NY State Senate Bill 2019-S992

Senate Bill S992

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to services for individuals with traumatic brain injuries sustained after age twenty-one in rural areas

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Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken

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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 19, 2019	recommit, enacting clause stricken
Feb 27, 2019	reported and committed to finance
Jan 10, 2019	referred to health

Votes

- Feb 27, 2019 - Health Committee Vote
  S992
  
  14
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Health Committee Vote: Feb 27, 2019
      
      aye (14)
      
      Antonacci
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Carlucci
      
      Gallivan
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Salazar
      
      Stavisky
      
      excused (1)
      
      Little

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2019-S992 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2745, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S6655
2017-2018: S517

2019-S992 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to services for individuals with traumatic brain injuries sustained after age twenty-one in rural areas.

2019-S992 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S992

SPONSOR: YOUNG
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the services for
individuals with traumatic brain injuries in rural areas

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To authorize the participant in and payment for programs that provide
essential services to individuals over the age of twenty-one with trau-
matic brain injury, in areas with limited traumatic brain injury service
capacity.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one allows individuals over the age of twenty-one to be inte-
grated into programs where there is lack of service capacity.  These
services include, but are not limited to, medical, housing, vocational,
educational, transportation, social, personal care, family support, day

program, community re-entry, outpatient rehabilitation, and habili-
tation. Funding will be provided by the department of health medicaid
resources.

Section two provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In several regions in the state, there is limited service capacity to
support individuals with traumatic brain injuries to enable them to
integrate back into society. These individuals deserve access to support
services, even if they live in underserved areas. Many are currently
prevented from utilizing existing services that are provided by similar
programs for individuals whose injuries occurred before the age of twen-
ty-one. This legislation would provide authority for programs serving
developmentally disabled individuals to provide services to individuals
with traumatic brain injuries in limited circumstances when there is
limited service capacity and provided the programming is appropriate.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018: S.517 Committed to Rules
2017: S.517 Passed Senate
2016: S.6655/A.9146 Passed Senate

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Will take effect on the ninetieth day after it is signed.

2019-S992 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    992
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  YOUNG, RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the  services  for
   individuals with traumatic brain injuries in rural areas
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 2745 to read as follows:
   §  2745.  COUNTIES  WITH LIMITED SERVICE CAPACITY. 1.  NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, THE  COMMISSIONER  AND  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES SHALL ENTER INTO A COOPER-
 ATIVE AGREEMENT TO ALLOW THE INTEGRATION OF INDIVIDUALS  WITH  TRAUMATIC
 BRAIN  INJURY  SUSTAINED  AFTER  AGE  TWENTY-ONE INTO PROGRAMS CERTIFIED
 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SIXTEEN OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW IN COUNTIES  WHERE
 THERE  IS  A LACK OF APPROPRIATE SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH TRAUMATIC
 BRAIN INJURY.
   2. SERVICES AVAILABLE  TO  INDIVIDUALS  WITH  TRAUMATIC  BRAIN  INJURY
 SUSTAINED  AFTER  AGE TWENTY-ONE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE,
 BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, MEDICAL, HOUSING, VOCATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, TRANS-
 PORTATION, SOCIAL, PERSONAL CARE, FAMILY SUPPORT, DAY PROGRAM, COMMUNITY
 RE-ENTRY, OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION, HABILITATION  AND  OTHER  ESSENTIAL
 SERVICES.
   3.  FUNDING FOR SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE PROVIDED
 BY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MEDICAID RESOURCES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
 addition and/or repeal of any  rule  or  regulation  necessary  for  the
 implementation  of  this  act  on  its effective date are authorized and
 directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03084-01-9

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