Senate Bill S3729A

                            
 
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                                  3729--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2021
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Budget  and  Revenue  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing grants related  to
   the expansion and support of crisis intervention services and training
   programs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 6 of section 186-f of
 the tax law, paragraph (d) as amended and  paragraph  (e)  as  added  by
 section  39 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, are amended and
 a new paragraph (f) is added to read as follows:
   (d) To provide the costs of debt service for bonds and notes issued to
 finance expedited deployment  funding  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
 section three hundred thirty-three of the county law and section sixteen
 hundred eighty-nine-h of the public authorities law; [and]
   (e)  [services] SERVICES and expenses that support the [operations and
 mission of] INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM WITHIN the division  of
 homeland security and emergency services as appropriated by the legisla-
 ture[.];
   (F)  THE  SUM  OF  TEN  MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY SHALL BE USED FOR THE
 PROVISION OF GRANTS RELATED TO  THE  EXPANSION  AND  SUPPORT  OF  CRISIS
 INTERVENTION  SERVICES AND TRAINING PROGRAMS AS DEVELOPED OR APPROVED BY
 THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL  HEALTH,  IN  CONJUNCTION  WITH  THE
 DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL  JUSTICE  SERVICES  AND  THE  OFFICE OF ADDICTION
 SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, 911 DISPATCHERS  OR
 CALL  TAKERS, AND FIRST RESPONDERS, TO BE DISTRIBUTED PURSUANT TO A PLAN
 DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH IN CONJUNC-
 TION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF  THE  OFFICE  OF  ADDICTION  SERVICES  AND
 SUPPORTS,  AND  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD08039-02-1

 S. 3729--A                          2
 
 SERVICES. SUCH PLAN SHALL CONSIDER FACTORS SUCH AS POPULATION AND NUMBER
 OF STAFF ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH TRAINING. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE  OFFICE  OF
 MENTAL  HEALTH  AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
 SERVICES  SHALL  PROVIDE  A  REPORT  TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE
 ANNUALLY STATING THE PROGRESS OF THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO, INFORMATION DETAILING THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS TRAINED, THE OCCUPA-
 TIONS OF THOSE TRAINED, AND THEIR COUNTY OF EMPLOYMENT. ANY  FUNDS  USED
 FOR  PURPOSES  OUTLINED  IN THIS SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL BE APPROPRIATED FROM
 THE FUNDS PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH (A)  OF  SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF  THIS
 SECTION; AND
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.