Assembly Bill A10008

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing for certain rules and regulations to be waived in order to promulgate collaboration between mental health providers to develop programs for the benefit of the mentally ill

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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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2021-A10008 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7.15, 13.15 & 19.15, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8883
2023-2024: A1020

2021-A10008 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows for certain rules and regulations to be waived in order to promulgate collaboration between mental health providers to develop programs for the benefit of the mentally ill.

2021-A10008 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10008
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to providing waivers
   of certain rules and regulations to promulgate collaboration by mental
   health providers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 7.15 of the mental hygiene  law,
 as  amended by section 3 of part I of chapter 58 of the laws of 2005, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) The commissioner shall plan, promote, establish, develop,  coordi-
 nate, evaluate, and conduct programs and services of prevention, diagno-
 sis,   examination,   care,  treatment,  rehabilitation,  training,  and
 research for the benefit  of  the  mentally  ill.  Such  programs  shall
 include but not be limited to in-patient, out-patient, partial hospital-
 ization,  day  care,  emergency,  rehabilitative,  and other appropriate
 treatments and services PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  THAT  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN
 CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOP-
 MENTAL  DISABILITIES, SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO WAIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS
 OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,  RESPEC-
 TIVELY,  TO ADDRESS BARRIERS TO COLLABORATION BY MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS
 AND PROVIDERS OF HOME CARE SERVICES UNDER THIS SECTION, INCLUDING BARRI-
 ERS RELATED TO MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  REIMBURSEMENT,  SERVICE  PROCEDURES,
 CARE  COORDINATION  AND  DIRECT  CARE WORKER TRAINING APPLICABLE TO SUCH
 PROVIDERS, PROVIDED FURTHER THAT REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO PATIENT SAFE-
 TY MAY NOT BE WAIVED, NOR SHALL ANY REGULATIONS BE WAIVED IF SUCH WAIVER
 WOULD RISK PATIENT SAFETY.  He or she shall take all  actions  that  are
 necessary,  desirable, or proper to implement the purposes of this chap-
 ter and to carry out the purposes and objectives of the department with-
 in the amounts made available therefor by  appropriation,  grant,  gift,
 devise,  bequest,  or  allocation  from  the mental health services fund
 established under section ninety-seven-f of the state finance law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08662-01-1
 A. 10008                            2
              

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