Assembly Bill A7552

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the first responder peer support program act

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A7552 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7079
Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §7.51, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7552, S7079

2023-A7552 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the "first responder peer support program" which supplies peer-to-peer mental health programs to first responders.

2023-A7552 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7552
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental  hygiene  law,  in  relation  to  the  "First
   Responder Peer Support Program Act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as  the  "First
 Responder Peer Support Program Act".
   § 2. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 7.51 to
 read as follows:
 § 7.51 FIRST RESPONDER PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM.
   (A)  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE
 THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "THE PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN THE "FIRST RESPONDER PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM"
 ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION.
   2. "ELIGIBLE ENTITIES" SHALL MEAN AN ENTITY OR COUNTY FIRST  RESPONDER
 PEER PROGRAM WHICH SUBMITS TO THE COMMISSIONER AN APPLICATION, IN A FORM
 PRESCRIBED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER, CONTAINING SUCH INFORMATION AND ASSUR-
 ANCES AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY REQUIRE TO PROVIDE INITIAL  AND  CONTINUED
 TRAINING  IN  MENTAL  ILLNESS,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO SUICIDE
 PREVENTION, FOR FIRST RESPONDER PEER VOLUNTEERS.
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL,  SUBJECT  TO  APPROPRIATION,  ESTABLISH  A
 STATEWIDE GRANT PROGRAM TO BE KNOWN AS THE "FIRST RESPONDER PEER SUPPORT
 PROGRAM".  THE  PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE GRANTS, WITH APPROPRIATIONS THERE-
 FOR, TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF  ESTABLISHING  PEER-TO-PEER
 MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.
   (C)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH  STANDARDS  APPLICABLE TO THE
 PROGRAM. SUCH STANDARDS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE  LIMITED  TO,  INITIAL
 AND  CONTINUED TRAINING FOR FIRST RESPONDER PEER VOLUNTEERS, ADMINISTRA-
 TIVE STAFFING NEEDS, AND BEST PRACTICES FOR ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF EACH

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09287-02-3
 A. 7552                             2

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