Senate Bill S7804

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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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A8728 - Signed by Governor

  • 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-S7804 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8728
Law Section:
Veterans
Laws Affected:
Amd §2, Chap of 2021 (as proposed in S.1788-A & A.5836-A)

2021-S7804 (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-S7804 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7804 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7804
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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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