Assembly Bill A8728

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the members of the veterans' mental health and suicide prevention task force

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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-A8728 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7804
Law Section:
Veterans
Laws Affected:
Amd §2, Chap of 2021 (as proposed in S.1788-A & A.5836-A)

2021-A8728 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds four members to the veterans' mental health and suicide prevention task force including the commissioner of the office of mental health, the director of veterans' services, the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, and the commissioner of health, or their designees.

2021-A8728 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8728
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  a chapter of the laws of 2021 relating to creating a
   veterans' suicide prevention temporary  task  force,  as  proposed  in
   legislative  bills numbers S. 1788-A and A. 5836-A, in relation to the
   members of such task force

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions (a) and (b) of section 2 of a chapter of the
 laws of 2021 relating to creating a veterans' suicide prevention  tempo-
 rary  task force, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 1788-A and
 A. 5836-A, are amended to read as follows:
   (a) There is hereby created the veterans' temporary suicide prevention
 task force to examine, evaluate and  determine  how  to  improve  mental
 health  and  suicide  prevention  for our veterans, consisting of [nine]
 THIRTEEN members, each to serve until May first,  two  thousand  twenty-
 three.
   (b)(1)  Such  members  SHALL INCLUDE THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF
 MENTAL HEALTH, THE DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES, THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
 THE  OFFICE  OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, AND THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF HEALTH, OR THEIR DESIGNEES, AND THE REMAINDER OF  THE  MEMBERS
 shall  be  appointed as follows: three members shall be appointed by the
 governor; two members shall be appointed by the temporary  president  of
 the  senate; one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the
 senate; two members shall be appointed by the speaker of  the  assembly;
 and  one  member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assem-
 bly. Appointments shall be made within sixty days of the effective  date
 of  this  act.  Vacancies in the temporary task force shall be filled in
 the manner provided for original appointments.
   (2) All appointees shall  have  expertise  in  fields  or  disciplines
 related  to  mental  health and at least three members shall have worked
 with members of the military or veterans  community  on  a  professional
 basis. All appointments shall be coordinated to ensure geographic repre-
 sentation from the entire state.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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