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Assembly Bill A8016A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to members of a mobile crisis team

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2023-A8016 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §36.03, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A4274

2023-A8016 - Summary

Provides that members of a mobile crisis team shall include any combination of behavioral health professionals, certified peer specialists, certified recovery peer advocates, credentialed family peer advocates, and credentialed youth peer advocates.

2023-A8016 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8016
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation  to  requiring  that
   mobile  crisis  teams  include  certified  peer specialists with lived
   experience with emotional and behavioral crisis situations

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  11  of subdivision (a) of section 36.03 of the
 mental hygiene law, as added by section 2 of part EE of  chapter  57  of
 the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (11)  "Mobile  crisis  teams"  means  a  team  licensed, certified, or
 authorized by the office of mental health and the  office  of  addiction
 services  and  supports  to  provide  community-based  mental  health or
 substance use disorder interventions for individuals who are  experienc-
 ing  a  mental  health  or  substance  use disorder crisis. Members of a
 mobile crisis team SHALL INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE CERTIFIED PEER  SPECIALIST
 WITH  LIVED  EXPERIENCE WITH EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL CRISIS SITUATIONS.
 MEMBERS OF A MOBILE CRISIS TEAM may include,  but  not  be  limited  to:
 behavioral  health  professionals,  certified  peer  specialists WITHOUT
 LIVED EXPERIENCE WITH EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL CRISIS SITUATIONS, certi-
 fied recovery peer advocates, credentialed family  peer  advocates,  and
 credentialed youth peer advocates.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13096-01-3

co-Sponsors

2023-A8016A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §36.03, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A4274

2023-A8016A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that members of a mobile crisis team shall include any combination of behavioral health professionals, certified peer specialists, certified recovery peer advocates, credentialed family peer advocates, and credentialed youth peer advocates.

2023-A8016A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8016--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Mental Health -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Mental
   Health  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in  relation  to  members  of  a
   mobile crisis team
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 11 of subdivision (a) of  section  36.03  of  the
 mental  hygiene  law,  as added by section 2 of part EE of chapter 57 of
 the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (11) "Mobile crisis  teams"  means  a  team  licensed,  certified,  or
 authorized  by  the  office of mental health and the office of addiction
 services and  supports  to  provide  community-based  mental  health  or
 substance  use disorder interventions for individuals who are experienc-
 ing a mental health or substance  use  disorder  crisis.  Members  of  a
 mobile  crisis  team  [may] SHALL include ANY COMBINATION OF, but not be
 limited to: behavioral health professionals, certified peer specialists,
 certified recovery peer advocates, credentialed family  peer  advocates,
 and credentialed youth peer advocates.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13096-02-4

co-Sponsors

2023-A8016B - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §36.03, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A4274

2023-A8016B - Summary

Provides that members of a mobile crisis team shall include any combination of behavioral health professionals, certified peer specialists, certified recovery peer advocates, credentialed family peer advocates, and credentialed youth peer advocates.

2023-A8016B - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8016--B
                                                            R. R. 250
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CUNNINGHAM, SANTABARBARA, DE LOS SANTOS -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health -- recommitted  to
   the  Committee  on  Mental  Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
   sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended  and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to
   the Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, passed by Assem-
   bly and delivered to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote recon-
   sidered, bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place  on  the
   special order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  mental hygiene law, in relation to members of a
   mobile crisis team
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  11  of subdivision (a) of section 36.03 of the
 mental hygiene law, as added by section 2 of part EE of  chapter  57  of
 the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (11)  "Mobile  crisis  teams"  means  a  team  licensed, certified, or
 authorized by the office of mental health and the  office  of  addiction
 services  and  supports  to  provide  community-based  mental  health or
 substance use disorder interventions for individuals who are  experienc-
 ing  a  mental  health  or  substance  use disorder crisis. Members of a
 mobile crisis team [may] SHALL include[, but not be limited  to:  behav-
 ioral  health  professionals,]  AT  LEAST  ONE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROFES-
 SIONAL, AND TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, ANY COMBINATION OF certified peer
 specialists, certified recovery peer advocates, credentialed family peer
 advocates, and credentialed youth peer advocates.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13096-05-4

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