Requires the office of mental health, office of addiction services and supports and the department of education to create a behavioral health website which shall provide information on various behavioral health issues such as depression, eating disorders, anxiety, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar disorder.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5991
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 25, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Mental Health
AN ACT in relation to requiring the office of mental health, the office
of addiction services and supports and the department of education to
create a behavioral health website
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Behavioral health website. 1. The office of mental health,
in conjunction with the office of addiction services and supports and
the department of education shall create and maintain a website which
shall provide information on behavioral health issues. Such issues shall
include, but shall not be limited to, depression, eating disorders,
anxiety, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar
disorder.
2. Such behavioral health information, as required by subdivision one
of this section shall include, but shall not be limited to, signs and
symptoms of the behavioral health issues and coping mechanisms to assist
individuals dealing with such behavioral health issues.
3. The behavioral health website shall maintain a resource guide list-
ing contact information of local behavioral health resources and shall
be organized by county. Such contact information shall include the name,
address, telephone number, e-mail address and website, if any, of the
behavioral health resources.
ยง 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03314-01-5
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