to the task force's functions, powers
 and duties. Such committees shall be chaired by a task force member, but
 may be composed of task force  members  as  well  as  other  individuals
 selected  by the task force to provide expertise of interest specific to
 the charge of such committees.
   (e) The task force may, as it deems appropriate, request that studies,
 surveys and analyses relating to the task force's powers and  duties  be
 performed by any state department, commission, agency or public authori-
 ty.  All  state departments, commissions, agencies or public authorities
 shall provide information and advice in a timely  manner  and  otherwise
 assist  the  task force with its work; provided however, any information
 or records otherwise confidential  and  privileged  in  accordance  with
 state  or  federal  law  that are provided to the task force pursuant to
 this subdivision shall remain confidential as provided by such state  or
 federal  law and provided, further, that reports of the task force shall
 not identify the name  or  related  identifying  information  concerning
 individual persons who are deceased as a result of suicide.
   (f)  The task force shall provide a preliminary report to the governor
 and the legislature of its findings,  conclusions,  recommendations  and
 activities already undertaken by the task force, not later than thirteen
 months  after  the effective date of this act, and a final report of its
 findings, conclusions, recommendations and activities already undertaken
 by the task force, not later than twenty-two months after the  effective
 date of this act and shall submit with its reports legislative proposals
 as it deems necessary to implement its recommendations.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law and shall expire 2 years  after  such  effective  date
 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.

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Senate Bill S7049

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee

2019-S7049 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S7049 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S7049 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7049 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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David Carlucci

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee

2019-S7049 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S7049 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S7049 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7049 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments