NY State Assembly Bill 2019-A3193A

Assembly Bill A3193A

Signed By Governor

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Renames and broadens the geriatric service demonstration program to include older adults with mental health disabilities and substance use disorder

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S4925 - Signed by Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Oct 03, 2019	signed chap.328
Oct 01, 2019	delivered to governor
May 30, 2019	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.397 substituted for a3193a
May 30, 2019	substituted by s4925a
May 23, 2019	advanced to third reading cal.397
May 21, 2019	reported
May 14, 2019	reported referred to ways and means
May 01, 2019	print number 3193a
May 01, 2019	amend (t) and recommit to aging
Jan 28, 2019	referred to aging

Votes

- May 21, 2019 - Floor Vote
  S4925
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 21, 2019
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Antonacci
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      excused (1)
      
      Funke
  Apr 30, 2019 - Committee Vote
  S4925
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Committee Vote: Apr 30, 2019
      
      aye (6)
      
      Amedore
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Kaplan
      
      Rivera
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Ortt

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2019-A3193 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S4925
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: A1843, S2207
2011-2012: A265, S308
2013-2014: A427, S299
2015-2016: A1234, S256
2017-2018: A3861, S4910, S7229

2019-A3193 - Summary

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

2019-A3193 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3193
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. DINOWITZ, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
   A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Aging
 
 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, subdivision (a) as amended by chapter 305 of
 the laws of 2018, 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 DEPENDANCE 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 DEPENDANCE, AND COMPULSIVE GAMBLING ORGANIZATIONS.  The
 office  is  also  authorized, under the demonstration program, to foster
 and support  collaboration  between  providers  of  home  care  services
 licensed  or certified under article thirty-six of the public health law
 and mental health providers for the integration  of  health  and  mental
 health  care,  and  for all other enumerated goals of this section. 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-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03960-01-9

 A. 3193                             2
 
 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;
   (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;

 A. 3193                             3
 
   (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;
   (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.

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2019-A3193A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S4925
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: A1843, S2207
2011-2012: A265, S308
2013-2014: A427, S299
2015-2016: A1234, S256
2017-2018: A3861, S4910, S7229

2019-A3193A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-A3193A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3193--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. DINOWITZ, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
   A. PERRY -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Aging  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 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,  substance
   use  disorder  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, subdivision (a) as amended by chapter 305 of
 the laws of 2018, 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,  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER  SERVICES,  COMPULSIVE
 GAMBLING SERVICES, OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF, to the elderly, INCLUDING
 ORGANIZATIONS  THAT  PROVIDE HEALTH AND AGING SERVICES AS WELL AS MENTAL
 HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, AND COMPULSIVE  GAMBLING  ORGANIZATIONS.
 The  office  is  also  authorized,  under  the demonstration program, to
 foster and support collaboration between providers of home care services
 licensed or certified under article thirty-six of the public health  law
 and  mental  health  providers  for the integration of health and mental
 health care, and for all other enumerated goals of  this  section.  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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03960-02-9

 A. 3193--A                          2
 
   (b)  Grants may be awarded by the office to providers of care to older
 adults with mental  disabilities,  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER,  COMPULSIVE
 GAMBLING, 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 SUBSTANCE USE  DISOR-
 DER  OR  COMPULSIVE  GAMBLING to age SAFELY in the community and prevent
 the unnecessary use of institutional care;
   (2) Improved quality of treatment. Programs  for  older  adults  which
 improve  the  quality  of  mental health care, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER 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],  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER,  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 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER OR  COMPUL-
 SIVE GAMBLING; and
   (9) Staff training. Programs which offer on-going training initiatives
 including  improved  clinical and cultural skills, evidence based geria-
 tric mental health,  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER  AND  COMPULSIVE  GAMBLING
 TREATMENT  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] SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER  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

 A. 3193--A                          3
 
 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;
   (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]  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER  needs.  Such  recommendations may
 address issues which include: community  integration,  quality  improve-
 ment,  integration  of mental health, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, 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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DINOWITZ

Archive: Last Bill Status Via S4925 - Signed by Governor

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

Ellen C. Jaffee

multi-Sponsors

N. Nick Perry

2019-A3193 - Details

2019-A3193 - Summary

2019-A3193 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Ellen C. Jaffee

multi-Sponsors

N. Nick Perry

2019-A3193A (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-A3193A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-A3193A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments