NY State Senate Bill 2019-S4925

Senate Bill S4925

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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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 21, 2019	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate
May 14, 2019	amended on third reading (t) 4925a
May 06, 2019	advanced to third reading
May 01, 2019	2nd report cal.
Apr 30, 2019	1st report cal.512
Mar 29, 2019	referred to mental health and developmental disabilities

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

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co-Sponsors

2019-S4925 - Details

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: S2207
2011-2012: S308
2013-2014: S299
2015-2016: S256
2017-2018: S4910, S7229

2019-S4925 - 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-S4925 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4925

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the mental hygiene law and chapter 568
of the laws of 2005, amending the mental hygiene law relating to enact-
ing the geriatric mental health act, in relation to mental health care,
chemical dependence and compulsive gambling services for the elderly
under the geriatric service demonstration program

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To amend the existing geriatric mental health act to expand the advisory
scope of the interagency geriatric mental health planning council to
include issues of substance abuse, chemical dependence, and compulsive
gambling.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends the Mental Hygiene Law, section 7.41. Requires the
consideration of chemical dependence and compulsive gambling services
for mental health programs directed to seniors.

Section 2. Amends the Mental Hygiene Law, section 3 of chapter 568 of
the laws of 2005, as amended by chapter 203 of the laws of 2008, amend-
ing the geriatric mental health act. Expands the advisory scope of the
geriatric mental health planning council to include chemical dependence,
compulsive gambling, health, aging and other services as appropriate,
and workforce development. Provides that such Council shall consist of
nineteen members and shall include the Commissioner of the Office of
Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Service s, the Director of the Division
of Veterans Affairs and the Director of the State Office for the Aging
who shall serve as co-chairs.  The Adjutant General shall serve as an
ex-officio member of the Council. Specifies the manner in which appoint-
ments to the Council shall be made.

Section 3. Effective Date

 
EXISTING LAW:

Title B, Article 7, Section 7.41 of the Mental Hygiene Law establishes
the Geriatric Service Demonstration Program. This bill expands the scope
of the Geriatric Service Demonstration Program by including chemical
dependence and compulsive gambling.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

It is estimated that 17'E of seniors suffer from alcoholism or some
other form of chemical dependence. Compulsive gambling is also a growing
problem. As our senior population is expected to increase over the next
15 years, we must act proactively to develop programs and strategies to
meet the expected needs of our seniors. This legislation is unlike
previous attempts to provide services for seniors because it does not
create a new bureaucracy to investigate best practices for senior chemi-
cal dependence and compulsive gambling services. It simply expands an
existing planning council to address these issues among the elderly in
New York State.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18: S7229 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILI-
TIES
2016: S.256 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE/A.1234 - passed assembly
2015: S.256 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE/A.1234 - passed assembly
2014: S.299A - Reported and Committed to Finance/A.427A - Passed Assem-
bly
2013: 5.299-Reported and Committed to Finance/A.427- Referred to Aging
2012: S.308 - Notice of Committee Consideration Requested, Committee
Discharged, Committed to Rules/A.265 - Passed Assembly
2011: S.308 - Reported and Committed to Finance/A.265 Reported, Referred
to Rules
2009-10: S.2207 - Reported and Committed to Finance/A.1843 - Reported
Referred to Ways and Means
2008: S.6817/A.9846 - Passed Both Houses, Veto Memo 14

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S4925 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4925
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and
   Developmental Disabilities
 
 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

 S. 4925                             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;

 S. 4925                             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

2019-S4925A (ACTIVE) - Details

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: S2207
2011-2012: S308
2013-2014: S299
2015-2016: S256
2017-2018: S4910, S7229

2019-S4925A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S4925A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4925A

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the mental hygiene law and chapter 568
of the laws of 2005, amending the mental hygiene law relating to enact-
ing the geriatric 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

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To amend the existing geriatric mental health act to expand the advisory
scope of the interagency geriatric mental health planning council to
include issues of substance abuse, chemical dependence, and compulsive
gambling.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends the Mental Hygiene Law, section 7.41. Requires the
consideration of chemical dependence and compulsive gambling services
for mental health programs directed to seniors.

Section 2. Amends the Mental Hygiene Law, section 3 of chapter 568 of
the laws of 2005, as amended by chapter 203 of the laws of 2008, amend-
ing the geriatric mental health act. Expands the advisory scope of the
geriatric mental health planning council to include chemical dependence,
compulsive gambling, health, aging and other services as appropriate,
and workforce development. Provides that such Council shall consist of
nineteen members and shall include the Commissioner of the Office 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 co-chairs.  The Adjutant General shall serve as an ex-of-
ficio member of the Council. Specifies the manner in which appointments
to the Council shall be made.

Section 3. Effective Date

 
EXISTING LAW:

Title B, Article 7, Section 7.41 of the Mental Hygiene Law establishes
the Geriatric Service Demonstration Program. This bill expands the scope
of the Geriatric Service Demonstration Program by including chemical
dependence and compulsive gambling.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

It is estimated that 17'E of seniors suffer from alcoholism or some
other form of chemical dependence. Compulsive gambling is also a growing
problem. As our senior population is expected to increase over the next
15 years, we must act proactively to develop programs and strategies to
meet the expected needs of our seniors. This legislation is unlike
previous attempts to provide services for seniors because it does not
create a new bureaucracy to investigate best practices for senior chemi-
cal dependence and compulsive gambling services. It simply expands an
existing planning council to address these issues among the elderly in
New York State.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18: S7229 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILI-
TIES
2016: S.256 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE/A.1234 - passed assembly
2015: S.256 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE/A.1234 - passed assembly
2014: S.299A - Reported and Committed to Finance/A.427A - Passed Assem-
bly
2013: S.299-Reported and Committed to Finance/A.427- Referred to Aging

2012: S.308 - Notice of Committee Consideration Requested, Committee
Discharged, Committed to Rules/A.265 - Passed Assembly
2011: 5.308 - Reported and Committed to Finance/A.265 Reported, Referred
to Rules
2009-10: S.2207 - Reported and Committed to Finance/A.1843 - Reported
Referred to Ways and Means
2008: S.6817/A.9846 - Passed Both Houses, Veto Memo 14

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S4925A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4925--A
     Cal. No. 512
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and
   Developmental  Disabilities -- reported favorably from said committee,
   ordered to first and  second  report,  ordered  to  a  third  reading,
   amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of
   third reading
 
 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD03960-03-9

 S. 4925--A                          2
 
 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,  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;

 S. 4925--A                          3
 
   (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;
   (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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Senate Bill S4925

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Sponsored By

Kevin S. Parker

Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

Luis R. Sepúlveda

2019-S4925 - Details

2019-S4925 - Summary

2019-S4925 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4925 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

David Carlucci

Luis R. Sepúlveda

2019-S4925A (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S4925A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S4925A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4925A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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