New York Senate Bill 7966 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-04 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Pending: Senate Mental Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Establishes the child psychiatry access project; provides that the office of mental hygiene shall establish regional child psychiatry access projects across the state to provide primary care providers with timely access to child psychiatry consultations in order to assist such primary care providers in meeting the mental health needs of the children and adolescents and their families; establishes a gift for the child psychiatry access project on state personal income tax forms, the proceeds from which shall be deposited into a child psychiatry access fund for the funding of such projects.

Establishes the child psychiatry access project; provides that the office of mental hygiene shall establish regional child psychiatry access projects across the state to provide primary care providers with timely access to child psychiatry consultations in order to assist such primary care providers in meeting the mental health needs of the children and adolescents and their families; establishes a gift for the child psychiatry access project on state personal income tax forms, the proceeds from which shall be deposited into a child psychiatry access fund for the funding of such projects.

Sen. Kevin Parker [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-04	Senate	REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7966
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S07966&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S07966