Senate Bill S4126A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a crisis intervention team program

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  • 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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Bill Amendments

2019-S4126 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§7.49, 7.51 & 7.53, amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L; add §99-gg, St Fin L; add §209-h, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6844
2021-2022: S4679
2023-2024: S5857

2019-S4126 - Summary

Relates to establishing a crisis intervention team training demonstration program; establishes a crisis intervention team training program advisory committee and crisis intervention team training fund.

2019-S4126 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4126 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4126
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
   mental Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, the state finance  law  and  the
   general  municipal  law,  in  relation to establishing a crisis inter-
   vention team program

   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 three new
 sections 7.49, 7.51 and 7.53 to read as follows:
 § 7.49 CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM.
   (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAIN-
 ING DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IN ANY CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION
 OR MORE FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  ASSISTING  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  OFFICERS  IN
 RESPONDING  TO  CRISIS  SITUATIONS INVOLVING PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
 AND/OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS.
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH WITHIN THE OFFICE THE POSITION OF
 CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM COORDINATOR WHO WILL SERVE  AT
 THE  PLEASURE  OF  THE COMMISSIONER AND WHO SHALL WORK WITH THE NEW YORK
 POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN THE STATE THAT
 REQUESTS ASSISTANCE TO COORDINATE THE PROVISION OF  CRISIS  INTERVENTION
 TEAM  TRAINING  TO  ITS  FIRST  RESPONDERS  AS  A  PART OF A SPECIALIZED
 RESPONSE TEAM OR AS PART OF THE TRAINING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.
   (C) THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM COORDINATOR SHALL:
   (I) WORK WITH COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS,  COORDINATE  ACTIV-
 ITIES  AND  PROMOTE  COOPERATION  AND  COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE OFFICE,
 OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN-
 CIES, DISABILITY SERVICE PROVIDERS AND PEOPLE WITH PSYCHIATRIC OR  OTHER
 DISABILITIES  AND  THEIR  FAMILIES  TO  PROVIDE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM
 TRAINING;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04283-03-9
              

2019-S4126A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§7.49, 7.51 & 7.53, amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L; add §99-gg, St Fin L; add §209-h, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6844
2021-2022: S4679
2023-2024: S5857

2019-S4126A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing a crisis intervention team training demonstration program; establishes a crisis intervention team training program advisory committee and crisis intervention team training fund.

2019-S4126A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4126A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4126--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
   mental Disabilities -- recommitted to the Committee on  Mental  Health
   and  Developmental Disabilities in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec.
   8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the mental hygiene law, the state finance law and the
   general municipal law, in relation to  establishing  a  crisis  inter-
   vention team program
 
   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  three  new
 sections 7.49, 7.51 and 7.53 to read as follows:
 § 7.49 CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM.
   (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAIN-
 ING  DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT
 OFFICERS IN RESPONDING  TO  CRISIS  SITUATIONS  INVOLVING  PERSONS  WITH
 MENTAL ILLNESS AND/OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS.
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH WITHIN THE OFFICE THE POSITION OF
 CRISIS  INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM COORDINATOR WHO WILL SERVE AT
 THE PLEASURE OF THE COMMISSIONER AND WHO SHALL WORK WITH  THE  NEW  YORK
 POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN THE STATE THAT
 REQUESTS  ASSISTANCE  TO COORDINATE THE PROVISION OF CRISIS INTERVENTION
 TEAM TRAINING TO ITS  FIRST  RESPONDERS  AS  A  PART  OF  A  SPECIALIZED
 RESPONSE TEAM OR AS PART OF THE TRAINING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.
   (C) THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM COORDINATOR SHALL:
   (I)  WORK  WITH COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS, COORDINATE ACTIV-
 ITIES AND PROMOTE COOPERATION  AND  COLLABORATION  BETWEEN  THE  OFFICE,
 OFFICE  OF  ADDICTION  SERVICES  AND SUPPORTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES,
 DISABILITY SERVICE PROVIDERS AND PEOPLE WITH PSYCHIATRIC OR OTHER  DISA-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04283-04-0
              

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