Senate Bill S7144

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides crisis intervention team training, mental health first aid, implicit bias training and naloxone training to firefighters and emergency medical services personnel

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A7686 - 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-S7144 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7686
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §36.01, Ment Hyg L

2021-S7144 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides addiction and mental health services training, including crisis intervention team training, mental health first aid, implicit bias training and naloxone training, to firefighters and emergency medical services personnel.

2021-S7144 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7144 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7144
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 2, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to providing  crisis
   intervention  team  training,  mental  health first aid, implicit bias
   training and naloxone training to firefighters and  emergency  medical
   services personnel
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (g) of section 36.01 of the mental hygiene law,
 as added by section 3 of part AA of chapter 57 of the laws of  2021,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (g)  Within  the amounts appropriated, the commissioners shall arrange
 for appropriate training to law enforcement entities, first  responders,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
 PERSONNEL,  and any other entities deemed appropriate by the commission-
 ers, located within the catchment area of a crisis stabilization center.
 The training may include but not be limited to: (1) crisis  intervention
 team  training; (2) mental health first aid; (3) implicit bias training;
 and (4) naloxone training. Such training may be provided in an electron-
 ic format or other format as deemed appropriate  by  the  commissioners.
 The  commissioners  may contract with an organization with the knowledge
 and expertise in providing the training required under this subdivision.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as section 3 of part AA of chapter 57 of the laws of 2021, takes
 effect.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11592-01-1



              

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