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Assembly Bill A4274

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to members of a mobile crisis team

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2025-A4274 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §36.03, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8016

2025-A4274 (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.

2025-A4274 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4274
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CUNNINGHAM, SANTABARBARA, DE LOS SANTOS -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health
 
 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.
                                                            LBD06532-01-5

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