NY State Assembly Bill A9085

Archive: Last Bill Status Via S7752 - Vetoed by Governor

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Vetoed by Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 23, 2022	vetoed memo.80
Nov 22, 2022	delivered to governor
Jun 02, 2022	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.616 substituted for a9085
Jun 02, 2022	substituted by s7752 rules report cal.616 reported reported referred to rules
Mar 08, 2022	reported referred to ways and means
Jan 31, 2022	referred to mental health

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Mar 23, 2022 - floor Vote

S7752

floor

Aye

Nay

Absent

Excused

Abstained

Feb 16, 2022 - Mental Health committee Vote

S7752

committee

Aye

Nay

Aye with Reservations

Absent

Excused

Abstained

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A9085 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S7752
Law Section:: Mental Hygiene
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: A2944, S2359

A9085 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of mental health to establish a maternal mental health workgroup to study and issue recommendations related to maternal mental health and perinatal and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders; identifies underrepresented and vulnerable populations and risk factors in the state for maternal mental health disorders that may occur during pregnancy and through the first postpartum year.

A9085 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9085
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT directing the commissioner of mental health to establish a mater-
   nal mental health workgroup to study and issue recommendations related
   to maternal mental health and perinatal and postpartum mood and anxie-
   ty disorders; and providing for the  repeal  of  such  provision  upon
   expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The commissioner of mental health shall establish a  mater-
 nal  mental  health workgroup (referred to in this section as the "work-
 group") within the office of mental health. The workgroup shall  consist
 of,  at  the  minimum,  the commissioner of mental health or his, her or
 their designee, the commissioner of the office of  children  and  family
 services  or his, her or their designee; the commissioner of the depart-
 ment of health or his,  her  or  their  designee;  representatives  from
 statewide  mental  health  organizations;  representatives from maternal
 health care provider organizations;  representatives  from  health  care
 provider organizations; representatives from the health insurance indus-
 try;  and any additional stakeholders that the commissioners deem neces-
 sary. At least one-third of  the  members  shall  be  from  historically
 underrepresented communities that are disproportionately impacted by the
 underdiagnoses of maternal mental health disorders.
   §  2.  Workgroup  members  shall  receive  no  compensation  for their
 services as members of the workgroup, but shall be reimbursed for  their
 actual  expenses incurred in the performance of their duties on the work
 group.   Reimbursement shall  allow  for  historically  underrepresented
 communities  to participate wholly in the performance of their duties on
 the workgroup by providing, if necessary, reimbursements for  reasonable
 expenses  incurred  that  may include, but not be limited to, childcare,
 travel, meals and lodging.
   § 3. It shall be the duty of the workgroup to study and  issue  recom-
 mendations  related to maternal mental health and perinatal and postpar-
 tum mood and anxiety disorders. The workgroup shall:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD14145-03-2
 A. 9085                             2
 
   a. identify  underrepresented  and  vulnerable  populations  and  risk
 factors in the state for maternal mental health disorders that may occur
 during pregnancy and through the first postpartum year;
   b.  identify and recommend effective, culturally competent, and acces-
 sible prevention screening and identification and treatment  strategies,
 including  public  education and workplace awareness, provider education
 and training, and social support services;
   c. identify successful postpartum mental health initiatives  in  other
 states  and  recommend  programs, tools, strategies, and funding sources
 that are needed to implement similar initiatives in the state;
   d. identify and recommend evidence-based  practices  for  health  care
 providers and public health systems;
   e. identify and recommend private and public funding models;
   f.  make  recommendations  on legislation, policy initiatives, funding
 requirements and budgetary priorities to address maternal mental  health
 needs in the state;
   g. any other relevant issues identified by the workgroup; and
   h.  submit  a final report containing all findings and recommendations
 to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the  speaker  of
 the assembly, the commissioner of mental health, the commissioner of the
 office  of children and family services, the commissioner of the depart-
 ment of health, the minority leader of the senate and the minority lead-
 er of the assembly on or before December 31, 2022.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire two years
 after such effective date when upon such date the provisions of this act
 shall be deemed repealed.

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S7752 - Vetoed by Governor

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Votes

Mar 23, 2022 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Mar 23, 2022

Feb 16, 2022 - Mental Health committee Vote

Committee Vote: Feb 16, 2022

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A9085 (ACTIVE) - Details

A9085 (ACTIVE) - Summary

A9085 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Mar 23, 2022 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Mar 23, 2022

Feb 16, 2022 - Mental Health committee Vote

Committee Vote: Feb 16, 2022

Co-Sponsors

Steven Englebright

Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas

Richard Gottfried

Anna Kelles

Jo Anne Simon

Chantel Jackson

Mathylde Frontus

Deborah Glick

Marcela Mitaynes

Judy Griffin

A9085 (ACTIVE) - Details

A9085 (ACTIVE) - Summary

A9085 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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