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Senate Bill S7814

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for mental home health care services for the aging

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2023-S7814 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4971
Current Committee:
Senate Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5.05, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S1780, A4826

2023-S7814 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of the office of mental health and the director of the state office for the aging shall establish a mental home health services program for the aging to facilitate access to mental home health services to respond to identified mental health needs, including those needs that may have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, and for the aging or families that may not have access to mental health professionals in-person; makes related provisions.

2023-S7814 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7814 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7814
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK  --  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  mental
   home health care services to the aging
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 5.05 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
   (F) THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND  THE  DIRECTOR
 OF  THE  STATE OFFICE FOR THE AGING SHALL ESTABLISH A MENTAL HOME HEALTH
 CARE SERVICES PROGRAM FOR THE AGING TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO MENTAL  HOME
 HEALTH  CARE  SERVICES  TO  RESPOND  TO  IDENTIFIED MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS,
 INCLUDING THOSE NEEDS THAT MAY HAVE RESULTED FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC,
 AND FOR THE AGING OR FAMILIES THAT MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO MENTAL  HEALTH
 PROFESSIONALS  IN-PERSON.  SUCH  PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE UP TO FIVE MENTAL
 HOME HEALTH ASSESSMENTS, SERVICES AND VISITS ANNUALLY AT NO COST TO  THE
 INDIVIDUAL,  FOR  ACUTE  CRISIS  RESPONSE,  MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT, OR
 INITIATION OF CARE TO REDUCE BARRIERS AND FACILITATE ENGAGEMENT IN LONG-
 TERM CARE.
   AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE, BUT NO LATER THAN AUGUST FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR,  THE OFFICES SHALL ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A VENDOR TO
 CREATE, OR USE AN EXISTING,  WEBSITE  OR  WEB-BASED  APPLICATION,  AS  A
 PORTAL  AVAILABLE  TO THE AGING AND PROVIDERS TO FACILITATE THE PROGRAM.
 SUCH VENDOR SHALL BE DETERMINED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00659-01-3

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