Bill Text: NY A07027 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Enacts the "behavioral health and long-term care act"; provides for the establishment of a behavioral health and long-term care plan.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-15 - reported referred to ways and means [A07027 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A07027-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        7027--C
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 18, 2009
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       Introduced  by M. of A. P. RIVERA, LUPARDO, SCHROEDER, DINOWITZ, WEISEN-
         BERG, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HOOPER -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Mental  Health,  Mental  Retardation  and
         Developmental  Disabilities  -- 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  -- again reported from said committee with amend-
         ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  committee
         --  again  reported  from  said  committee  with  amendments,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to enact the "behavioral health and long-term care act" providing
         for the establishment of a behavioral health and long-term care plan
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
    2  the "behavioral health and long-term care act".
    3    S 2.  The behavioral health and long-term care plan.  1.  The  commis-
    4  sioner of mental health, in conjunction with the commissioner of health,
    5  the  commissioner  of  alcoholism  and substance abuse services, and the
    6  director of the office for the aging,  shall  develop  and  monitor  the
    7  implementation of a behavioral health and long-term care plan. A subcom-
    8  mittee  may  be  established  through  the  interagency geriatric mental
    9  health and chemical dependency planning council to assist in the  devel-
   10  opment of such plan.
   11    (a)  The  behavioral health and long-term care plan shall include, but
   12  not be limited to:
   13    (i) Coordination of provider services  and  interagency  referrals  of
   14  persons  with a mental illness and/or chemical dependence, as defined in
   15  section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law, other than and  in  addition  to
   16  dementia, who are in or who may be in need of long-term care,
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    (ii)  Recommendations  for integrating and coordinating federal, state
    2  and local funding sources for behavioral health and long-term care,
    3    (iii)  Recommendations for facilitating research on best practices and
    4  model programs, and the dissemination of such information,
    5    (iv) An increase in alternatives to  nursing  homes  for  adults  with
    6  mental  illness and/or chemical dependence who also need long-term care,
    7  and
    8    (v) Support services for family  caregivers  who  assist  adults  with
    9  mental  illness  and/or chemical dependence who also need long-term care
   10  in the community rather than in institutions such as adult homes,  nurs-
   11  ing homes, or psychiatric inpatient units.
   12    (b)  The  behavioral  health and long-term care plan shall provide for
   13  specific actions to be taken  for  its  implementation,  the  number  of
   14  people  to  be  served,  measurable phases for the implementation, and a
   15  time schedule for the achievement of such phases.
   16    (c) The provisions of the behavioral health and  long-term  care  plan
   17  shall  be  included  in the statewide comprehensive plan of services for
   18  the mentally disabled pursuant to section 5.07  of  the  mental  hygiene
   19  law.
   20    2.  On  or  before  October 1, 2012, the commissioner of mental health
   21  shall submit a report to the governor, the temporary  president  of  the
   22  senate,  and  the speaker of the assembly. On or before October 1, 2013,
   23  and annually until 2020, the commissioner of mental health shall  submit
   24  a report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the
   25  speaker of the assembly regarding the implementation of the plan includ-
   26  ing the number of people served and other measurable outcomes.
   27    S  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
   28  have become a law.