S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   8711
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to repeal article 6-B of the county law; and  in  relation  to  a
   9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Article 6-B of the county law, as added by a chapter of the
 laws of 2021, amending the  county  law  relating  to  a  9-8-8  suicide
 prevention  and  mental  health  crisis  hotline  system, as proposed in
 legislative bills numbers S. 6194-B and A. 7177-B, is REPEALED.
   § 2. The commissioner of the office of mental health, in  consultation
 with the commissioner and the office of addiction services and supports,
 shall  submit  a report that details the resources necessary to make the
 National Suicide Prevention  Lifeline,  otherwise  known  as  the  9-8-8
 suicide  prevention  and mental health crisis hotline system, available,
 operational, and effective across the state. Such report  shall  address
 the following:
   1.  The assurance of twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week state-
 wide coverage by National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Centers;
   2. Strategies for identifying and supporting funding streams  to  meet
 the projected increase in volume;
   3. Mechanisms relating to increasing and sustaining capacity for call,
 chat,  text  and  follow-up  at the centers including workforce capacity
 building and training;
   4. Proposed operational, clinical and performance standards, including
 identifying reporting metrics on usage, services  and  impact,  for  all
 Lifeline call centers to be reported annually;
   5.  Proposed  linguistically  and  culturally  competent care training
 standards for all Lifeline call centers;
   6. Multi-stakeholder input through a 9-8-8 Implementation Coalition;
   7. Systems to maintain local resource and referral listings,  as  well
 as assure linkages to local community crisis services;
   8.  Follow-up services for individuals who contact 9-8-8 through call,
 text, and chat based on Lifeline best practices and guidelines; and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   9. Public messaging at the state level to  distinguish  from  911  and
 educate  the  public on the range of 9-8-8 services; which shall include
 public messaging for underserved and high risk populations.
   The  report  shall be submitted on or before January twenty-first, two
 thousand twenty-two to the governor,  the  temporary  president  of  the
 senate,  the  speaker  of  the assembly, and the minority leaders of the
 senate and the assembly.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the county law relating
 to  a  9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system,
 as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.6194-B  and  A.7177-B,  takes
 effect.