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Assembly Bill A10202

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the office of mental health to convene forums and listening sessions in areas with high rates of death by suicide, suicide attempts, or other risk factors associated with suicide

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2023-A10202 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7.07, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A988

2023-A10202 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of mental health to convene statewide forums and listening sessions in areas with high rates of death by suicide, suicide attempts, or other risk factors associated with suicide, and high risk minority groups or special populations.

2023-A10202 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10202
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Davila) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in  relation  to  requiring  the
   office  of  mental  health to convene forums and listening sessions in
   areas with high rates of death by suicide, suicide attempts, or  other
   risk factors associated with suicide, and high risk minority groups or
   special populations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 7.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
   (I) THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH SHALL  CONVENE  STATEWIDE  FORUMS  AND
 LISTENING SESSIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MEETING ITS STATUTORY RESPONSIBIL-
 ITIES  AND  DUTIES PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS (G) AND (H) OF THIS SECTION.
 SUCH FORUMS AND LISTENING SESSIONS SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN  AREAS  OF  THE
 STATE  WHICH  HAVE  HIGH RATES OF DEATH BY SUICIDE, SUICIDE ATTEMPTS, OR
 OTHER RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED  WITH  SUICIDE,  AND  HIGH  RISK  MINORITY
 GROUPS  OR  SPECIAL POPULATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LATINA AND
 LATINO ADOLESCENTS, BLACK YOUTH, INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN RURAL  COMMUNI-
 TIES,  VETERANS,  MEMBERS  OF THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER
 COMMUNITY, AND ANY OTHER GROUP DEEMED HIGH RISK OR  UNDERSERVED  BY  THE
 OFFICE.  THE  OFFICE  MAY CONSULT OR WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH ANY STATE
 AGENCY, ADVOCACY GROUP, OR ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE OR CONVENE A FORUM  OR
 LISTENING  SESSION. THE OFFICE SHALL INCLUDE ITS FINDINGS AND ANY RECOM-
 MENDATIONS RESULTING FROM A FORUM OR LISTENING  SESSION  IN  ITS  REPORT
 REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (G) OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15556-01-4

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