Bill Text: NY S08418 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the office of mental health to conduct a study on utilizing the therapeutic techniques studied by the research and recognition project for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-08 - PRINT NUMBER 8418A [S08418 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8418

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 29, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health

        AN ACT to require the office of mental health  to  conduct  a  study  on
          utilizing  the  therapeutic  techniques  studied  by  the research and
          recognition project for the treatment of post-traumatic stress  disor-
          der

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. 1. The office of mental health shall  conduct  a  study  on
     2  utilizing  the therapeutic techniques studied by the research and recog-
     3  nition project for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.
     4    2. Any funding for the study shall  be  appropriated  from  the  funds
     5  received  by  New York state in the coronavirus aid, relief and economic
     6  security act.
     7    3. Within one year after the effective date of this act, the office of
     8  mental health shall prepare and submit to the  governor,  the  temporary
     9  president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority lead-
    10  er  of  the  senate  and  the  minority  leader of the assembly a report
    11  containing the study's findings and recommendations for  legislative  or
    12  administrative  action that can be undertaken in utilizing the therapeu-
    13  tic techniques studied by the research and recognition project  for  the
    14  treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02873-01-3