Legislate: All Bills

NY A 1014 - Jennifer A. Lunsford
Permits telemedicine services for mental and behavioral health issues under the workers' compensation system
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO LABOR
Permits telemedicine services for mental and behavioral health issues under the workers' compensation system; permits one in-person visit within twelve months unless such in-person visit causes undue hardship on a patient.

NY A 1020 - Eric Ari Brown
Relates to allowing for certain rules and regulations to be waived in order to promulgate collaboration between mental health providers to develop programs for the benefit of the mentally ill
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Allows for certain rules and regulations to be waived in order to promulgate collaboration between mental health providers to develop programs for the benefit of the mentally ill.

NY A 1028 - Linda B. Rosenthal
Relates to requiring mental health practitioners to receive training on substance use disorder, the specific needs of the substance use disorder community and co-occurring disorders
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Requires mental health practitioners to receive training on substance use disorder, the specific needs of the substance use disorder community and co-occurring disorders.

NY A 1029 - Catalina Cruz
Relates to the automatic sealing of certain convictions
11/16/2023 - SIGNED CHAP.631
Provides for automatic sealing of certain convictions after a certain passage of time from either imposition of sentence, release from parole or probation, and if the defendant does not have a current charge pending; excludes certain offenses; permits access by certain persons.

NY A 1034 - Angelo Santabarbara
Relates to the powers and duties of the advisory council of the justice center for the protection of people with special needs
01/13/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Relates to the powers and duties of the advisory council of the justice center for the protection of people with special needs; adds additional duties relating to investigations of allegations of abuse and neglect.

NY A 1038 - Anna R. Kelles
Establishes the office of addiction and mental health services
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE
Establishes the office of addiction and mental health services.

NY A 1080 - Carrie Woerner
Relates to the appointment for agricultural representation on the state fire prevention and building code council
06/07/2023 - COMMITTED TO RULES
Provides for the appointment of a member from an agricultural advocacy organization in the state for agricultural representation on the state fire prevention and building code council.

NY A 1089 - Latrice Walker
Imposes an excise tax on the sale of ammunition to be deposited into the gun violence impact fund; establishing the gun violence impact fund
01/13/2023 - REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Imposes an excise tax on the sale of ammunition to be deposited into the gun violence impact fund; establishes the gun violence impact fund; authorizes the director of the office of victim services to administer grants from the gun violence impact fund.

NY A 1092 - John T. McDonald III
Authorizes emergency medical technicians to administer certain vaccines pursuant to non-patient specific orders and under the authority of an emergency medical services director
01/13/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Authorizes emergency medical technicians to administer certain vaccines pursuant to non-patient specific orders and under the authority of an emergency medical services director after receiving appropriate training; authorizes physicians and certified nurse practitioners to prescribe and order a non-patient specific order to an emergency medical technician to administer certain vaccines; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

NY A 1102 - Angelo Santabarbara
Relates to the use of a standardized immunization exemption form
01/13/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Directs the use of a standardized immunization exemption form.

NY A 1107 - David Weprin
Provides increased penalties and education for hazing, underage drinking and drug use within athletic teams, fraternities and sororities at college campuses
01/13/2023 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Requires colleges to educate the campus community on bias-related crime, hazing, underage drinking and illegal drug use; expands authority of colleges to regulate conduct by college and student government organizations and clubs, athletic teams and clubs, alumni organizations, fraternities, sororities, and any other organization that has access to and use of the college facilities; requires colleges to adopt rules prohibiting hazing, underage drinking and illegal drug use; requires colleges to inform incoming students of and to train residence hall staff in the prohibitions against hazing, underage drinking and illegal drug use; requires colleges to establish penalties for hazing, underage drinking and illegal drug use.

NY A 1124 - Phara Souffrant Forrest
Relates to the transparency and quality of care of operators of adult care facilities
01/13/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Relates to the transparency and quality of care of operators of adult care facilities; requires certain applicants for adult care facilities to provide an opportunity for public comment on the application.

NY A 1128 - Anna Kelles
Establishes the "earned time act"
01/13/2023 - REFERRED TO CORRECTION
Establishes the "earned time act" providing for time allowances against the term or maximum term of sentences imposed by the court to be credited on an annual pro rata basis.

NY A 1139 - Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes
Requires colleges and universities to provide all incoming and current students with information relating to suicide prevention and resources
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Requires public and private colleges and universities to provide all incoming and current students with information relating to suicide prevention and resources available to them on campus.

NY A 1184 - Angelo Santabarbara
Requires the reimbursement of certain novel coronavirus, COVID-19 costs and expenses
01/13/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities, department of health and division of the budget to authorize voluntary providers of supports and services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to bill and be reimbursed within thirty days of billing for novel coronavirus, COVID-19 related costs and expenses, including, but not limited to, increased staffing and personal costs, personal protective equipment expenses, and increased residential cost.

NY A 1192 - Latoya Joyner
Relates to including additional positions in the definition of employee for the purposes of health care and mental hygiene worker bonuses
01/10/2024 - ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Relates to including additional positions in the definition of employee for the purposes of health care and mental hygiene worker bonuses.

NY A 1200 - Harvey D. Epstein
Establishes the people with disabilities access to programs commission
05/15/2023 - REFERRED TO FINANCE
Establishes the people with disabilities access to programs commission to examine, evaluate and make recommendations for new laws with respect to how the state should streamline eligibility requirements and processes for its programs and services to assist people with disabilities.

NY A 1217 - David Weprin
Relates to safe staffing for public employees of institutional settings
01/13/2023 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
Relates to safe staffing for public employees of institutional settings by setting maximum overtime levels.

NY A 1220 - Jen Lunsford
Relates to utilization review agents access to electronic medical records
01/13/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Requires certain medical records to be made available when requested by utilization review agents.

NY A 1227 - Linda B. Rosenthal
Requires health practitioners to discuss with patients the risks associated with certain pain medications before prescribing such medications
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Requires health practitioners to discuss with patients the risks associated with certain pain medications before prescribing such medications; requires that for the first opioid analgesic prescription of a calendar year the prescribing physician shall counsel the patient on the risks of overdose.

NY A 123 - Michaelle C. Solages
Relates to the licensing of professional and clinical music therapists
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Provides for the licensing of professional and clinical music therapists encompassing the assessment, evaluation, and the therapeutic intervention and treatment of mental, emotional, developmental and behavioral disorders through the use of music.

NY A 1247 - Eric Brown
Requires the state to reimburse municipalities for loss of real property tax revenue resulting from establishment of community residential facilities
01/13/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Requires the state to reimburse municipalities for loss of real property tax revenue resulting from the establishment of community residential facilities for the disabled.

NY A 1251 - Linda Rosenthal
Requires opioid training for medical professionals to reduce patient opioid abuse and reliance
01/13/2023 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Relates to requiring opioid training for medical professionals to reduce patient opioid abuse and reliance including nurses, nurse practitioners, psychologists, certain social workers, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychoanalysts, physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and occupational therapists.

NY A 1262 - John T. McDonald III
Grants licensed psychologists prescriptive authority
01/13/2023 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Grants licensed psychologists prescriptive authority for therapeutic drugs.

NY A 1263 - Phara Souffrant Forrest
Relates to judicial diversion programs; repealer
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO CODES
Relates to judicial diversion programs; establishes a diversion part in each county; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.

NY A 1300 - Jeffrion L. Aubry
Conforms the definition of an incarcerated individual with a serious mental illness to the definition of "person with a serious mental illness" in the mental hygiene law
02/15/2024 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.305
Conforms the definition of an incarcerated individual with a serious mental illness to the definition of "person with a serious mental illness" in the mental hygiene law.

NY A 1304 - Jeffrion Aubry
Relates to establishing a crisis intervention team program
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Relates to establishing a crisis intervention demonstration program.

NY A 1350 - Aileen M. Gunther
Provides for comprehensive care centers for autism spectrum disorders
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Develops comprehensive assessment centers for autism spectrum disorders; provides grants for their development and lays out reporting and research requirements.

NY A 1386 - Linda Rosenthal
Relates to providing student onboarding and ongoing education on reproductive health services
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Requires student onboarding and ongoing education on reproductive health services available to students including where the closest reproductive health clinics are located; all resources available to a student seeking reproductive health services including but not limited to financial assistance and mental health services and any reproductive health resources available to a student through the institution.

NY A 1441 - Aileen Gunther
Establishes a credentialing pilot program for direct support professionals
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Relates to establishing a credentialing pilot program for direct support professionals to assist and enhance the field of direct care support.

NY A 1488 - Monica P. Wallace
Relates to establishing procedures for the termination of parental rights upon the application of a parent or guardian
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Establishes procedures for the termination of parental rights upon the application of a parent or guardian.

NY A 1501 - William A. Barclay
Relates to an assembly standing committee on ethics and guidance
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Relates to an assembly standing committee on ethics and guidance.

NY A 1507 - Linda B. Rosenthal
Requires the court to require a mental health evaluation when a person is convicted of certain crimes pertaining to animal fighting and aggravated cruelty to animals
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
Requires the court to require a mental health evaluation when a person is convicted of certain crimes pertaining to animal fighting and aggravated cruelty to animals; requires the convicted person to assume the costs of any evaluation and continued therapy; makes related provisions.

NY A 1510 - Kimberly Jean-Pierre
Establishes a Black youth suicide prevention task force
11/13/2023 - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Establishes a Black youth suicide prevention task force to study the current mental health practices and suicide prevention of Black youth age 5 through 18 years and make recommendations therefor; provides for the number of members, manner of appointment and the topics to be reviewed.

NY A 1519 - David Weprin
Requires certain residential adult care facilities to hold a specific TBI certification or professional license
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Requires certain residential adult care facilities that house individuals with traumatic brain injuries to hold a certification or professional license or employ a resident manager who holds a current professional license as a physician, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, licensed rehabilitation professional, certified brain injury specialist (CBIS) or licensed mental health professional who is trained and experienced in the care and rehabilitation of residents with traumatic brain injury.

NY A 1540 - Monica P. Wallace
Provides for health education pertaining to cannabis
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Provides for health education pertaining to cannabis in all schools.

NY A 1550 - Marianne Buttenschon
Allows courts to hold a pre-trial community safety and well-being hearing
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Allows courts to hold a pre-trial community safety and well-being hearing.

NY A 1561 - John T. McDonald III
Establishes a pilot program enabling counties to opt-in to allow county jails to operate jail-based competency restoration services for inmates deemed unfit for trial due to mental incapacity
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Establishes a five-county, three-year pilot program enabling counties to opt-in to allow county jails to operate jail-based competency restoration services for inmates deemed unfit for trial due to mental incapacity.

NY A 1577 - Marianne Buttenschon
Relates to the duties of the independent developmental disability ombudsman program
03/26/2024 - REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Directs the independent developmental disability ombudsman program to establish a service delivery structure based in New York state that includes a toll-free telephone hotline, an interactive website, and availability of in-person, telephone and email access to ombudsman program staff or volunteers; to provide assistance for navigating and completing processes; to assist individuals in filing and preparing appeals; to assist individuals with any problems encountered; and to educate individuals on their rights and responsibilities with respect to access to services provided by the office for people with developmental disabilities and care coordination provided by health homes serving individuals with developmental disabilities or services provided by other providers.

NY A 1581 - Monica P. Wallace
Enacts the child abuse reporting expansion act
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Enacts the child abuse reporting expansion act; relates to making clergy members required reporters of child abuse or mistreatment.

NY A 1594 - Linda B. Rosenthal
Requires the departments of health and mental hygiene to create a pamphlet of mental health resources for those who have suffered a pregnancy loss
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Requires the departments of health and mental hygiene to create a pamphlet of mental health resources for those who have suffered a pregnancy loss, including, but not limited to, a miscarriage, stillbirth or abortion; requires providers to give patients an adequate supply of menstrual products upon discharge to help with their aftercare.

NY A 1613 - Pamela J. Hunter
Requires student suicide prevention training and policies in public school districts
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Requires the commissioner of education to adopt rules to require that all public school personnel receive at least two hours of suicide awareness and prevention training each year and each public school district to adopt a policy on student suicide prevention.

NY A 1623 - Latoya Joyner
Establishes a program for certain elderly inmates
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO CORRECTION
Establishes a program for adults over fifty who are under community supervision or who will be released from a state correctional facility.

NY A 1632 - Latoya Joyner
Establishes a public awareness campaign for maternal depression; appropriation
05/09/2023 - ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Establishes a public awareness campaign for maternal depression; makes an appropriation therefor.

NY A 1633 - Jo Anne Simon
Requires public notice and public engagement when a general hospital seeks to close entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance use care
04/02/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Requires public notice and public engagement when a general hospital seeks to close entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance use care.

NY A 1642 - Pamela J. Hunter
Relates to establishing a peer support program for veterans
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Establishes a peer support program for veterans.

NY A 1655 - Jeffrion Aubry
Establishes mandatory reporting of alleged incidents of abuse, mistreatment or neglect of residents in assisted living and adult care facilities
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Establishes the mandatory reporting by certain professional or official persons who come into contact with mentally or physically incapacitated persons who were abused including residents of assisted living and adult care facilities who may be abused, mistreated or neglected; provides reporting procedures and grants immunity for such reporting; provides criminal and civil penalties.

NY A 1680 - Kenneth D. Blankenbush
Creates the rural suicide prevention council
03/21/2024 - ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Creates the twelve member rural suicide prevention council to examine the causes of rural suicides or attempts and to make recommendations for rural suicide reduction.

NY A 1683 - Kimberly Jean-Pierre
Safeguards cash accounts for people with developmental disabilities in a facility
03/09/2023 - REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Safeguards cash accounts for people with developmental disabilities in a facility under the control of the commissioner of mental health, the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities and the commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services.

NY A 1691 - Pamela J. Hunter
Relates to the coverage of air ambulance services in the child health plus program
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Provides for the coverage of air ambulance services in the child health plus program.

NY A 1699 - Jo Anne Simon
Relates to the releasing of individuals charged with a crime under non-monetary bail conditions in order to receive mental health screening or be admitted to a hospital as a result of a mental illness; repeal
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO CODES
Relates to releasing individuals charged with a crime under non-monetary bail conditions in order to receive mental health screening or be admitted to a hospital as a result of a mental illness which is likely to result in harm to such individual or others.

NY A 1709 - Karines Reyes
Relates to providing protections to health service providers who perform legally protected health activities
06/06/2023 - Substitute S 1066 action - ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.571
Provides certain legal protections for reproductive health service providers who provide legally protected health activities including protection from extradition, arrest and legal proceedings in other states relating to such services; restricts the use of evidence relating to the involvement of a party in providing legally protected health activity to persons located out-of-state.

NY A 1742 - Jeffrey Dinowitz
Relates to making technical corrections to ensure gender neutrality for the admission to practice law and preventing any required disclosure of mental health history
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Relates to making technical corrections to ensure gender neutrality for the admission to practice law and preventing the character fitness questionnaire from inquiring into an applicant's mental health history.

NY A 1803 - Kimberly Jean-Pierre
Establishes integrated community mental health clinics
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Relates to establishing integrated community mental health clinics to provide services to address mental health issues, anger management issues, substance abuse issues and isolation issues.

NY A 1806 - Jeffrey Dinowitz
Relates to requiring the inclusion of suicide prevention resources be provided with a warrant of eviction
04/27/2023 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.157
Requires the inclusion of suicide prevention resources to be provided with a warrant of eviction, including the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and the applicable Suicide Crisis telephone number as provided by the Office of Mental Health.

NY A 1826 - Kimberly Jean-Pierre
Relates to pretrial mental health and substance abuse evaluations and treatment for certain defendants and establishes the pretrial mental health and substance abuse services bail fund
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO CODES
Relates to pretrial mental health and substance abuse evaluations and treatment for certain defendants; establishes the pretrial mental health and substance abuse services bail fund.

NY A 1845 - Ronald T. Kim
Relates to informal caregiver training
01/23/2023 - REFERRED TO AGING
Relates to informal caregiver training; defines "person in need of assistance"; expands who may serve as an "informal caregiver".

NY A 1868 - Charles D. Lavine
Relates to background clearances for temporary child care employment agencies and child care educational and training institutions
01/23/2023 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Includes temporary child care employment agencies and child care educational and training institutions as providers authorized to conduct background clearances.

NY A 1969 - Latrice Monique Walker
Authorizes and directs the department of health to conduct a study on drugs prescribed for school age children with ADD and ADHD
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Authorizes and directs the department of health to conduct a study on drugs prescribed for school-age children with ADD and ADHD.

NY A 1975 - Harry B. Bronson
Relates to mental health services required to be covered by certain insurance policies
03/03/2023 - SIGNED CHAP.62
Relates to mental health services required to be covered by certain insurance policies; removes the requirement that services from creative arts therapists be covered by certain policies.

NY A 1997 - Latoya Joyner
Relates to establishing the New York state council on mental health emergency and crisis response
01/10/2024 - ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Relates to establishing the New York state council on mental health emergency and crisis response.

NY A 2033 - Linda B. Rosenthal
Provides for licensure of school psychologists
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Provides for the licensure of school psychologists; authorizes the use of the title "school psychologist" to licensed or exempt individuals; defines practice of school psychology; sets forth requirements for professional licensure (including educational attainment, experience, exam and fee); provides for issuance of limited permits under specified circumstances; identifies exempt persons.

NY A 2104 - Harvey D. Epstein
Establishes a notice and consent form for the notification of parents and guardians of college students that are identified as potentially at-risk for suicide
07/24/2023 - ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Directs the commissioner of education to develop a notice and consent form to be provided to students and parents by colleges and universities in the state upon acceptance of prospective students to college or university, authorizing permission to contact the parents or guardians of students identified as potentially at-risk for suicide.

NY A 2105 - Demond L. Meeks
Expands eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds
11/29/2023 - Substitute S 214 action - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Expands eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds by removing the mandatory law enforcement reporting requirement, providing alternative forms of evidence that would show that a qualifying crime was committed and the confidentiality of certain records.

NY A 2110 - Brian Cunningham
Establishes peer crisis diversion residences
01/23/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Establishes peer crisis diversion homes; requires the commissioner to establish or contract for no less than six peer crisis diversion homes within one year.

NY A 2152 - Linda B. Rosenthal
Includes certain programs and facilities in the definition of provider or provider agency
01/23/2023 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Includes organizations and programs that provide community based services to individuals under twenty-one in the definition of provider or provider agency regarding the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment.

NY A 2176 - Harvey D. Epstein
Relates to reporting of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents and repeals section two of chapter eleven of the laws of two thousand twenty-one
12/12/2023 - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Relates to reporting of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents; requires information including the total number of youth placed in foster care, the reasons why such youth were placed and the efforts the state has taken to recruit and retain foster parents; repeals provisions relating to directing the office of children and family services to make information publicly available on the number of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents and the effectiveness thereof.

NY A 219 - Michaelle C. Solages
Relates to the licensure of athletic trainers; and adds athletic trainers to the list of persons and officials required to report cases of suspected child abuse or maltreatment
12/12/2023 - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Relates to the licensure of athletic trainers; adds athletic trainers to the list of persons and officials required to report cases of suspected child abuse or maltreatment.

NY A 2210 - Harry B. Bronson
Establishes a statewide emergency and crisis response council
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Creates statewide emergency and crisis response council to work in conjunction with the commissioners of mental health and addiction services to jointly approve emergency and crisis services plans submitted by local governments, and provide supports regarding the operation and financing of high-quality emergency and crisis services provided to persons experiencing a mental health, alcohol use, or substance use crisis.

NY A 2252 - David I. Weprin
Authorizes the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study pertaining to a proposed expansion of the Long Island Motor Parkway trail
11/13/2023 - Substitute S 3011 action - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Authorizes the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation and the office of mental health to conduct a study pertaining to a proposed expansion of the Long Island Motor Parkway trail.

NY A 2276 - Jo Anne Simon
Requires the New York State Office of Mental Health to study the effects that awareness of or exposure to police shootings or killings of unarmed African Americans has on the mental health of African Americans
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Requires the New York State Office of Mental Health to study the effects that awareness of or exposure to police shootings or killings of unarmed African Americans has on the mental health of African Americans in New York state and to deliver a finding of the results of such study to the governor and the legislative leaders.

NY A 2361 - David I. Weprin
Relates to establishing residential treatment facilities
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Relates to establishing residential treatment facilities as an alternative to incarceration designated by the commissioner for the care and treatment of persons with serious mental illness who are accused of at least one felony level crime.

NY A 2405 - Joseph M. Giglio
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
02/08/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 2405A
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.

NY A 2412 - D. Billy Jones
Requires insurance and Medicaid coverage for inpatient and outpatient substance abuse treatment for a period of not less than forty-five days
01/26/2023 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Requires insurance and Medicaid coverage for inpatient and outpatient substance abuse treatment for a period of not less than forty-five days.

NY A 2442 - Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
Relates to the disclosure of law enforcement disciplinary records
01/26/2023 - REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Requires the disclosure of certain information when an agency responds to a request for law enforcement disciplinary records, including information a victim alleges regarding sexual misconduct.

NY A 2458 - Harvey D. Epstein
Establishes goals for participation by individuals with disabilities with respect to state employment, state contracts, legislative employment and judicial employment
01/26/2023 - REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Relates to establishing goals for participation by individuals with disabilities with respect to state employment, state contracts, legislative employment and judicial employment; establishes a goal of seven percent employment of individuals with disabilities within state agencies, the state legislature, unified court system and state contractors and subcontractors; defines terms.

NY A 2461 - Andrew D. Hevesi
Relates to programs, supports and services for individuals being released from state and local correctional facilities
01/26/2023 - REFERRED TO CORRECTION
Provides for programs, supports and services for individuals being released from state and local correctional facilities to ensure that such persons receive mental health and substance use disorder services, educational needs and job readiness services and housing assistance.

NY A 2470 - D. Billy Jones
Relates to Medicaid reimbursement rates for rural home health care providers
01/26/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for rural home health care providers to cover actual costs of delivery.

NY A 2471 - Joseph G. Angelino
Authorizes a study on the wages earned by aides to the developmentally disabled
01/26/2023 - REFERRED TO LABOR
Directs the department of labor and the office for people with developmental disabilities to study and report on the wages earned by those who help, assist, support, and/or work with the developmentally disabled.

NY A 2514 - Erik Martin Dilan
Prohibits the release of certain records of victims of police violence by a coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner
01/26/2023 - REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Prohibits the release of criminal history or any mental health history records by a coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner of individuals who were the subject of the use of force by a police or peace officer.

NY A 2625 - Clyde Vanel
Relates to gaming disorders
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Adds gaming disorder to the types of disorders classified in the mental hygiene law.

NY A 2659 - Erik Martin Dilan
Prohibits the release of certain records of victims of police violence by a police agency, prosecutorial agency or other law enforcement agency
01/26/2023 - REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Prohibits the release of criminal history or any mental health history records by a police agency, prosecutorial agency or other law enforcement agency of individuals who were the subject of the use of force by a police or peace officer.

NY A 2726 - Stacey Pheffer Amato
Establishes a program for the sharing of veteran contact information
01/27/2023 - REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Establishes a program for the sharing of veteran contact information.

NY A 2735 - Amy R. Paulin
Enacts the "donor conceived person protection act"
01/16/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 2735A
Enacts the "donor-conceived person protection act" to ensure that reproductive tissue banks, licensed by the department of health, collect and verify medical information from any donor it procures reproductive tissue from and to disseminate such information to a recipient before a recipient purchases or otherwise receives such tissue, and to donor-conceived persons, if any, when such persons turn eighteen years of age or earlier upon consent of the recipient parent or guardian; defines terms; makes related provisions.

NY A 2750 - Andrew D. Hevesi
Relates to prohibiting forensic evaluations in a custody or visitation proceeding; repealer
01/27/2023 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Prohibits courts from ordering an evaluation of a party or child or allowing into evidence a forensic report created by a forensic evaluator on a party or child to assist such court in a child custody or visitation determination.

NY A 2803 - Jenifer Rajkumar
Establishes a task force to study and make recommendations on school safety in the state of New York
01/27/2023 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Establishes a task force to study and make recommendations on school safety in the state of New York.

NY A 2820 - Maritza Davila
Relates to the role of the department of corrections and community supervision in planning and facilitating the discharge or release of incarcerated individuals to the community
01/27/2023 - REFERRED TO CORRECTION
Relates to the role of the department of corrections and community supervision in planning and facilitating the discharge or release of incarcerated individuals to the community.

NY A 2821 - Harry B. Bronson
Enacts the Treyvan Rowe child and young teen mental health community safety act
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Enacts the Trevyan Rowe child and young teen mental health community safety act"; directs boards of education to create policies, procedures, and guidelines for at-risk children and young teens who have demonstrated suicidal ideation, been victims of harassment or bullying, and/or who have eloped from school property; establishes a commission to evaluate the safety and security of children in primary and secondary public and private schools in this state.

NY A 2835 - Angelo L. Santabarbara
Relates to providing for multi-formatted services menus for the cognitively impaired on websites operated by certain state agencies
01/27/2023 - REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Relates to providing for multi-formatted services menus for the cognitively impaired on websites operated by certain state agencies; includes the department of health, office for people with developmental disabilities and the office of mental health.

NY A 2870 - Michaelle C. Solages
Relates to maternal depression screenings
01/23/2024 - Substitute S 2039 action - RETURNED TO SENATE
Directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the office of mental health and other relevant stakeholders, to develop guidance and standards for routine maternal depression screenings, referrals, diagnosis and treatment, and to provide training and materials on issues related to maternal depression.

NY A 2882 - Jeffrey Dinowitz
Relates to warnings to be posted and provided by firearms dealers
01/03/2024 - ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.82
Requires firearms dealers to post and provide written warnings to purchasers of dangers posed by access to weapons in the home.

NY A 2898 - Robert C. Carroll
Relates to requiring insurance policies to cover neuropsychological exams for dyslexia
01/31/2024 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Requires insurance policies to cover neuropsychological exams for dyslexia under certain circumstances; caps coverage amount.

NY A 2906 - Michael W. Reilly Jr.
Requires the office of mental health, the office of addiction services and supports and the department of education to create a behavioral health website
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
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.

NY A 2944 - Sarah Anderson Clark
Establishes a maternal mental health workgroup
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Directs the commissioner of mental health to establish a maternal mental health workgroup to study and issue recommendations related to maternal mental health and perinatal and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders; identifies underrepresented and vulnerable populations and risk factors in the state for maternal mental health disorders that may occur during pregnancy and through the first postpartum year.

NY A 2972 - Carrie Woerner
Establishes an intensive addiction recovery and mental health integrated services pilot program
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Establishes an intensive addiction recovery and mental health integrated services pilot program to support two three-year demonstration programs that provide intensive addiction and mental health integrated services to individuals with significant addiction and mental health issues who have had multiple and frequent treatment episodes.

NY A 2985 - Jeff L. Gallahan
Relates to school suspension
05/24/2023 - HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN EDUCATION
Provides that where a pupil may be considered a dangerous threat to himself, herself, or others, such pupil may be suspended for no more than ten days prior to a hearing taking place to allow the school to have adequate time to make an evaluation on the pupil's mental health, which may include a psychiatric evaluation, and the risk of danger to others and to consult with law enforcement.

NY A 3003 - Joint 2016 General Budget Conference Committee
AID TO LOCALITIES BUDGET
05/12/2023 - TABLED LINE VETO MEMO.1
Makes appropriations for the support of government - Aid to Localities Budget.

NY A 3004 - Joint 2016 General Budget Conference Committee
CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGET
05/12/2023 - TABLED LINE VETO MEMO.34
Makes appropriations for the support of government - Capital Projects Budget.

NY A 3005 - Joint 2016 General Budget Conference Committee
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2023-2024 state fiscal year
04/30/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 3005C
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2023-2024 state fiscal year; relates to the psychological testing of candidates; relates to expanding the geographic area of employment of certain police officers; relates to prisoner furloughs in certain cases and the crime of absconding therefrom; relates to correctional facilities; relates to inmate work release, furlough and leave; relates to certain provisions which impact upon expenditure of certain appropriations made by chapter 50 of the laws of 1994 enacting the state operations budget; relates to taxes, surcharges, fees and funding; relates to prison and jail housing and alternatives to detention and incarceration programs; relates to taxes; extends the expiration of the mandatory surcharge and victim assistance fee; relates to the ignition interlock device program; extends the expiration date of the merit provisions; relates to prisoner litigation reform and extending the expiration of the inmate filing fee provisions of the civil practice law and rules and general filing fee provision and inmate property claims exhaustion requirement of the court of claims act of such chapter; constitutes the family protection and domestic violence intervention act of 1994; relates to extending the expiration of certain provisions requiring the arrest of certain persons engaged in family violence; relates to the use of closed-circuit television and other protective measures for certain child witnesses; extends provisions enacting the sentencing reform act of 1995; relates to electronic court appearance in certain counties; relates to enacting the interstate compact for adult offender supervision; relates to limiting the closing of certain correctional facilities; provides for the custody by the department of correctional services of inmates serving definite sentences; provides for custody of federal prisoners; requires the closing of certain correctional facilities; relates to military funds of the organized militia; relates to providing for community treatment facilities and establishing the crime of absconding from the community treatment facility; relates to the pre-criminal proceeding settlements in the City of New York (Part A); relates to criminal possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun in a sensitive or restricted location; exempts certain law enforcement and military officers from certain vehicle gun storage requirements (Part F); relates to establishing a hazard mitigation revolving loan fund (Part G); authorizes the payment of a training stipend to volunteer firefighters by a volunteer fire company and the office of fire prevention and control (Part H); expands eligibility for World Trade Center death and disability benefits for members of New York's organized militia (Part J); extends certain provisions relating to liquidator's permits and temporary retail permits (Part O); extends provisions of law relating to the state commission on the restoration of the capitol until April 1, 2028 (Part Q); relates to the submission of electronic bids for state procurement purposes (Part R); provides that the civil service department may only establish continuing eligible lists for any class of positions filled through open competitive examination (Part S); relates to employment of certain persons with disabilities (Part T); extends effectiveness of a waiver approval and income limitations on retirees employed in school districts and board of cooperative educational services (Part V); allows participating employers of the New York state and local retirement system to withdraw from the contribution stabilization program (Part W); moves the special accidental death benefit appropriation from the department of audit and control to the general fund's miscellaneous all state department and agencies; adds such benefits paid by counties (Part Y); relates to the duration of initial terms to be served by t

NY A 3007 - Joint 2016 General Budget Conference Committee
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2023-2024 state fiscal year
05/03/2023 - Substitute S 4007 action - SIGNED CHAP.57
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2023-2024 state fiscal year; relates to the year to year rate of growth of Department of Health state funds and Medicaid funding, relating to the state Medicaid spending cap and related processes (Part A); extends various provisions of laws relating to the provision of health care services, administration and programs (Part B); extends certain provisions of law relating to the health care reform act; extends provisions relating to the distribution of pool allocations and graduate medical education; extends provisions relating to health care initiative pool distributions; extends payment provisions for general hospitals; extends provisions relating to assessments on covered lives (Part C); extends the voluntary indigent care pool; establishes the definition of rural emergency hospital; expands eligibility for vital access provider assurance program funding; relates to Medicaid payments for the operating component of hospital inpatient services and hospital outpatient services (Part E); extends certain provisions of law relating to malpractice and professional medical conduct (Part F); relates to lowering the income threshold for eligibility to participate in private pay protocols for programs and services administered by the office for the aging (Part G); establishes the 1332 state innovation program; defines 1332 state innovation plan and state innovation plan individual; creates the 1332 state innovation fund; makes related provisions (Part H); extends authority to enroll certain recipients in need of more than 120 days of community based-long term care in a managed long term care plan; extends the moratorium on the processing and approval of applications seeking a certificate of authority as a managed long term care plan; provides for performance standards for managed long term care plans; provides for an additional increase in Medicaid payments made for the operating component of residential health care facilities services in addition to the increase provided by Part I of Chapter 57 of the laws of 2022 (Part I); authorizes Medicaid eligibility for certain services provided to individuals who are in a correctional institution, and for certain services provided to individuals who are in an institution for mental disease (Part K); relates to site of service clinical review for determining whether a non-urgent outpatient medical procedures and surgeries procedure will be covered when rendered by a network participating provider at a hospital-based outpatient clinic (Part L); relates to the review and oversight of material transactions (Part M); expands the Medicaid Buy-In program for people with disabilities (Part N); creates the statewide health care facility transformation program; adds debt retirement, working capital or other non-capital projects to existing health care facility transformation programs (Part P); establishes Medicaid reimbursement for community health workers for high-risk populations; permits licensed mental health counselors and licensed marriage and family therapists in community health centers to be reimbursed (Part Q); relates to expanding Medicaid coverage of preventative health care for nutrition and osteoarthritis services (Part R); modernizes the emergency medical system and workforce; creates an emergency medical services system and agency performance standards; establishes a public campaign to recruit additional personnel into the emergency medical fields; creates a state emergency medical services task force (Part S); relates to lead testing in certain multiple dwellings; establishes a state rental registry and proactive inspections to identify lead hazards for residential dwellings outside of the city of New York with two or more units built prior to nineteen hundred eighty; expands the powers of the secretary of state with respect to the New York state uniform fire preventio

NY A 3009 - Joint 2016 General Budget Conference Committee
Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2023-2024 state fiscal year
04/30/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 3009C
Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2023-2024 state fiscal year; provides the authority to abate interest for taxpayers impacted by declared disasters (Part A); clarifies the definition of limited partner for the purposes of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax (Part B); makes the investment tax credit refundable for eligible farmers for five years (Part C); amends provisions of the Empire state film production credit and the Empire state film post production credit; extends and increases such credits (Part D); provides for the abatement of penalties for underpayment of estimated tax by a corporation (Part E); extends the deadline for applications for the COVID-19 capital costs tax credit program (Part F); creates a child care creation and expansion tax credit for child care programs made available to employees by a business directly or through a third party (Part G); relates to extending a tax credit for certain businesses engaged in biotechnologies (Part H); extends the current corporate tax rates (Subpart A); extends the rehabilitation of historic properties tax credit (Subpart B); extends the empire state commercial production tax credit for five years (Subpart C); extends provisions of law relating to the grade No. 6 heating oil conversion tax credit (Subpart D); relates to the New York city musical and theatrical production tax credit (Subpart E)(Part I); makes technical corrections to the credit for companies who provide transportation to individuals with disabilities (Subpart A); relates to the eligibility for the brownfield redevelopment tax credit (Subpart B); relates to the pass-through entity tax and city pass-through entity tax (Subpart C)(Part J); simplifies certain senior citizen real property tax exemptions (Part K); extends provisions of law relating to oil and gas charges (Part L); provides for the adoption and use of solar and wind energy system appraisal model for purposes of real property taxation (Part N); eliminates the congestion surcharge registration requirements (Part P); provides for the payment of tax on increased quantities of motor fuel and Diesel fuel on which the taxes pursuant to articles 12-a, 13-a and 28 were not previously paid (Part Q); extends the sales tax exemption for certain sales made through vending machines (Part R); increases the rate of taxes on cigarettes (Part S); relates to the revocation of certain certificates and civil penalties for refusal of a cigarette and tobacco inspection (Part T); relates to extending the tax rate reduction under the New York state real estate transfer tax and the New York city real property transfer tax for conveyances of real property to existing real estate investment funds (Part U); permits the commissioner of taxation and finance to seek judicial review of decisions of the tax appeals tribunal (Part V); clarifies the deposit timeframe for moneys deposited by the commissioner of taxation and finance (Part W); relates to financing of the Belmont Park racetrack renovation and the membership of the franchise oversight board (Part X); extends certain provisions related to the simulcasting of horse races and taxes on pari-mutuel betting (Part BB); relates to the liability of a person who presents false claims for money or property to the state or a local government (Part DD); repeals provisions relating to the transferability of the investment tax credit (Part EE); relates to the amount of credits for cider, wine, and liquor under the alcoholic beverage production credit (Part FF); establishes a permanent rate for the metropolitan transportation business tax surcharge of thirty percent beginning on or after January 1, 2024 (Part GG).

NY A 3020 - Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
Provides for coverage for certain individuals under the 1332 state innovation program
12/27/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 3020B
Provides for coverage for certain individuals under the 1332 state innovation program.

NY A 3060 - Donna A. Lupardo
Provides for the licensing of vision impairment specialists
02/02/2023 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Provides for the licensing of vision impairment specialists.

NY A 3104 - John T. McDonald
Includes clinically necessary treatment for certain inpatient coverage
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Includes clinically necessary treatment for certain inpatient coverage, which shall mean an individual's medical needs and any social determinants of health that will promote such individual's stability following discharge from treatment.

NY A 3112 - Nader J. Sayegh
Prohibits cyber-bullying
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Establishes that any person who knowingly engages in a repeated course of cyberbullying of a minor is guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by a period of imprisonment not to exceed one year, or both.

NY A 316 - Latrice Monique Walker
Requires the establishment of community housing waiting lists within the office of mental health service system
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Requires the establishment of community housing waiting lists within the office of mental health service system; directs each provider of housing services in the office of mental health system to provide, on a monthly basis, the office of mental health with a list of each person referred to, admitted to, applying for, withdrawing an application for and denied admission to housing provided by such provider; requires the community-based agency performing assessments of persons with a documented mental illness to provide the office with the names of such who have been assessed and who meet the eligibility criteria for the array of funded and/or licensed housing programs; requires such office to publish such waiting lists on a monthly basis.

NY A 3196 - Matthew J. Simpson
Relates to segregated confinement; repealer
02/02/2023 - REFERRED TO CORRECTION
Relates to segregated confinement; provides that certain incarcerated individuals shall not be placed in a residential rehabilitation unit; makes related provisions.

NY A 3264 - Joshua Jensen
Relates to making it unlawful for a caretaker to post a vulnerable elderly person on social media without their consent
02/02/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Relates to making it unlawful for a caretaker to post a vulnerable elderly person on social media without their consent.

NY A 3271 - Andrew D. Hevesi
Provides for support and services for unaccompanied minors with no lawful immigration status
05/23/2023 - REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Provides for supports and services for unaccompanied minors with no lawful immigration status including legal representation.

NY A 3322 - Harvey D. Epstein
Establishes a task force to address policies related to the treatment of transgender, gender nonconforming, non-binary, and intersex individuals in custody
07/24/2023 - ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Establishes a task force to address policies related to the treatment of transgender, gender nonconforming, non-binary, and intersex individuals in the custody of the department of corrections and community supervision.

NY A 3330 - Latoya Joyner
Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment
01/10/2024 - ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment; employers shall be vicariously liable for such work environment.

NY A 3340 - Catalina Cruz
Relates to the offenses of rape in the first, second and third degrees; repealer
12/27/2023 - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Relates to the offenses of rape in the first, second and third degrees.

NY A 3370 - Kimberly Jean-Pierre
Establishes a tax credit for direct support professionals and direct care workers
03/06/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 3370A
Establishes a tax credit for individuals who serve or are employed as a direct support professional, or direct care worker, up to five thousand dollars for taxpayers who make less than fifty thousand dollars and phased out for individuals who make over one hundred thousand dollars.

NY A 3392 - Steven Otis
Relates to emergency medical services
01/05/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 3392B
Relates to emergency medical services; establishes a special district for the financing and operation of general ambulance services; provides for a statewide comprehensive emergency medical system plan.

NY A 3431 - J. Gary Pretlow
Relates to reports of substantial risk or threat of harm by mental health professionals; repealer
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Relates to reports of substantial risk or threat of harm by mental health professionals.

NY A 3434 - Demond L. Meeks
Decriminalizes possession of controlled substances, establishes the drug decriminalization task force; repealer
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO CODES
Eliminates criminal and civil penalties for possession of controlled substances; establishes the drug decriminalization task force to develop recommendations for reforming state laws, regulations and practices so that they align with the stated goal of treating substance use disorder as a disease, rather than a criminal behavior.

NY A 3454 - Patrick B. Burke
Relates to establishing mental health coordinators for New York state law enforcement
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Establishes four mental health coordinators to provide mental health support and education for members of law enforcement; establishes that coordinators shall provide training, assistance, reporting and set standards for continuing mental health education.

NY A 3492 - Harvey D. Epstein
Relates to authorizing certain public officials and members of the clergy to visit sex offender civil confinement facilities
07/24/2023 - ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Relates to authorizing certain public officials and members of the clergy to visit sex offender civil confinement facilities.

NY A 3581 - Patrick B. Burke
Relates to medical use of psilocybin; appropriation
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Relates to medical use of psilocybin; establishes a psilocybin assisted therapy grant program; makes an appropriation therefor.

NY A 3702 - Brian David Manktelow
Relates to enacting the health care worker peer support program
05/16/2023 - HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN MENTAL HEALTH
Enacts the health care worker peer support program.

NY A 3736 - Harvey D. Epstein
Mandates comprehensive, medically accurate and age appropriate sex education be taught in all public schools, grades one through twelve
07/24/2023 - ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Mandates comprehensive, medically accurate and age appropriate sex education be taught in all public schools, grades one through twelve; provides that the commissioner of education will create and establish a curriculum to accomplish such goal within one year of the effective date of this legislation.

NY A 3787 - Vivian E. Cook
Establishes a senior citizen substance use disorder demonstration programs
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Directs the commissioner of the office of addiction services and supports, in consultation with the director of the state office for the aging, to develop comprehensive substance use disorder prevention, education and treatment demonstration programs for senior citizens.

NY A 3789 - Linda B. Rosenthal
Designates rescue cats as the official state cat
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Designates rescue cats as the official state cat; establishes that a rescue cat is a cat of any breed or mixture of breeds rescued and adopted from an animal shelter or rescue group located in the state.

NY A 385 - Linda Rosenthal
Relates to witnesses to a health care proxy and the crime of forgery in the second degree
01/09/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Relates to witnesses to a health care proxy; changes the witness requirement for the health care proxy from two adult witnesses to one adult witness; makes an exception for persons who reside in mental health facilities by requiring such persons to have two adult witnesses; includes falsely making or altering a health care proxy within the crime of forgery in the second degree.

NY A 3870 - Chantel Jackson
Relates to setting comprehensive outpatient services
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Authorizes the commissioners of the department of health, the office of mental health, and the office of addiction services and support to jointly establish a single set of licensing standards and requirements for the construction, operation, reporting and surveillance of comprehensive outpatient services centers.

NY A 390 - Linda Rosenthal
Increases certain penalties for violating the prohibition of animal fighting and for aggravated cruelty to animals
01/09/2023 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
Increases certain penalties for violating the prohibition of animal fighting and for aggravated cruelty to animals; requires a psychiatric evaluation for defendants convicted of aggravated cruelty to animals.

NY A 3903 - Chantel Jackson
Relates to including policies and procedures for responding to students having mental health crises in school safety plans
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Includes policies and procedures for responding to students having mental health crises in a manner that does not include contacting law enforcement unless implied or direct threats of violence or other criminal activity is involved in school safety plans.

NY A 3944 - Chantel Jackson
Relates to prohibiting certain suicide prevention and mental health services hotlines from being automated
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Directs the commissioner of the office of mental health to promulgate rules and regulations prohibiting any suicide prevention or mental health services hotline operated or sponsored by the state from being automated.

NY A 4009 - Edward Gibbs
Relates to providing notice of voting rights to persons released from local jails
06/10/2023 - RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
Relates to providing notice of voting rights to persons released from local jails.

NY A 405 - Karen M. McMahon
Relates to domestic violence training for health and mental health professionals
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Relates to domestic violence training for health and mental health professionals; requires such trainings to be updated annually by the office for the prevention of domestic violence; requires the office to collect data on participation of such trainings by health professionals.

NY A 4081 - Brian Cunningham
Relates to determining whether the state can claim federal financial participation for coverage of and payment for certain evidence-based mobile medical applications
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Directs the department of health to request guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to determine whether the state can claim federal financial participation for coverage of and payment for certain evidence-based mobile medical applications.

NY A 4093 - Anna R. Kelles
Establishes the "winter moratorium on evictions act of 2023"
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HOUSING
Establishes the "winter moratorium on evictions act of 2023" to prohibit eviction of tenants from residential properties during the winter months.

NY A 4135 - David I. Weprin
Relates to clinical standards for utilization review of care for medically fragile children; repealer
05/23/2023 - REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
Creates clinical standards and special consideration and processes for utilization review related to care for medically fragile children; makes changes to the effectiveness thereof.

NY A 4136 - Monica P. Wallace
Establishes a statewide youth mental health and social media campaign to promote public awareness of the impacts of social media usage on mental health
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Establishes a statewide youth mental health and social media campaign to promote public awareness of the impacts of social media usage on mental health; requires a course of study on social media usage for all students.

NY A 4142 - Phara Souffrant Forrest
Relates to requiring at least a ratio of one clinical, non-student mental health staff member per one thousand students on all SUNY and CUNY campuses
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Requires at least a ratio of one clinical, non-student mental health staff member per one thousand students on all SUNY and CUNY campuses and for state colleges and universities to update such ratio every five years.

NY A 4146 - John Lemondes Jr.
Relates to the establishment and operations of a dedicated opioid rehabilitation facility and the diversion of certain criminal defendants to such facility
04/09/2024 - HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE
Provides for the establishment and operations of a dedicated opioid rehabilitation facility and the personal needs allowance for residents of a dedicated opioid rehabilitation facility; relates to the diversion of certain defendants to a mandatory opioid rehabilitation facility; provides for the establishment of a dedicated opioid rehabilitation facility and the provision of corrections officers to such facilities.

NY A 4189 - Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes
Relates to certified public accountants
11/29/2023 - Substitute S 2473 action - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Relates to certified public accountants; requires that a majority of the ownership of a professional service corporation formed to lawfully engage in the practice of public accountancy as a firm are individuals licensed to practice public accountancy in some state; enacts similar provisions for partnerships and LLCs.

NY A 4201 - Steven H. Stern
Relates to veterans health care
02/07/2024 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
Relates to veterans' health care; creates a veteran health care review to ensure veterans and their families have access to health and mental health treatment, including for post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, military sexual trauma, reproductive and mental health conditions, and suicide prevention.

NY A 4275 - Didi Barrett
Requires a study of the issues impacting the continuum of caregiving in the state
11/13/2023 - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Requires a multi-agency study of the issues impacting the continuum of caregiving in the state; requires the submission of a report of the findings, conclusions and recommendations from such study to the governor and the legislature.

NY A 4308 - Aileen M. Gunther
Relates to the geriatric demonstration program
03/05/2024 - REPORTED
Relates to the geriatric demonstration program to promote mental health and home care collaboration; authorizes the commissioner of mental health to identify barriers to participation in the program and make recommendations to address such barriers.

NY A 4332 - Aileen M. Gunther
Relates to orders not to resuscitate; repealer
12/12/2023 - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Changes the controlling law for orders not to resuscitate for residents of mental hygiene facilities.

NY A 4377 - Phillip G. Steck
Relates to the protection of mental health practitioners
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Imposes a duty to protect upon mental health practitioners; requires reasonable efforts to modify aspects of treatment in order to reduce or eliminate the risk of harm, initiating procedures for hospitalization, notifying the intended victim or victims, or notifying law enforcement officials when a person directly communicates a threat of serious, imminent harm to self or against a readily identifiable person or persons, and the threat includes both a serious intent to act and the ability to carry out the threat; does not require a mental health practitioner to take any action which, in the exercise of reasonable professional judgment, would endanger such mental health practitioner or increase the danger to a potential victim or victims.

NY A 441 - Harvey D. Epstein
Relates to employment of persons and veterans with disabilities by the state
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
Relates to employment of persons and veterans with disabilities by the state; provides up to five thousand positions may be filled by persons with a physical or mental disability and up to two thousand positions may be filled by disabled veterans and veterans with disabilities.

NY A 4410 - Phillip G. Steck
Enacts the "ensuring access to behavioral health act"
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Enacts the "ensuring access to behavioral health act"; includes mental health services, substance use disorder treatment services and recovery support services to network adequacy requirements for insurance coverage.

NY A 4425 - Karines Reyes
Enacts The New Deal for CUNY
03/04/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 4425A
Enacts The New Deal for CUNY; increases the ratio of faculty and mental health counselors to full-time students; requires that certain amounts of tuition be replaced by federal, state, and city funds.

NY A 4440 - Phillip G. Steck
Requires mental health evaluations for participants in substance use disorder treatment programs
02/14/2023 - REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE
Requires the commissioner of the office of addiction services and supports to require mental health evaluations for participants in substance use disorder treatment programs and to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate such requirement.

NY A 4451 - Aileen M. Gunther
Enhances the assisted outpatient treatment program and eliminates the expiration and repeal of Kendra's Law
02/14/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Enhances the assisted outpatient treatment program; eliminates the expiration and repeal of Kendra's Law.

NY A 4478 - J. Gary Pretlow
Relates to creating a distinctive plate for New York state licensed mental health counselors
02/16/2023 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Creates a distinctive plate for New York state licensed mental health counselors.

NY A 4489 - Philip R. Ramos
Directs the department of state to establish a statewide registry of mental hygiene and child supervision residential facilities
02/16/2023 - REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Directs the department of state to establish and maintain a statewide registry of mental hygiene and child supervision residential facilities which shall include residential facilities for juvenile delinquents and persons in need of supervision subject to the supervision of the office of children and family services, for the mentally ill subject to the supervision of the office of mental health, for the developmentally disabled subject to the supervision of the office for people with developmental disabilities, and for the chemically dependent subject to the supervision of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services.

NY A 4543 - Phillip G. Steck
Authorizes certain facilities to provide treatment for the mental health and health care needs of individuals admitted for a substance use disorder
06/09/2023 - REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
Authorizes certain facilities to provide treatment for the mental health and health care needs of individuals admitted for a substance use disorder; provides that such services shall be reimbursable by Medicaid and private insurance.

NY A 4562 - Aileen M. Gunther
Provides for loan forgiveness for mental health nurses
02/16/2023 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Provides for loan forgiveness for mental health nurses that make a commitment to practice in a "rural" tract or county.

NY A 4581 - Amy R. Paulin
Relates to the provision of patient health information and medical records
02/28/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Relates to the provision of patient health information and medical records; expands the definition of medical records to include all health related records; prohibits fees for providing certain records.

NY A 4583 - Amy R. Paulin
Relates to home care services and to rates of reimbursement under medicaid for home care services
10/13/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 4583A
Amends provisions to improve accessibility of home care services, develop and maintain a qualified workforce, develop a comprehensive public education program and approve rates of reimbursement under medicaid for home care services that support the provision of those services.

NY A 4703 - Jarett C. Gandolfo
Directs the office of mental health to develop materials relating to suicide prevention for school-aged children; authorizes school districts to include suicide prevention in health class curriculum
04/18/2023 - HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN EDUCATION
Directs the office of mental health to develop materials relating to suicide prevention and identifying signs of depression for school-aged children; authorizes school districts to include suicide prevention in health class curriculum.

NY A 4710 - John McGowan
Relates to certain medical record requirements for participants in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations
02/22/2023 - REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
Relates to certain medical record requirements for participants in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations; extends the registration period for participation in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery and clean-up operations to September 11, 2027.

NY A 4722 - John McGowan
Requires disclosures required in advertisements using the title "coach"
02/23/2023 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
Requires disclosures required in advertisements using the title "coach"; defines the title "coach" as a professional designation, credential, certification, or professional description that indicates the person has expertise or training in issues specifically related to providing care or help in choosing a career in their field; provides civil penalties for violations; makes related provisions.

NY A 474 - Catalina Cruz
Requires hospitals to establish a violence prevention program and conduct an annual safety and security assessment
04/02/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 474B
Requires hospitals to establish a violence prevention program and conduct an annual safety and security assessment for the purpose of protecting health care workers, patients, families and visitors.

NY A 4795 - J. Gary Pretlow
Relates to the rights of former outpatients of mental health facilities to have files sealed after ten years
02/23/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Authorizes former outpatients of mental health facilities to request a court of competent jurisdiction to render an order to have their files sealed when more than ten years have elapsed since the last treatment in such facility, they are not currently being treated for mental illness and it would be in the best interests of the petitioner and society to seal such record without the requirement of a special proceeding.

NY A 4816 - Robert J. Smullen
Limits the application of the "safe act" to the counties of Kings, Queens, Richmond, New York and Bronx; repealer
05/23/2023 - HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN CODES
Limits the application of the "safe act" to the counties of Kings, Queens, Richmond, New York and Bronx.

NY A 4863 - Anna R. Kelles
Prohibits participation in torture and improper treatment of incarcerated individuals by health care professionals
06/05/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 4863A
Prohibits participation in torture and improper treatment of incarcerated individuals by health care professionals; prohibits a health care professional from engaging, assisting or planning the torture or improper treatment of an incarcerated individual; requires health care professionals to report torture and improper treatment.

NY A 4867 - Anna R. Kelles
Relates to the availability of certain benefits to exonerees; repealer
10/20/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 4867A
Relates to claims for unjust conviction and imprisonment and the availability of certain benefits and entitlements to exonerees; allows for sealing of records, payment of awards and payment of attorney's fees; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.

NY A 4878 - Anna Kelles
Provides for the development of an environmental health tracking system within the department of health with cooperation from certain other agencies
02/24/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Provides for the development of an environmental health tracking system within the department of health with cooperation from the departments of environmental conservation and labor; provides that the purpose is to gather various environmental data to correlate with disease data; requires the cooperation of the state university of New York schools of public health at Albany and Buffalo.

NY A 4879 - Anna R. Kelles
Requires training for teachers, administrators and instructors in the area of mental health response training
02/08/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 4879A
Requires training for teachers, administrators and instructors in the area of mental health response; requires office of mental health to assist in development of curriculum for training.

NY A 488 - Amy Paulin
Authorizes dental hygienists to provide such services in collaboration with a licensed dentist
01/09/2023 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Authorizes dental hygienists to provide such services without supervision in collaboration with a licensed dentist under a collaborative practice agreement.

NY A 4940 - Carrie Woerner
Expands the healthcare services provided by telehealth
02/27/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Expands the healthcare services provided by telehealth; removes the sunset date of such expansion.

NY A 4967 - Nily D. Rozic
Relates to enacting the New York child data privacy and protection act
02/27/2023 - REFERRED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Enacts the New York child data privacy protection act to prevent the exploitation of children's data; requires data controllers to assess the impact of its products on children for review by the bureau of internet and technology; bans certain data collection and targeted advertising.

NY A 4971 - Eric Ari Brown
Provides for mental home health care services for the aging
02/27/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Directs the commissioner of the office of mental health and the director of the state office for the aging shall establish a mental home health services program for the aging to facilitate access to mental home health services to respond to identified mental health needs, including those needs that may have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, and for the aging or families that may not have access to mental health professionals in-person; makes related provisions.

NY A 5016 - Angelo L. Santabarbara
Relates to adding spina bifida to the definition of developmental disability
01/23/2024 - REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Relates to adding spina bifida to the definition of developmental disability in the mental hygiene law.

NY A 5041 - Angelo L. Santabarbara
Relates to access to mental health care services for emergency dispatchers
02/27/2023 - REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
Provides that a collective bargaining agreement or employment contract shall not require that an emergency dispatcher employed by a municipality obtain approval from, or provide notice to, a supervisor to access mental or behavioral health care services.

NY A 5045 - Phillip G. Steck
Requires development and implementation of a comprehensive education campaign regarding the dangers of cannabinoid use
02/27/2023 - REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Requires development and implementation of a comprehensive education campaign regarding the dangers of cannabinoid use.

NY A 5049 - Brian D. Miller
Relates to licensing and other provisions relating to firearms; repealed
02/27/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Relates to licensing and other provisions relating to firearms.

NY A 5065 - Aileen M. Gunther
Relates to requiring certain fees be deposited into the mental illness anti-stigma fund
04/18/2023 - REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Relates to requiring application fees for the issuance of operating certificates be deposited into the mental illness anti-stigma fund.

NY A 5080 - Aileen M. Gunther
Relates to requiring the commissioner of the department of civil service to prepare a report on mental health practitioner classification
03/02/2023 - REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
Relates to requiring the commissioner of the department of civil service to prepare a report on mental health practitioner classification.

NY A 5085 - Aileen M. Gunther
Requires the state university of New York and the city university of New York to adopt certain provisions related to student mental health
03/02/2023 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Requires the state university of New York and the city university of New York to adopt certain provisions related to student mental health such as administering student mental health surveys, establishing a mental health committee, administering mental health training to faculty and staff, and improving university policies regarding mental health.

NY A 5119 - Aileen M. Gunther
Establishes a task force to study aging in place in mental health housing
11/13/2023 - Substitute S 5178 action - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Establishes a task force to study aging in place in mental health housing; provides for the repeal of such task force upon expiration thereof.

NY A 5135 - Sarah Anderson Clark
Provides for mental health screening and creating a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is proximately caused by employment for law enforcement officers and emergency medical personnel
03/02/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Provides for mental health screening; creates a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is proximately caused by employment for law enforcement officers and emergency medical services personnel.

NY A 5185 - Michael Tannousis
Requires certain facilities to have a staff member specifically trained in filing assisted outpatient treatment petitions
03/03/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Requires certain hospitals and correctional facilities to have a staff member specifically trained in filing assisted outpatient treatment petitions.

NY A 5191 - Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
Provides for the employment of mental health professionals by school districts
03/03/2023 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Provides for the employment of mental health professionals by school districts.

NY A 5268 - Rebecca A. Seawright
Establishes a direct support wage enhancement to employees that provide direct care support or any other form of treatment, to individuals with developmental disabilities
05/09/2023 - REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Establishes a direct support wage enhancement to employees that provide direct care support or any other form of treatment, to individuals with developmental disabilities and whose income is less than $125,000.

NY A 5299 - Aileen M. Gunther
Relates to certain notices and guidelines regarding mental health and wellness of employees
04/09/2024 - REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
Directs the commissioner of labor to create and distribute to employers a poster, pamphlet, or other written materials regarding mental health and wellness of employees to be posted in the workplace; directs voluntary guidelines for employers to put in place strategies and programs to support the mental health and wellness of their employees.

NY A 531 - Latrice Walker
Authorizes certain persons confined in institutions operated by the department of corrections and community supervision to apply for a sentence reduction
01/09/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Authorizes certain persons confined in institutions operated by the department of corrections and community supervision to apply for a sentence reduction.

NY A 5378 - Brian D. Miller
Expands coverage of sex offender registration act
05/24/2023 - HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN CORRECTION
Expands coverage of sex offender registration act.

NY A 5505 - Linda B. Rosenthal
Directs the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking to investigate connections between social media and human trafficking
05/30/2023 - ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.357
Directs the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking to investigate connections between social media and human trafficking.

NY A 5588 - Didi Barrett
Relates to the protection and promotion of the mental health of the residents of New York state
03/14/2024 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Requires parity in the mental and physical health treatment of the residents of New York state; provides that both mental and physical health "will be matters of public concern and provision therefor shall be made by the state and by such of its subdivisions".

NY A 559 - William Magnarelli
Requires certain training for all retailers, dealers and sellers of firearms in New York state
01/09/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Requires training on how to identify illegal purchasers of firearms for all retailers, dealers and sellers of firearms in New York state; directs the state police to implement such program; makes related provisions.

NY A 5604 - William B. Magnarelli
Relates to the display of green lights on the vehicles of members of mobile crisis teams
11/29/2023 - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Relates to the display of green lights on the vehicles of members of mobile crisis teams.

NY A 5697 - Didi Barrett
Relates to the duty to report incidents
09/07/2023 - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Requires every mandated reporter to make a report to the register unless the register has knowledge of the incident.

NY A 5734 - J. Gary Pretlow
Relates to education and outreach programs for individuals who have suffered a pregnancy loss or infant loss
10/13/2023 - Substitute S 6082 action - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Includes within the health care and wellness education and outreach program offered by the department of health resources for individuals who have suffered a pregnancy loss or infant loss.

NY A 5879 - Rebecca A. Seawright
Replaces the terms "mentally retarded", "mental retardation" and variants thereof with "developmentally disabled" and "developmental disability"
09/14/2023 - Substitute S 3313 action - SIGNED CHAP.370
Replaces the terms "mentally retarded", "mental retardation" and variants thereof with "developmentally disabled" and "developmental disability".

NY A 5892 - Fred W. Thiele
Relates to pressure regulated sprinklers
05/05/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 5892A
Provides that spray sprinkler bodies shall meet certain water saving performance standards.

NY A 5902 - Anna R. Kelles
Establishes a uniform electronic medical records system for correctional facilities
06/06/2023 - RULES REPORT CAL.586
Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, in consultation with the commissioner of health and the commissioner of mental health, to develop a uniform electronic medical records system to be utilized by all correctional facilities in the state.

NY A 5971 - Rebecca A. Seawright
Requires OPWDD to purchase and provide essential PPE to all mental health providers in the event of a declaration of a state emergency that relates to public health
05/17/2023 - REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Requires OPWDD to purchase and provide essential personal protection equipment to all direct support professionals, care recipients and group home providers in the event of a declaration of a state emergency that relates to public health.

NY A 6017 - Amy R. Paulin
Grants immunity from liability to organizations which establish physician committees the purpose of which is to refer to treatment physicians who are thought to be suffering from addiction or mental illness
10/25/2023 - SIGNED CHAP.567
Grants immunity from liability to organizations which establish physician committees the purpose of which is to confront and refer to treatment physicians who are thought to be suffering from addiction or mental illness.

NY A 6058 - Michaelle C. Solages
Requires mental health services for incarcerated individuals with mental health issues related to the trauma of incarceration
05/25/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 6058A
Requires mental health services for incarcerated individuals with mental health issues related to the trauma of incarceration upon reentry and reintegration into society upon release.

NY A 613 - Aileen M. Gunther
Requires the commissioner of the office of mental health to provide monthly status reports of the community investments and the impact on inpatient census
03/03/2023 - SIGNED CHAP.9
Requires the commissioner of the office of mental health to provide monthly status reports of the community investments and the impact on inpatient census to the chair of the senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee and to post such report on the office's website.

NY A 6169 - Vivian E. Cook
Establishes an alternative resolution program for service members and veterans accused of certain felonies
04/03/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Establishes an alternative resolution program for service members and veterans accused of certain felonies.

NY A 6205 - Karines Reyes
Relates to education on the dangers of fatal and non-fatal drowning
01/22/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 6205A
Provides that the department of health may conduct education and outreach programs promoting public awareness of the dangers of fatal and non-fatal drowning.

NY A 6219 - Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
Relates to the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards, departments and commissions
11/27/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 6219A
Requires separate collection categories for White, Middle Eastern, and North African groups in NYS.

NY A 629 - Harry B. Bronson
Clarifies the meaning of the phrase greatest social need for purposes of the administration of programs under the federal Older Americans Act of 1965
03/03/2023 - Substitute S 817 action - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Clarifies the meaning of the phrase "greatest social need" for purposes of the administration of programs under the federal Older Americans Act of 1965, defining it to mean the need caused by non-economic factors which shall include, but not be limited to: physical or mental disability; Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia; language barriers including limited English proficiency and low literacy; and cultural, social, or geographic isolation.

NY A 6304 - Fred W. Thiele
Relates to mental health certificates
04/03/2023 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Provides that a mental health certificate shall be requested from each student at the same time health certificates are required; provides that an assessment and mental health history of any child may be requested by the local school authorities at any time in their discretion to promote the educational interests of such child; makes related provisions.

NY A 6342 - Stacey G. Pheffer Amato
Relates to the disability retirement for safety and security officers
01/26/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 6342A
Relates to the disability retirement for safety and security officers.

NY A 6343 - Stacey G. Pheffer Amato
Relates to retirement benefits for certain employees
01/29/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 6343A
Relates to the election of retirement benefits for certain members of the New York state and local employees' retirement system who are employed by the office of mental health.

NY A 6400 - Rebecca A. Seawright
Establishes a direct support professional worker registry
03/26/2024 - REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Establishes a direct support professional worker registry of persons who have successfully completed a direct support professional worker education or training program approved by the commissioner of mental health.

NY A 6480 - Christopher Burdick
Allows an individual with disabilities or a disabled veteran to hold full-time or part-time positions for purposes of eligibility for recruitment for state employment
10/05/2023 - SIGNED CHAP.521
Allows an individual with disabilities or a disabled veteran to hold full-time or part-time positions for purposes of eligibility for recruitment for state employment.

NY A 6523 - Linda B. Rosenthal
Requires the development of mental illness training for providers of temporary housing
04/13/2023 - REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
Requires the office of temporary and disability assistance, in conjunction with the office of mental health and the office of children and family services, to develop a mental illness training course to be utilized by providers of temporary housing assistance to focus on recognizing signs and symptoms of mental illness.

NY A 6543 - Rebecca A. Seawright
Relates to a state council on developmental disabilities
09/14/2023 - SIGNED CHAP.368
Renames the developmental disabilities planning council to be the state council on developmental disabilities; changes membership.

NY A 6599 - Karines Reyes
Establishes an LGBTQ+ youth and young adult suicide prevention task force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
03/04/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 6599A
Establishes an LGBTQ+ youth and young adult suicide prevention task force; provides for the number of members, manner of appointment and the topics to be reviewed.

NY A 667 - Jeffrion Aubry
Authorizes the correctional association to inspect residential juvenile detention facilities
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO CORRECTION
Authorizes the correctional association to inspect residential juvenile detention facilities.

NY A 6704 - Aileen M. Gunther
Prohibits the application of fail-first or step therapy protocols to coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions
05/05/2023 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Prohibits the application of fail-first or step therapy protocols to coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions.

NY A 6720 - Michaelle C. Solages
Relates to guidelines for food and beverages purchased or sold by state agencies
05/05/2023 - REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Directs the department of health to develop state food guidelines for foods purchased, served, and sold by state agencies, programs, and institutions and on state property.

NY A 6741 - Brian Cunningham
Requires the mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse or maltreatment by certain employees of the metropolitan transportation authority
05/08/2023 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Requires the mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse or maltreatment by certain employees of the metropolitan transportation authority; requires such employees to complete coursework or training regarding the identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment.

NY A 6753 - Jennifer A. Lunsford
Requires certain private insurance plans to reimburse for services provided by child advocacy centers
05/08/2023 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Requires private insurance plans which provide for reimbursement for psychiatric or psychological services or for diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions to include reimbursement for services provided by child advocacy centers.

NY A 6761 - Karines Reyes
Allows certain minors to consent to certain medical, dental, health, and hospital services
05/08/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Allows homeless youth to give effective consent to certain medical, dental, health, and hospital services; provides for insurance coverage of such health care services consented to by such youth.

NY A 6779 - John T. McDonald
Relates to the administration of certain medications by a pharmacist
12/12/2023 - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Relates to the administration of certain medications by a pharmacist; requires the administering pharmacist to notify the prescribing physician of the administration of the medication.

NY A 6799 - Amy R. Paulin
Establishes a drug-induced movement disorder screening education program
04/12/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 6799B
Establishes a drug-induced movement disorder screening education program; provides that the department shall develop such program to educate the public about the importance of screening for drug-induced movement disorders, develop and disseminate educational materials for healthcare providers regarding treatment for drug-induced movement disorders, and eliminate bias and reduction of stigma for people living with drug-induced movement disorders related to the treatment of mental health conditions.

NY A 6801 - Marianne Buttenschon
Establishes a developmental disability, mental health, and behavioral condition community stakeholder committee
05/12/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 6801A
Establishes a developmental disability, mental health, and behavioral condition community stakeholder committee to examine effective evidence-based developmental, mental, and behavioral health screening methods for children in kindergarten through fifth grade.

NY A 6804 - Aileen M. Gunther
Relates to improving student mental health and mental health literacy in institutions of higher education in the state, and requiring the adoption of related protocols, policies and programs
05/08/2023 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Relates to improving student mental health and mental health literacy in institutions of higher education in the state; requires the adoption of related protocols, policies and programs in SUNY, CUNY and independent institutions of higher education.

NY A 6825 - Nader J. Sayegh
Requires annual screenings for depression of students in grades seven through twelve
05/08/2023 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Requires annual screenings for depression of students in grades seven through twelve; requires the department of education and the department of health to review data pertaining to the results of such screenings for local and statewide trends concerning teenage depression.

NY A 6837 - Amy R. Paulin
Relates to health care and mental hygiene worker bonuses
05/08/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Includes fire districts within the definition of "municipal corporation" to include employees of fire districts within the health care and mental hygiene worker bonuses.

NY A 6895 - Rebecca A. Seawright
Provides a premium reduction for physicians who complete a training strategies course relating to emergency department visits for individuals with a developmental or intellectual disability
06/02/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 6895A
Directs the commissioner of health to approve professional education courses for eligible physicians, nurses and other staff that covers risk management strategies in emergency department visits for individuals with a developmental or intellectual disability; provides a premium reduction for physicians who complete such risk management strategies course.

NY A 690 - Aileen M. Gunther
Requires video cameras to be placed on the entrances/exits of all facilities run by the office for people with developmental disabilities
10/18/2023 - ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Requires video cameras to be placed on the entrances/exits of all facilities run by the office for people with developmental disabilities.

NY A 6902 - Michaelle C. Solages
Relates to pregnant and postpartum individuals and their children's health coverage and information
05/08/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Expands coverage for pregnant and postpartum individuals and their children; establishes a health expense account program for pregnant and postpartum individuals; requires the creation of informative pamphlets on maternal depression.

NY A 692 - Pamela J. Hunter
Establishes incapacity to consent when a person is a witness to or subject of an investigation under certain circumstances
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Establishes incapacity to consent when a person is a witness to or subject of an investigation under certain circumstances.

NY A 6934 - Aileen M. Gunther
Expands the scope of practice of psychiatric nurse practitioners
05/09/2023 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Expands the scope of practice of psychiatric nurse practitioners; makes conforming changes in the mental hygiene law.

NY A 6960 - Maritza Davila
Establishes a Latina suicide prevention task force; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
11/17/2023 - Substitute S 5082 action - VETOED MEMO.79
Establishes a Latina suicide prevention task force; provides for the number of members, manner of appointment and the topics to be reviewed.

NY A 6993 - Christopher Burdick
Relates to consideration of gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care in child custody cases
05/10/2023 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Relates to consideration of gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care in child custody cases for purposes of jurisdiction, forum and enforcement of custody orders.

NY A 7035 - Patricia A. Fahy
Establishes a special needs assisted living program to serve persons with neurodegenerative diseases
11/29/2023 - Substitute S 2161 action - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Establishes a special needs assisted living program to serve residents with neurodegenerative diseases, such as dementia or Parkinson's disease, who are experiencing behavior disturbances.

NY A 7083 - Monique Chandler-Waterman
Establishing a training program for first responders for handling emergency situations involving individuals in emotional distress or experiencing an emotional or mental health crisis
05/10/2023 - REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Establishes a training program for first responders, including firefighters, police officers and emergency medical services personnel, for handling emergency situations involving individuals in emotional distress or experiencing an emotional or mental health crisis; requires documents utilized by state agencies, public authorities and municipalities to replace the term "emotionally disturbed person" with the term "person in crisis".

NY A 709 - Nily Rozic
Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO CORRECTION
Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated individuals based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; establishes that incarcerated individuals shall be presumptively placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's self-attested gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement.

NY A 711 - Linda Rosenthal
Relates to collection, storage or transmission of personal information collected from smart home systems
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
Requires express and affirmative consent prior to collection, storage or transmittal of any personal information obtained from the installation or use of a smart home connected system by certain persons.

NY A 7133 - Karines Reyes
Expands the membership of the interagency task force on trafficking in persons and extends such task force
06/01/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 7133A
Expands the membership of the interagency task force on trafficking in persons to include the secretary of state, commissioner of the department of transportation, the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles and the executive director of the New York state thruway authority; extends the duration of such task force.

NY A 715 - Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes
Authorizes certain licensed health service professionals to form limited liability companies
05/18/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 715A
Authorizes certain licensed health service professionals to form limited liability companies.

NY A 7173 - Kimberly Jean-Pierre
Relates to the designation of a veterans' liaison by all state agencies
06/08/2023 - REFERRED TO RULES
Directs all state agencies to designate a veterans' liaison to provide information and assistance to veterans regarding benefits and services available to veterans within the various state agencies.

NY A 7182 - Amy R. Paulin
Relates to the health care transformation fund
05/12/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Provides that, on an annual basis, at least 25% of the moneys deposited into the health care transformation fund shall be allocated exclusively for certain community-based health care providers.

NY A 7184 - Amy R. Paulin
Relates to health care agents and proxies, decisions under the family health care decisions act and nonhospital orders not to resuscitate
05/12/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Makes technical, minor and coordinating amendments regarding health care agents and proxies, decisions under the family health care decisions act, and nonhospital orders not to resuscitate.

NY A 7188 - Aileen M. Gunther
Establishes the rural suicide prevention council
05/12/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Establishes the rural suicide prevention council to identify barriers to mental health and substance use treatment and prevention services and other policies, practices, resources, services, and potential legislation that aim to reduce death by suicide and suicide attempts and acknowledge the demographic and cultural differences in rural communities; makes related provisions.

NY A 7193 - Erik M. Dilan
Relates to the removal of incarcerated individuals diagnosed with mental illness to a residential mental health treatment unit
05/12/2023 - REFERRED TO CORRECTION
Relates to the removal of incarcerated individuals diagnosed with mental illness to a residential mental health treatment unit.

NY A 7211 - Sarah Anderson Clark
Provides for coverage of mental health and alcohol and substance use services under the child health insurance plan
05/15/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Provides for coverage of mental health and alcohol and substance use services under the child health insurance plan.

NY A 7233 - Jo Anne Simon
Provides for absence from school for the mental or behavioral health of the minor
05/15/2023 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Provides for absence from school for the mental or behavioral health of the minor.

NY A 7258 - Michael R. Benedetto
Relates to replacing certain instances of the words handicapping conditions with disabilities
09/14/2023 - Substitute S 4041 action - SIGNED CHAP.371
Replaces certain instances of the words handicapping conditions with disabilities in relation to children with such disabilities.

NY A 7316 - Amy R. Paulin
Expands health care services provided by telehealth
06/09/2023 - REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
Expands health care services provided by telehealth to include services delivered through a facility licensed under article twenty-eight of the public health law that is eligible to be designated or has received a designation as a federally qualified health center, including those facilities that are also licensed under article thirty-one or article thirty-two of the mental hygiene law.

NY A 7360 - Grace Lee
Relates to the composition of the interagency task force on human trafficking
06/07/2023 - RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
Relates to the composition of the interagency task force on human trafficking; extends provisions related to the effectiveness of such task force.

NY A 7395 - Taylor Ruth Bertley Raynor Darling
Provides for definitions of mental health and family and youth peer and requires the office of mental health establish peer service qualification programs
02/13/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Provides for definitions of mental health and family and youth peer advocates and requires the office of mental health to establish peer service qualification programs.

NY A 7406 - Aileen M. Gunther
Relates to the development of a public anti-stigma mental health education program
05/24/2023 - REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Relates to the development of a public anti-stigma mental health education program targeting the general public and underserved populations.

NY A 7499 - Keith P. Brown
Requires schools to include instruction on the prevention of co-occurring disorders as an integral part of their health education programs
05/30/2023 - ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Requires schools to include instruction on the prevention of co-occurring disorders as an integral part of their health education programs.

NY A 7522 - Aileen M. Gunther
Prohibits the application of fail-first or step therapy protocols to coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of serious mental health conditions
05/25/2023 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Prohibits the application of fail-first or step therapy protocols to coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of serious mental health conditions; defines serious mental health condition.

NY A 7533 - Phara Souffrant Forrest
Clarifies the definition of persons with a disability for purposes of the definition of special populations
05/25/2023 - REFERRED TO CORRECTION
Clarifies the definition of persons with a disability for purposes of the definition of special populations to include people with a mental health diagnosis, people on the office of mental health caseload, people with a intellectual, developmental or cognitive diagnosis, people with physical disability or mobility impairment, and people with a sensorial disability diagnosis.

NY A 7552 - Christopher Burdick
Relates to the first responder peer support program act
12/20/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 7552A
Establishes the "first responder peer support program" which supplies peer-to-peer mental health programs to first responders.

NY A 7577 - Jake Blumencranz
Establishes the hospice and palliative care workgroup
05/25/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Establishes the hospice and palliative care workgroup; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

NY A 758 - David Weprin
Requires counties to maintain a confidential registry of people of all ages with disabilities for disaster preparedness
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Requires counties to maintain a confidential registry of people of all ages with disabilities for the purpose of evacuating and sheltering such persons during disasters.

NY A 7591 - Anna R. Kelles
Establishes the mental health educational opportunity program and the mental health higher educational opportunity program
01/25/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 7591B
Establishes the mental health educational opportunity program and the mental health higher educational opportunity program to provide additional educational opportunities for students at certain universities and colleges in the state to enroll in academic programs that lead to a degree or degrees required for licensure in any of the mental health professions.

NY A 7602 - Amy R. Paulin
Authorizes the delivery of telehealth services in schools by licensed providers
05/25/2023 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Authorizes the delivery of telehealth services in schools by licensed providers.

NY A 7691 - Michaelle C. Solages
Establishes the New York state community commission on reparations remedies
12/19/2023 - SIGNED CHAP.729
Relates to acknowledging the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery in the city of New York and the state of New York; establishes the New York state community commission on reparations remedies to examine the institution of slavery, subsequently de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African-Americans, the impact of these forces on living African-Americans and to make recommendations on appropriate remedies; provides for the repeal of such provisions.

NY A 7717 - Monica P. Wallace
Relates to extreme risk protection orders
06/06/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Relates to who can be a petitioner for an extreme risk protection order.

NY A 7743 - Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
Requires the department of education to develop school health and mental health professionals to student ratios in public schools
06/06/2023 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Requires the department of education to develop school health and mental health professionals to student ratios in public schools for students who do not receive services pursuant to the individuals with disabilities education act.

NY A 7866 - Kenneth P. Zebrowski
Protects the health insurance benefits of retirees of public employers and contributions of retirees of public employers
04/12/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 7866B
Prohibits public employers from diminishing health insurance benefits provided to retirees and their dependents or the contributions such employer makes for such health insurance coverage below the level of such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and dependents by the public employer as of December 31, 2021.

NY A 791 - Pamela J. Hunter
Provides for offering reward or incentive programs
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Allows for insurance providers and corporations to create and offer reward or incentive programs to eligible members.

NY A 793 - Pamela J. Hunter
Requires the office of mental health to establish a training program for the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder
12/12/2023 - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Requires the office of mental health to establish a training program for the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for military veterans; the program shall include a component on military culture competency and shall be intended for the training of mental health providers and mental health clinicians; certification of the completion of the program may be provided to participants through the office.

NY A 796 - Robert C. Carroll
Establishes the elderly abuse protective act to protect persons 62 years of age or older who suffer abuse and deprivation; appropriation
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO AGING
Enacts the "elderly abuse protective act" to protect residents 62 years of age or older who suffer abuse or deprivation; requires reports to the commissioner of the office of children and family services of the possible necessity for protective services; specifies action by such commissioner upon receiving such report including evaluation, right of entry, and furnishing of protective services; specifies the authority of the office of children and family services with respect thereto and requires assistance of other agencies in the implementation thereof; provides for judicial and review action against caretakers who abuse elderly; creates statewide central register of elderly abuse; appropriates $600,000 to the office of children and family services.

NY A 7971 - Marianne Buttenschon
Allows individuals to request a notation on their driver's license indicating that they have autism spectrum disorder, or any other medical, mental, or behavioral condition that may alter or impair their behavior; requires medical documentation to be submitted as proof upon such a request; directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to consult with the commissioner of health and the commissioner of mental health to determine a list of such conditions and disorders that may be indicated on an indi
08/18/2023 - referred to transportation

NY A 8015 - Brian Cunningham
Directs the commissioner of mental health to conduct a study of child- and youth-targeted mobile crisis outreach teams in New York state, and deliver a report including the findings and recommendations of such study to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly.
03/05/2024 - reported referred to ways and means

NY A 8016 - Brian Cunningham
Requires that members of a mobile crisis team include at least one certified peer specialist with lived experience with emotional and behavioral crisis situations.
09/01/2023 - referred to mental health

NY A 8017 - Jeffrey Dinowitz
Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to establish discharge plans and reentry services for wrongfully convicted individuals upon their discharge which includes housing needs, educational needs, employment needs, medical needs, and specific social service needs.
09/01/2023 - referred to correction

NY A 8020 - Brian Cunningham
Imposes a surcharge on monthly phone bills to fund the costs associated with the administration, design, installation, construction, operation, and maintenance of a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline in New York state; establishes the 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline trust fund.
09/01/2023 - referred to mental health

NY A 8023 - Marianne Buttenschon
Creates 10 interagency placement committees throughout the state to recommend treatment and rehabilitation programs or strategies for youths with co-existing mental disabilities; directs such committees to establish a process by which youths can be referred to such committees; directs such committees to submit a report annually to the governor and legislature identifying gaps in treatment and rehabilitation options, and any plans or recommendations to increase such options.
09/13/2023 - referred to mental health

NY A 808 - Linda Rosenthal
Establishes regulations for hospital emergency rooms
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Establishes regulations for hospital emergency rooms when treating patients suffering from an opioid overdose or addiction.

NY A 8083 - Catalina Cruz
Requires the New York city department of corrections and the New York city health and hospitals corporation to adopt safety policies to protect health care workers who treat incarcerated individuals.
02/02/2024 - print number 8083a

NY A 8103 - Harry B. Bronson
Extends confidentiality privileges to certain communications to or from a licensed mental health counselor
10/13/2023 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Extends confidentiality privileges to certain communications to or from a licensed mental health counselor in the course of his or her professional employment, and to certain employees of such licensed mental health counselor; provides exceptions thereto.

NY A 8117 - Michaelle C. Solages
Requires certain health care providers to disclose certain facts in regards to probation to current and new patients
10/13/2023 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Requires certain health care providers to disclose certain facts in regards to probation to current and new patients.

NY A 812 - Edward Braunstein
Relates to clarifying the standards for involuntary in-patient care and treatment
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Relates to involuntary in-patient mental health treatment where care and treatment in a hospital is essential to a person's welfare if, in the absence of such care and treatment, the person's mental illness is likely to result in serious harm.

NY A 8162 - Brian Cunningham
Establishes a maternity care coordination program to provide community maternity care providers with training and support with respect to the unique needs of pregnant and postpartum veterans.
10/18/2023 - referred to veterans' affairs

NY A 8163 - Marianne Buttenschon
Enhances sentences for certain offenses involving weapons on or near school grounds; relates to the availability of certain records of juvenile delinquents or youthful offenders; relates to annual earnings limitations for certain retired police officers employed by a school district or a board of cooperative educational services; adds a defendant's identifiable ties to the community and state to consideration for whether to fix a securing order, including residence, employment, enrollment with a
10/18/2023 - referred to codes

NY A 8192 - Manny De Los Santos
Relates to the removal of incarcerated individuals diagnosed with mental illness to a residential mental health treatment unit
10/27/2023 - REFERRED TO CORRECTION
Relates to the removal of incarcerated individuals diagnosed with mental illness to a residential mental health treatment unit.

NY A 8207 - Sarah Anderson Clark
Requires the department of health to convene a maternal health care and birthing standards workgroup
01/22/2024 - ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.2
Requires the department of health to convene a maternal health care and birthing standards workgroup to study, evaluate and make recommendations related to the development of maternal health care and birthing standards to ensure that patients receive the highest quality of care.

NY A 8214 - Amy R. Paulin
Relates to establishing hospital-sponsored off campus emergency departments
11/06/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Establishes hospital-sponsored off campus emergency departments as a "hospital"; sets out specific standards for operations, staffing and capacity requirements.

NY A 8230 - Amy R. Paulin
Authorizes a prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application
11/06/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Authorizes a prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application for individuals who are eligible for Medicaid.

NY A 8242 - Anna R. Kelles
Establishes the office of pretrial services
11/06/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Establishes the office of pretrial services to certify and establish guidelines for pretrial services agencies in the state; establishes a working group to prepare for the transition for pretrial services from public entities to private, non-profit entities and provides for the repeal of such working group upon the expiration thereof.

NY A 8260 - John Zaccaro
Relates to imposing an excise tax on firearms and ammunition
11/15/2023 - REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Imposes an excise tax on the gross receipts of the sales of firearms, major components of firearms and ammunition; establishes the gun violence prevention and school safety fund.

NY A 8264 - Scott Bendett
Establishes the school safety specialist act
11/15/2023 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Establishes the school safety specialist act; establishes a certification and training program for school safety specialists; outlines the roles and duties of school safety specialists.

NY A 8281 - Andrew W. Goodell
Requires undocumented immigrants to submit to the same level of health background check and be vaccinated in order to use certain state resources.
11/27/2023 - referred to social services

NY A 8322 - Andrew D. Hevesi
Establishes a council on children and families within the executive department; moves such council from the office of children and family services; defines terms; authorizes the governor to designate the executive director of such council; makes related provisions.
11/29/2023 - referred to children and families

NY A 8331 - Aileen M. Gunther
Authorizes the creation of a 9-8-8 license plate
12/13/2023 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Authorizes the creation of a 9-8-8 license plate in support of the 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system.

NY A 8349 - Patrick B. Burke
Establishes the psilocybin assisted therapy pilot program for veterans and first responders
12/13/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Establishes the psilocybin assisted therapy pilot program; provides such program will be offered to ten thousand veterans and first responders from the western region of New York state.

NY A 8364 - Phara Souffrant Forrest
Protects the rights of people in prisons, jails and forensic facilities
12/13/2023 - REFERRED TO CORRECTION
Protects the rights of people in prisons, jails and forensic facilities; limits the use of cell or segregated confinement; grants access to tablets, visitation, and certain items.

NY A 8396 - Michaelle C. Solages
Increases personal needs allowance amounts
12/13/2023 - REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
Increases personal needs allowance amounts for individuals who are deemed eligible.

NY A 8407 - Catalina Cruz
Relates to the tolling of statute of limitations for individuals in state custody
12/13/2023 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Relates to the tolling of statute of limitations for individuals in state custody; provides that with respect to state action brought by anyone to recover damages for physical, psychological, or other injury or condition suffered while in state custody, the time in which such action must commence shall be extended to three years after such person is released from such custody.

NY A 8413 - Jaime R. Williams
Requires the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority reimburse certain individuals from transit deserts
12/29/2023 - REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
Requires the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority reimburse certain individuals from transit deserts who need medical treatment when they travel into the central business district for such treatment; provides that such reimbursement shall be one hundred percent of all associated fees.

NY A 8421 - Marjorie L. Byrnes
Relates to national instant criminal background checks and ammunition; repealer
12/29/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Removes ammunition and ammunition sales from the requirements of background checks; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto; repeals the background check fund.

NY A 8437 - Andrew D. Hevesi
Adds certain human services programs to the designated human services programs eligible for a cost of living adjustment
02/09/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 8437A
Adds certain human services programs to the designated human services programs eligible for a cost of living adjustment.

NY A 8444 - Patricia A. Fahy
Requires the county sheriff to oversee an annual jail staffing analysis and provide a report to the commission of corrections and community supervision
12/29/2023 - REFERRED TO CORRECTION
Requires the county sheriff to oversee an annual jail staffing analysis and provide a report to the commission of corrections and community supervision and give the public the opportunity to view the statistics of their local county jail.

NY A 8461 - Jeff L. Gallahan
Creates a series of distinctive license plates for law enforcement officers who were wounded in the line of duty
01/11/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 8461A
Creates a series of distinctive license plates for law enforcement officers who were wounded in the line of duty or the spouse of such, which shall bear the words "Wounded in the Line of Duty"; includes the New York state sheriff's association, New York state association of chiefs of police, police benevolent association of the New York state troopers, the New York state police benevolent association, and the New York city police benevolent association; provides that proceeds from the service charge shall be used for a fund to assist wounded/fallen officers and their families.

NY A 8464 - Aileen M. Gunther
Provides for qualified mental health associates
12/29/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Directs the office of mental health to establish programs for the training and development of persons capable of providing coaching and support to individuals under treatment plans developed by licensed mental health practitioners, including but not limited to a process of issuing, either directly or through contract, credentials for qualified mental health associates.

NY A 8470 - Amy R. Paulin
Relates to long term care options for medicaid recipients; repealer
12/29/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Repeals managed long term care provisions for Medicaid recipients; establishes provisions for fully integrated plans for long term care including PACE and MAP plans.

NY A 8484 - Harvey D. Epstein
Relates to reporting of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents and repeals section two of chapter eleven of the laws of two thousand twenty-one
02/13/2024 - SIGNED CHAP.77
Relates to reporting of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents; requires information including the total number of youth placed in foster care, the reasons why such youth were placed and the efforts the state has taken to recruit and retain foster parents; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

NY A 8485 - Pamela J. Hunter
Requires the office of mental health to identify information and training programs relating to the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for military veterans
03/01/2024 - Substitute S 8076 action - SIGNED CHAP.105
Requires the office of mental health to identify information and training programs relating to the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for military veterans; requires the office of mental health to publish on their website information and links to the identified relevant training programs.

NY A 8490 - William B. Magnarelli
Relates to the display of green lights on the vehicles of members of mobile crisis teams
01/18/2024 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.235
Relates to the display of green lights on the vehicles of members of mobile crisis teams and the revocation of authorization to display such light.

NY A 8536 - Aileen M. Gunther
Relates to orders not to resuscitate
02/07/2024 - SIGNED CHAP.40
Changes the controlling law for orders not to resuscitate for residents of mental hygiene facilities.

NY A 869 - Jeffrion Aubry
Relates to the modification of the procedure for interviews of parole applicants and to the disclosure of parole applicant records
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO CORRECTION
Relates to the modification of the procedure for interviews of parole applicants and to the disclosure of parole applicant records.

NY A 8803 - Joint 2016 General Budget Conference Committee
AID TO LOCALITIES BUDGET
03/12/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 8803B
Makes appropriations for the support of government - Aid to Localities Budget.

NY A 8807 - Joint 2016 General Budget Conference Committee
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2024-2025 state fiscal year
03/12/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 8807B
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2024-2025 state fiscal year; requires the commissioner of health to provide a quarterly report on known and expected department of health state fund Medicaid expenditures (Part A); extends various provisions related to health and mental hygiene (Part B); removes the exemption for school psychologists to render early intervention services (Part C); extends provisions of law related to certain Medicaid management; authorizes certain payments, increased operating costs, public hospital adjustments to public general hospitals, additional inpatient hospital payments, and Medicaid payment increases during certain state fiscal years and calendar years (Part D); freezes the operating component of the rates for skilled nursing facilities; expands admission eligibility to the NYS veteran's home for certain veterans of the Persian Gulf conflict (Part E); directs the commissioner of health to create a program to subsidize the cost of assisted living for those individuals living with Alzheimer's disease and dementia who are not eligible for medical assistance and reside in a special needs assisted living residence (Part F); provides that for the state fiscal years beginning April 1, 2024, and thereafter, all department of health Medicaid payments made to Medicaid managed care organizations will no longer be subject to the uniform rate increase (Part H); renames the basic health program to the essential plan; adds references to the 1332 state innovation waiver; provides a new subsidy to assist low and moderate income New Yorkers; adds the 1332 state innovation program to the functions of the marketplace (Part J); extends certain provisions of law relating to malpractice and professional medical conduct (Part K); relates to authorizing continuous coverage in Medicaid and child health plus for eligible children ages zero to six (Part M); extends authorization for pharmacists to order and administer certain tests and perform collaborative drug therapy management with physicians in certain settings (Part P); extends provisions of law relating to the community mental health support and workforce reinvestment program (Part Y); extends the authority of the commissioners of the department of mental hygiene to design and implement time-limited demonstration programs (Part Z); sets minimal reimbursement for behavioral health treatment at the rate that would be paid for such treatment pursuant to the medical assistance program (Part AA); extends certain provisions relating to comprehensive psychiatric emergency programs (Part BB); relates to federal and state benefits for certain individuals receiving care in facilities operated by the office of the department of mental hygiene (Part DD); establishes a 3.2 percent cost of living adjustment for designated human services programs (Part FF); relates to the provision of services in school-based health centers to medical assistance recipients through managed care programs (Part II); expands health care services provided by telehealth to include services delivered through a facility licensed under article twenty-eight of the public health law that is eligible to be designated or has received a designation as a federally qualified health center, including those facilities that are also licensed under article thirty-one or article thirty-two of the mental hygiene law (Part JJ); requires insurers to provide coverage for epinephrine auto-injector devices (Part KK); establishes the "first responder peer support program act" which supplies peer-to-peer mental health programs to first responders (Part LL); establishes the Daniel's Law task force pilot program to provide trauma-informed, community led responses and diversions to certain individuals experiencing a mental health, alcohol use or substance use crisis; amends the date of the report to be submitted under Daniel's law to March 31, 2025

NY A 8839 - Aileen M. Gunther
Provides for a minimum reimbursement rate for ambulatory behavioral health services
01/18/2024 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Provides for a minimum reimbursement rate for ambulatory behavioral health services.

NY A 886 - Angelo Santabarbara
Establishes a moratorium on the placement of registered sex offenders by the office for people with developmental disabilities in residential placements for individuals with developmental disabilities
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Establishes a moratorium on the placement of registered sex offenders by the office for people with developmental disabilities in residential placements for individuals with developmental disabilities; requires the office to study the dangers and effects of such placements and whether there are any other alternatives to such placements and to report to the governor and the legislature on its findings and recommendations.

NY A 8884 - Jennifer A. Lunsford
Requires all health information systems or electronic health record systems to segregate certain patient information from the rest of such patient's medical record
02/22/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 8884A
Requires the commissioner of health to establish rules and regulations requiring that all health information systems or electronic health record systems segregate certain patient information related to reproductive health services, gender-affirming care, sexually transmitted diseases, mental health services, alcohol or substance abuse treatment and other information from the rest of such patient's medical record.

NY A 8906 - Harry B. Bronson
Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment
01/26/2024 - REFERRED TO LABOR
Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment; provides employers shall be vicariously liable for such work environment.

NY A 896 - Emily E. Gallagher
Replaces the word addict or addicts with the words persons with substance use disorder or a variation thereof
02/29/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 896B
Replaces the words addict or addicts with the words person with substance use disorder or a variation thereof.

NY A 8977 - Matt Slater
Requires maternal health care providers facilitate a screening for maternal depression within the first six weeks of birth
03/14/2024 - ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Requires maternal health care providers facilitate a screening for maternal depression within the first six weeks of birth and that such screening be covered by insurance.

NY A 8989 - Aileen M. Gunther
Establishes a task force to study aging in place in mental health housing
02/06/2024 - REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Establishes a task force to study aging in place in mental health housing; provides for the repeal of such task force upon expiration thereof.

NY A 9024 - Nikki Lucas
Establishes the commission on public safety, emergency preparedness, and mental health
02/05/2024 - REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Establishes the commission on public safety, emergency preparedness, and mental health.

NY A 9027 - Nikki Lucas
Enacts the mental health assessment and record keeping for the coroner's office act
02/05/2024 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Enacts the mental health assessment and record keeping for the coroner's office act; requires the coroner or coroner and coroner's physician, or the medical examiner, to conduct a mental health assessment when a death occurs in such person's jurisdiction.

NY A 9039 - Aileen M. Gunther
Establishes a social worker pilot program
04/16/2024 - REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Authorizes the commissioner of mental health to establish up to three, three-year pilot programs in community behavioral health organizations for the purposes of creating social worker pilot programs to support the ongoing retention and recruitment of licensed clinical social workers.

NY A 9042 - Keith P. Brown
Permits clinicians to be dually licensed under the office of mental health and the office of addiction services and supports
02/05/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Permits clinicians to be dually licensed under the office of mental health and the office of addiction services and supports.

NY A 9046 - Keith P. Brown
Replaces the word addict or addicts and the word addiction with the words persons with substance use disorder or a variation thereof
02/05/2024 - REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Replaces certain appearances of the words addict, addicts and addiction with the words person with a substance use disorder, person with a mental health disorder, person with co-occurring disorder, person in recovery, or a variation thereof.

NY A 9050 - Keith P. Brown
Requires schools to include instruction on the prevention of co-occurring disorders as an integral part of their health education programs
02/05/2024 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Requires schools to include instruction on the prevention of co-occurring disorders as an integral part of their health education programs.

NY A 9131 - Christopher Burdick
Directs the New York State Department of Labor to establish a voluntary training and certification program for employers that have taken the Neurodiversity Training Pledge
03/25/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 9131A
Directs the New York State Department of Labor to establish a voluntary training and certification program for employers that have taken the Neurodiversity Training Pledge.

NY A 916 - Latoya Joyner
Relates to extending the two hundred foot rule to certain treatment facilities
01/10/2024 - ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Relates to extending the two hundred foot rule to certain treatment facilities for mental illness and chemical dependence operating under the mental hygiene law.

NY A 918 - Eddie Gibbs
Relates to authorizing early parole release for incarcerated individuals where substance abuse was a significant contributing factor in the commission of the offense
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO CORRECTION
Relates to authorizing early parole release for incarcerated individuals where substance abuse was a significant contributing factor in the commission of the offense.

NY A 9227 - Donna A. Lupardo
Defines therapeutic agriculture for the purposes of community gardens
02/27/2024 - REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Defines therapeutic agriculture for the purposes of community gardens as the use of agricultural activities as a means of promoting physical, mental and emotional well-being, rehabilitation and therapy for certain individuals.

NY A 9266 - Demond L. Meeks
Relates to covering mental illness under the healthy New York program
02/23/2024 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Requires coverage under the healthy New York program for mental illness.

NY A 929 - Linda B. Rosenthal
Relates to fingerprinting and background checks of contracted service providers of student support services
05/12/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 929A
Relates to the fingerprinting and background checks of contracted service providers of student support services.

NY A 9292 - Chantel Jackson
Relates to the student mental health apprenticeship retention and training (SMART) internship grant program
02/23/2024 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Establishes a student mental health apprenticeship retention and training (SMART) internship grant program; prescribes conditions for the administration of the student mental health apprenticeship retention and training (SMART) internship grant program; requires the promulgation of necessary rules and regulations.

NY A 9336 - Rebecca A. Seawright
Expands the legislative reporting requirements for the office of mental health and the office for people with developmental disabilities
04/16/2024 - REPORTED
Expands the legislative reporting requirements for the office of mental health and the office for people with developmental disabilities to include the chair of the assembly committee on people with disabilities and the chair of the senate committee on disabilities.

NY A 9414 - Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
Prohibits the use of the term "excited delirium" as a diagnosis, label, or cause of death
03/14/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Prohibits the use of the term "excited delirium" as a diagnosis, label, or cause of death on death certificates, autopsy reports, police reports or any report, policy or procedure by a public agency or contractor; prohibits the use of excited delirium as an affirmative defense in a civil case or as a defense in a criminal case; defines excited delirium.

NY A 9452 - Aileen M. Gunther
Relates to establishing a statewide person-centered mental health services work group
03/14/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Establishes a statewide person-centered mental health services work group to improve statewide mental health planning and outcomes to achieve a person-centered, prevention-first integrated and tiered system of care for holistic health and wellness.

NY A 946 - Jonathan Jacobson
Expands eligibility for the New York state excelsior scholarship award to certain applicants enrolled on a part-time basis or in a BOCES or other approved vocational program
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Expands eligibility for the New York state excelsior scholarship award to certain applicants enrolled on a part-time basis or in a BOCES or other approved vocational program; provides criteria for eligibility, and limits on amounts and durations for any such awards.

NY A 9523 - Rebecca A. Seawright
Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to produce and publish a report on staffing at state-operated institutions under the jurisdiction of such office
03/20/2024 - REFERRED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to produce and publish a report to assess the staffing and other issues causing the continued displacement of individuals with developmental disabilities from various state-operated institutions under the jurisdiction of the office for people with developmental disabilities.

NY A 9553 - Rebecca A. Seawright
Establishes the blue-ribbon commission on the future of New York state's service delivery system for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities act
03/20/2024 - REFERRED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Establishes the "blue-ribbon commission on the future of New York state's service delivery system for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities act" to conduct a study and prepare a report to examine, evaluate and make recommendations for systemic reforms to ensure a sustainable set of supports and services that meets the needs of all individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

NY A 9579 - John Zaccaro
Requires maternal health care providers facilitate a screening for maternal depression within the first six weeks of birth
03/22/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 9579A
Requires maternal health care providers facilitate a screening for maternal depression, unless refused by the birth mother, within the first six weeks of birth and that such screening be covered by insurance.

NY A 9620 - Maritza Davila
Establishes a two generation pilot program
03/26/2024 - REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
Establishes a two generation pilot program to promote family stability and children's school readiness; provides for the repeal of this section in five years.

NY A 9635 - Stacey G. Pheffer Amato
Provides family leave to persons recovering from a birth
03/26/2024 - REFERRED TO LABOR
Expands the definition of "family leave" to include persons recovering from a birth and persons recovering from a diagnosed case of postpartum depression.

NY A 9637 - Maritza Davila
Establishes a Latina suicide prevention task force; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
03/26/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Establishes a Latina suicide prevention task force; provides for the number of members, manner of appointment and the topics to be reviewed.

NY A 9771 - Helene E. Weinstein
Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2024 through April 11, 2024
04/08/2024 - SIGNED CHAP.114
Provides for emergency appropriation through April 11, 2024 for the support of government.

NY A 9790 - Jeff L. Gallahan
Relates to the ability for school districts to implement telehealth school-based mental health clinics
04/09/2024 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Grants school districts the ability to implement telehealth school-based mental health clinics; establishes the student mental telehealth reimbursement fund; relates to funding the student mental telehealth reimbursement fund.

NY A 9850 - Kimberly Jean-Pierre
Relates to veterans receiving information on benefits
04/16/2024 - REPORTED
Provides that individuals requesting and obtaining a veteran notation on such individual's driver's license or non-driver identification card shall be advised that the department of veterans' services and local veterans' service agencies provide assistance to veterans regarding benefits under federal and state law.

NY A 995 - Amy R. Paulin
Relates to the medical aid in dying act
04/08/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 995B
Relates to the medical aid in dying act; relates to a terminally ill patient's request for and use of medication for medical aid in dying.

NY S 1035 - Robert Jackson
Relates to persons with a serious mental illness residing in an adult home
01/09/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Provides for when the department may limit the census of persons with a serious mental illness residing in an adult home.

NY S 1053 - Jeremy Cooney
Relates to neurological injuries
01/09/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Defines "neurological injury" as an injury to the brain or spinal cord of a person occurring in the course of the provision of medical services, that rendered the person with a permanent and substantial motor impairment or with a disability that: results in similar impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior to that of intellectually disabled persons; requires treatment and services similar to those required for such person; has continued or can be expected to continue indefinitely; and constitutes a substantial handicap to such person's ability to function normally in society; differentiates a birth-related neurological injury and a neurological injury.

NY S 1066 - Shelley Mayer
Relates to providing protections to health service providers who perform legally protected health activities
01/09/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Provides certain legal protections for reproductive health service providers who provide legally protected health activities including protection from extradition, arrest and legal proceedings in other states relating to such services; restricts the use of evidence relating to the involvement of a party in providing legally protected health activity to persons located out-of-state.

NY S 1104 - Leroy G. Comrie Jr.
Relates to the sale or transfer of certain real property by the state or public authorities
05/15/2023 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Relates to the sale or transfer of certain real property by the state or public authorities; requires mandatory review by the attorney general and comptroller of the sale of certain real property; requires notice to members of the legislature and county executives in districts and counties in which land subject to transfer is located of the proposed transfer of state property between state departments, divisions, bureaus, agencies, state agencies, or to a public authority or public benefit corporation.

NY S 1163 - James Sanders Jr.
Establishes the New York state community commission on reparations remedies
12/19/2023 - Substitute A 7691 action - SIGNED CHAP.729
Relates to acknowledging the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery in the city of New York and the state of New York; establishes the New York state community commission on reparations remedies to examine the institution of slavery, subsequently de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African-Americans, the impact of these forces on living African-Americans and to make recommendations on appropriate remedies; provides for the repeal of such provisions.

NY S 1177 - Peter B. Harckham
Mandates commercial insurance coverage of peer support services as part of treatment for substance use disorder
01/23/2023 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Mandates commercial insurance coverage of peer support services as part of treatment for substance use disorder.

NY S 1197 - Jose Gustavo Rivera
Provides for primary care investment
01/22/2024 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Requires health care plans and payors to have a minimum of twelve and one-half percent of their total expenditures on physical and mental health annually be for primary care services.

NY S 1218 - Leroy G. Comrie Jr.
Relates to the appointment for agricultural representation on the state fire prevention and building code council
06/01/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 1218A
Provides for the appointment of a member from an agricultural advocacy organization in the state for agricultural representation on the state fire prevention and building code council.

NY S 1250 - Julia Salazar
Establishes an LGBTQ+ youth and young adult suicide prevention task force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Establishes an LGBTQ+ youth and young adult suicide prevention task force; provides for the number of members, manner of appointment and the topics to be reviewed.

NY S 1251 - Patrick M. Gallivan
Relates to aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual
01/13/2023 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Relates to aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual; eliminates the requirement that an incarcerated individual causes or attempts to cause an employee to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, or the contents of a toilet bowl by throwing, tossing or expelling such fluid or material.

NY S 1287 - Michelle Hinchey
Expands eligibility for the New York state excelsior scholarship award to certain applicants enrolled on a part-time basis or in a BOCES or other approved vocational program
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Expands eligibility for the New York state excelsior scholarship award to certain applicants enrolled on a part-time basis or in a BOCES or other approved vocational program; provides criteria for eligibility, and limits on amounts and durations for any such awards.

NY S 1291 - Samra Brouk
Relates to a cost of living adjustment for human services programs
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO FINANCE
Establishes an annual cost of living adjustment for human services programs indexed to inflation.

NY S 1296 - James Sanders Jr.
Relates to informal caregiver training
03/21/2024 - DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Relates to informal caregiver training; defines "person in need of assistance"; expands who may serve as an "informal caregiver".

NY S 1319 - Gustavo Rivera
Relates to clinical standards for utilization review of care for medically fragile children; repealer
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO RULES
Creates clinical standards and special consideration and processes for utilization review related to care for medically fragile children; makes changes to the effectiveness thereof.

NY S 1324 - Liz Krueger
Relates to definitions of certain terms relating to the NYS medical indemnity fund; relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to the NYS medical indemnity fund
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO RULES
Relates to definitions of certain terms relating to the NYS medical indemnity fund; repeals certain provisions relating to claims for qualifying health care costs under the NYS medical indemnity fund; and relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to the NYS medical indemnity fund.

NY S 1336 - Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Relates to the Lorena Borjas transgender and non-binary (TGNB) wellness and equity program fund act
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO RULES
Makes technical corrections to the Lorena Borjas transgender and non-binary (TGNB) wellness and equity program fund act.

NY S 1354 - James G. Skoufis
Requires the commissioner of the office of mental health to provide monthly status reports of the community investments and the impact on inpatient census
03/03/2023 - Substitute A 613 action - SIGNED CHAP.9
Requires the commissioner of the office of mental health to provide monthly status reports of the community investments and the impact on inpatient census to the chair of the senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee and to post such report on the office's website.

NY S 1355 - Timothy M. Kennedy
Relates to mental health services required to be covered by certain insurance policies
03/03/2023 - Substitute A 1975 action - SIGNED CHAP.62
Relates to mental health services required to be covered by certain insurance policies; removes the requirement that services from creative arts therapists be covered by certain policies.

NY S 1403 - Zellnor Y. Myrie
Establishes the "winter moratorium evictions act"
02/07/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 1403A
Establishes the "winter moratorium on evictions act" to prohibit eviction of tenants from residential properties during the winter months.

NY S 1425 - Jamaal Bailey
In N.Y. city, requires supportive housing to be disbursed throughout the boroughs of such city in proportion to the borough population
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO CITIES 1
Requires, in cities having a population of one million or more, supportive housing be disbursed throughout the boroughs of such city in proportion to the borough population.

NY S 1426 - Jamaal Bailey
Relates to crisis intervention training for police officers
01/11/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Relates to crisis intervention training for police officers in any city having a population of one million or more.

NY S 1490 - Leroy Comrie
Establishes the community development financial institution disability housing program within the New York state urban development corporation
01/12/2023 - REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
Establishes the community development financial institution disability housing program within the New York state urban development corporation.

NY S 1499 - Michael Gianaris
Makes the following participating agencies for purposes of agency assisted voter registration: public libraries, local housing authorities, and public high schools
01/12/2023 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
Makes the following participating agencies for purposes of agency assisted voter registration: public libraries, local housing authorities, and public high schools; directs the state board of elections to promulgate rules and regulations for implementation.

NY S 1520 - Jose Marco Serrano
Relates to the provision of patient health information and medical records
06/10/2023 - COMMITTED TO RULES
Relates to the provision of patient health information and medical records; expands the definition of medical records to include all health related records; prohibits fees for providing certain records.

NY S 1537 - Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Enacts the student suicide prevention act
01/12/2023 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Enacts the student suicide prevention act; requires the governing board or body of every local educational agency serving students in grades seven to twelve, to adopt policies, procedures and guidelines on student suicide prevention, intervention and postvention for students in such grades.

NY S 1545 - Leroy Comrie
Relates to gaming disorders
01/12/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Adds gaming disorder to the types of disorders classified in the mental hygiene law.

NY S 156 - Liz Krueger
Relates to designating the month of May "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month"
01/31/2024 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Relates to designating the month of May as "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month".

NY S 1567 - Julia Salazar
Requires the development of mental illness training for providers of temporary housing
05/31/2023 - REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
Requires the office of temporary and disability assistance, in conjunction with the office of mental health and the office of children and family services, to develop a mental illness training course to be utilized by providers of temporary housing assistance to focus on recognizing signs and symptoms of mental illness.

NY S 1575 - Samra G. Brouk
Establishes a credentialing pilot program for direct support professionals
05/22/2023 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Establishes a credentialing pilot program for direct support professionals to assist and enhance the field of direct care support.

NY S 158 - Liz Krueger
Provides for the protection of health information
06/08/2023 - REFERRED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Provides for the protection of health information; establishes requirements for communications to individuals about their health information; requires either written consent or a designated necessary purpose for the processing of an individual's health information.

NY S 1595 - Jamaal Bailey
Requires probation, investigation and diagnostic assessment of certain juvenile delinquents with discernible handicapping conditions prior to dispositional hearings
01/12/2023 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Provides that prior to a dispositional hearing the judge shall order a probation investigation and a diagnostic assessment of a juvenile delinquent whom the court reasonably finds, on the record, to have a demonstrable need for a remediation of a discernible handicapping condition; allows judges to refer custody through various state agencies for placement into programs under protocol and funding provisions currently in existence.

NY S 1612 - Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.
Establishes an alternative resolution program for service members and veterans accused of certain felonies
01/13/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Establishes an alternative resolution program for service members and veterans accused of certain felonies.

NY S 1638 - Peter Oberacker
Prohibits level 2 and 3 sex offenders from residing within 1,500 feet of their victim or school grounds; also prohibits such offenders from attending school activities
01/13/2023 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
Prohibits level 2 and 3 sex offenders from residing within 1,500 feet of their victim or school grounds; prohibits such offenders from attending or participating in school sponsored activities.

NY S 1640 - James Tedisco
Relates to an investigation of the health department's pandemic response with regard to nursing homes and adult care and assisted living facilities
01/13/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Directs the commissioner of health to conduct an investigation of the department's performance, compliance and enforcement of applicable state laws, rules, regulations, and directives or executive orders, with respect to mitigating the impact of COVID-19 in nursing homes, adult care facilities, and assisted living residences, and to propose a pandemic response plan for future disease outbreaks.

NY S 1645 - Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Enacts the rapid engagement initiative act
01/13/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Establishes a program to provide immediate assistance to persons to whom an appearance ticket has been issued in order to address the critical needs of such persons for housing, medical treatment, legal representation, and other requirements.

NY S 1665 - Jamaal Bailey
Requires two qualified psychiatrists to be employed by each school district
01/13/2023 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Requires two qualified psychiatrists to be employed by each school district to perform and coordinate the provision of mental health services in the public schools.

NY S 1675 - Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.
Relates to gifted and bright neurologically diverse pupils; repealer
03/09/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 1675A
Relates to gifted and bright neurologically diverse pupils with special needs; directs the education department to assist districts in meeting the educational and mental health needs equally of both general education and bright neurologically diverse pupils.

NY S 1679 - Michelle Hinchey
Relates to regulating the practice of naturopathic medicine
01/13/2023 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Regulates the practice of naturopathic medicine; establishes a state board for naturopathic medicine; establishes requirements to receive a limited permit in naturopathic medicine; establishes mandatory continuing education for the practice of naturopathic medicine; requires licensed naturopathic doctors to report suspected child abuse.

NY S 1753 - James Sanders Jr.
Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment
01/13/2023 - REFERRED TO LABOR
Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment; employers shall be vicariously liable for such work environment.

NY S 1860 - Samra G. Brouk
Relates to certain notices and guidelines regarding mental health services and resources available to employees
01/23/2024 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Directs the commissioner of labor to create and distribute to employers written materials regarding mental health services and resources available to employees to be posted in the workplace; directs voluntary guidance for employers to put in place strategies and programs to support the mental health and wellness of their employees; provides that such guidance be in written and digital resources and in English or translated to an additional primary language or languages as applicable.

NY S 1861 - Samra G. Brouk
Establishes a Black youth suicide prevention task force
11/17/2023 - Substitute A 1510 action - TABLED
Establishes a Black youth suicide prevention task force to study the current mental health practices and suicide prevention efforts of Black youth age 5 through 18 years and make recommendations therefor; provides for the number of members, manner of appointment and the topics to be reviewed.

NY S 1874 - Samra Brouk
Relates to determining the capacity of a defendant to stand trial
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Provides for the use of restoration services when determining the capacity of a defendant to stand trial.

NY S 1878 - Samra Brouk
Permits telemedicine services for mental and behavioral health issues under the workers' compensation system
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO LABOR
Permits telemedicine services for mental and behavioral health issues under the workers' compensation system; permits one in-person visit within twelve months unless such in-person visit causes undue hardship on a patient.

NY S 1885 - James Skoufis
Relates to establishing hospital-sponsored off campus emergency departments
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Establishes hospital-sponsored off campus emergency departments as a "hospital"; sets out specific standards for operations, staffing and capacity requirements.

NY S 1924 - Luis R. Sepúlveda
Relates to mandatory continuing education for teachers relating to mental health issues
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Relates to mandatory continuing education for teachers relating to mental health issues.

NY S 1927 - Joseph A. Griffo
Directs court to establish a period of commitment for persons found not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Directs a criminal court to establish a period of commitment for persons found not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect; a person so committed shall not be eligible for release from the custody of the commissioner of mental health or the commissioner of developmental disabilities until completion of the period of commitment.

NY S 1971 - Luis R. Sepúlveda
Relates to requiring the inclusion of suicide prevention resources be provided with a warrant of eviction
01/17/2023 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Requires the inclusion of suicide prevention resources to be provided with a warrant of eviction, including the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and the applicable Suicide Crisis telephone number as provided by the Office of Mental Health.

NY S 1976 - Jessica Ramos
Relates to judicial diversion programs; repealer
09/11/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 1976B
Relates to judicial diversion programs; establishes a diversion part in each county; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.

NY S 2039 - Samra G. Brouk
Relates to maternal depression screenings
01/23/2024 - RETURNED TO SENATE
Directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the office of mental health and other relevant stakeholders, to develop guidance and standards for routine maternal depression screenings, referrals, diagnosis and treatment, and to provide training and materials on issues related to maternal depression.

NY S 2084 - Peter B. Harckham
Prohibits certain forensic child custody evaluators from appearing as an expert witness in family court
01/24/2023 - 1ST REPORT CAL.206
Prohibits forensic child custody evaluators who have been terminated for cause from appearing as an expert witness in family court custody and visitation proceedings.

NY S 2104 - Pete Harckham
Establishes the office of addiction and mental health services
01/08/2024 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Establishes the office of addiction and mental health services.

NY S 211 - Zellnor Y. Myrie
Relates to the automatic sealing of certain convictions
06/10/2023 - COMMITTED TO RULES
Provides for automatic sealing of certain convictions after a certain passage of time from either imposition of sentence, release from parole or probation, and if the defendant does not have a current charge pending; excludes certain offenses; permits access by certain persons.

NY S 2122 - Patrick M. Gallivan
Enacts the "donor-conceived person protection act"
02/06/2024 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Enacts the "donor-conceived person protection act" to ensure that reproductive tissue banks, licensed by the department of health, collect and verify medical information from any donor it procures reproductive tissue from and to disseminate such information to a recipient before a recipient purchases or otherwise receives such tissue, and to donor-conceived persons, if any, when such persons turn eighteen years of age or earlier upon consent of the recipient parent or guardian; defines terms; makes related provisions.

NY S 214 - Zellnor Y. Myrie
Expands eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds
11/29/2023 - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Expands eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds by removing the mandatory law enforcement reporting requirement, providing alternative forms of evidence that would show that a qualifying crime was committed and the confidentiality of certain records.

NY S 2146 - Andrew S. Gounardes
Enacts The New Deal for CUNY
01/02/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 2146A
Enacts The New Deal for CUNY; increases the ratio of faculty and mental health counselors to full-time students; requires that certain amounts of tuition be replaced by federal, state, and city funds.

NY S 2161 - Jose Gustavo Rivera
Establishes a special needs assisted living program to serve persons with neurodegenerative diseases
11/29/2023 - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Establishes a special needs assisted living program to serve residents of certified assisted living residences with neurodegenerative diseases, such as dementia or Parkinson's disease, who are experiencing behavior disturbances.

NY S 2188 - Jamaal T. Bailey
Relates to the role of the department of corrections and community supervision in planning and facilitating the discharge or release of incarcerated individuals to the community
01/19/2023 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
Relates to the role of the department of corrections and community supervision in planning and facilitating the discharge or release of incarcerated individuals to the community.

NY S 2190 - Jamaal T. Bailey
Relates to excused absence of a public employee for mental health purposes
01/19/2023 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
Relates to excused absence of a public employee for mental health purposes.

NY S 2211 - Thomas F. O'Mara
Includes the throwing, tossing or expelling of saliva at or on an employee of a correctional facility within the crime of aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual
01/19/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Includes the throwing, tossing or expelling of saliva at or on an employee of a correctional facility within the crime of aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual.

NY S 2237 - Jose Gustavo Rivera
Provides for coverage for certain individuals under the 1332 state innovation program
01/04/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 2237B
Provides for coverage for certain individuals under the 1332 state innovation program.

NY S 2282 - Cordell Cleare
Prohibits the application of fail-first or step therapy protocols to coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions
01/19/2023 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Prohibits the application of fail-first or step therapy protocols to coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions.

NY S 2283 - Cordell Cleare
Requires the state university of New York and the city university of New York to adopt certain provisions related to student mental health
01/19/2023 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Requires the state university of New York and the city university of New York to adopt certain provisions related to student mental health such as administering student mental health surveys, establishing a mental health committee, administering mental health training to faculty and staff, and improving university policies regarding mental health.

NY S 2312 - Andrew S. Gounardes
Requires annual screenings for depression of students in grades seven through twelve
01/19/2023 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Requires annual screenings for depression of students in grades seven through twelve; requires the department of education and the department of health to review data pertaining to the results of such screenings for local and statewide trends concerning teenage depression.

NY S 2322 - Jamaal T. Bailey
Relates to the disclosure of law enforcement disciplinary records
01/19/2023 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Requires the disclosure of certain information when an agency responds to a request for law enforcement disciplinary records, including information a victim alleges regarding sexual misconduct.

NY S 2338 - Peter K. Oberacker
Relates to firearms; repealer
01/20/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Relates to firearms; authorizes the transfer of certain weapons from an estate to an immediate member of the decedent's family; relates to reports of substantial risk or threat of harm by mental health professionals.

NY S 2340 - Jose Gustavo Rivera
Decriminalizes possession of controlled substances, establishes the drug decriminalization task force; repealer
01/20/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Eliminates criminal and civil penalties for possession of controlled substances; establishes the drug decriminalization task force to develop recommendations for reforming state laws, regulations and practices so that they align with the stated goal of treating substance use disorder as a disease, rather than a criminal behavior.

NY S 2354 - Simcha Felder
Relates to mandatory continuing education for teachers relating to mental health issues and trauma informed care
01/20/2023 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Relates to mandatory continuing education for teachers relating to mental health issues and trauma informed care.

NY S 2359 - Samra G. Brouk
Establishes a maternal mental health workgroup
03/30/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Directs the commissioner of mental health to establish a maternal mental health workgroup to study and issue recommendations related to maternal mental health and perinatal and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders; identifies underrepresented and vulnerable populations and risk factors in the state for maternal mental health disorders that may occur during pregnancy and through the first postpartum year.

NY S 2366 - Jamaal T. Bailey
Relates to training police officers on how to respond to situations involving individuals with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities
01/20/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Relates to training police officers on how to respond to situations involving individuals with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities.

NY S 2398 - Samra G. Brouk
Establishes a statewide emergency and crisis response council
01/20/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Creates statewide emergency and crisis response council to work in conjunction with the commissioners of mental health and addiction services to jointly approve emergency and crisis services plans submitted by local governments, and provide supports regarding the operation and financing of high-quality emergency and crisis services provided to persons experiencing a mental health, alcohol use, or substance use crisis.

NY S 2406 - Jamaal T. Bailey
Establishes a program for the sharing of veteran contact information
01/20/2023 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
Establishes a program for the sharing of veteran contact information.

NY S 2445 - Brad Madison Hoylman-Sigal
Relates to the medical aid in dying act
04/04/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 2445B
Relates to the medical aid in dying act; relates to a terminally ill patient's request for and use of medication for medical aid in dying.

NY S 2451 - Leroy G. Comrie Jr.
Makes certain not-for-profit corporations subject to the freedom of information and open meetings laws
03/11/2024 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Makes certain not-for-profit corporations subject to the freedom of information and open meetings laws.

NY S 2466 - Liz Krueger
Relates to establishing procedures for the termination of parental rights upon the application of a parent or guardian
01/20/2023 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Establishes procedures for the termination of parental rights upon the application of a parent or guardian.

NY S 2473 - Toby Ann Goldhaar Stavisky
Relates to certified public accountants
11/29/2023 - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Relates to certified public accountants; requires that a majority of the ownership of a professional service corporation formed to lawfully engage in the practice of public accountancy as a firm are individuals licensed to practice public accountancy in some state; enacts similar provisions for partnerships and LLCs.

NY S 2497 - John W. Mannion
Relates to employment of persons and veterans with disabilities by the state
01/20/2023 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
Relates to employment of persons and veterans with disabilities by the state; provides up to five thousand positions may be filled by persons with a physical or mental disability and up to two thousand positions may be filled by disabled veterans and veterans with disabilities.

NY S 2528 - Pamela A. Helming
Relates to the removal of a criminal action to a veterans treatment court
01/23/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Allows for the removal of a criminal action against a veteran to a veterans treatment court in the same or an adjacent county.

NY S 2558 - Brad Madison Hoylman-Sigal
Relates to the availability of certain benefits to exonerees; repealer
01/04/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 2558A
Relates to claims for unjust conviction and imprisonment and the availability of certain benefits and entitlements to exonerees; allows for sealing of records, payment of awards and payment of attorney's fees; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.

NY S 2651 - Leroy G. Comrie Jr.
Relates to increasing the frequency that visitation or inspections of facilities operated or licensed by the office for people with developmental disabilities must be made each year
01/26/2023 - REFERENCE CHANGED TO DISABILITIES
Increases the frequency that visitation or inspections of facilities operated or licensed by the office for people with developmental disabilities must be made each year.

NY S 2684 - Neil D. Breslin
Provides for offering reward or incentive programs
06/07/2023 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Allows for insurance providers and corporations to create and offer reward or incentive programs to eligible members.

NY S 2703 - Peter B. Harckham
Provides benefits to Metro-North employees involved in or who witness a serious injury or fatality of another person in the course of an assigned duty
01/24/2023 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Provides benefits to Metro-North employees involved in or who witness a serious injury or fatality of another person in the course of an assigned duty.

NY S 2704 - Peter B. Harckham
Relates to setting comprehensive outpatient services
01/24/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Authorizes the commissioners of the department of health, the office of mental health, and the office of addiction services and support to jointly establish a single set of licensing standards and requirements for the construction, operation, reporting and surveillance of comprehensive outpatient services centers.

NY S 2709 - Peter B. Harckham
Includes certain employees or volunteers of youth organizations as mandated reporters
01/24/2023 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Includes certain employees or volunteers of not-for-profit youth organizations whose primary purpose is to interact with youth through activities, events or gatherings as mandated reporters.

NY S 2746 - Jamaal T. Bailey
Provides for emergency evacuation plans and safe spaces for vulnerable occupants
01/24/2023 - REFERRED TO CITIES 1
Provides for emergency evacuation plans for vulnerable occupants in all residential occupancies; requires designated safe spaces equipped with emergency medical supplies in buildings greater than 125 feet (38 100 mm) in height; provides for a voluntary registry to meet the special needs of occupants who require assistance during evacuations or other emergency situations.

NY S 2750 - Jamaal T. Bailey
Establishes a reentry services and treatment fund
01/24/2023 - REFERRED TO FINANCE
Establishes a reentry services and treatment fund; establishes training requirements for peace officers related to mental illness and trauma informed care.

NY S 2776 - Jose Gustavo Rivera
Expands the healthcare services provided by telehealth
03/16/2023 - 2ND REPORT CAL.
Expands the healthcare services provided by telehealth; removes the sunset date of such expansion.

NY S 278 - Andrew S. Gounardes
Establishes a course of instruction and learning expectations on climate education in all public elementary and secondary schools
11/20/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 278A
Establishes a course of instruction and learning expectations on climate education in all public pre-kindergarten, elementary and secondary schools which shall include various principles and concepts including environmental justice.

NY S 2822 - Anthony H. Palumbo
Relates to proceedings for appointment of a guardian for personal needs or property management
01/24/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Enacts "Karilyn's law"; provides that the court set the date for proceedings relating to family visitation under a guardianship petition for not more than ten days from the signing of the order to show cause; provides that visitation shall be a rebuttable presumption.

NY S 2907 - Roxanne Jacqueline Persaud
Provides for the licensing of vision impairment specialists
02/27/2023 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Provides for the licensing of vision impairment specialists.

NY S 2924 - Cordell Cleare
Establishes the Marshall plan for moms interagency task force
02/27/2024 - 1ST REPORT CAL.528
Establishes the Marshall plan for moms interagency task force to examine, issue proposals and make recommendations on multiple policy areas to address the disproportionate burden mothers have weathered from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

NY S 2930 - Jose Gustavo Rivera
Relates to orders not to resuscitate; repealer
06/01/2023 - Substitute A 4332 action - RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
Changes the controlling law for orders not to resuscitate for residents of mental hygiene facilities.

NY S 2931 - Jose Gustavo Rivera
Relates to home care services and to rates of reimbursement under medicaid for home care services
12/18/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 2931A
Amends provisions to improve accessibility of home care services, develop and maintain a qualified workforce, develop a comprehensive public education program and approve rates of reimbursement under medicaid for home care services that support the provision of those services.

NY S 2979 - Brian P. Kavanagh
Establishes the New York state service corps, relates to the New York state service corps - health services track; repealer
01/26/2023 - REFERRED TO LABOR
Establishes the New York state service corps; relates to the New York state service corps - health services track.

NY S 2992 - Pete Harckham
Relates to the protection and promotion of the mental health of the residents of New York state
01/04/2024 - TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION
Requires parity in the mental and physical health treatment of the residents of New York state; provides that both mental and physical health "will be matters of public concern and provision therefor shall be made by the state and by such of its subdivisions".

NY S 3011 - John C. Liu
Authorizes the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study pertaining to a proposed expansion of the Long Island Motor Parkway trail
11/17/2023 - VETOED MEMO.74
Authorizes the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation and the office of mental health to conduct a study pertaining to a proposed expansion of the Long Island Motor Parkway trail.

NY S 3013 - Leroy G. Comrie Jr.
Relates to review and approval of all new facilities
01/26/2023 - REFERRED TO CITIES 1
Requires the New York city planning commission to regulate and restrict the new location or continued operation of a social services facility.

NY S 3035 - Daniel G. Stec
Relates to segregated confinement; repealer
04/26/2023 - DEFEATED IN CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
Relates to segregated confinement; provides that certain incarcerated individuals shall not be placed in a residential rehabilitation unit; makes related provisions.

NY S 3036 - Samra G. Brouk
Provides for licensure of school psychologists
06/06/2023 - DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Provides for the licensure of school psychologists; authorizes the use of the title "school psychologist" to licensed or exempt individuals; defines practice of school psychology; sets forth requirements for professional licensure (including educational attainment, experience, exam and fee); provides for issuance of limited permits under specified circumstances; identifies exempt persons.

NY S 3087 - Andrew J. Lanza
Requires providers of residential services to developmentally disabled children to have surveillance cameras in the common areas of their residential facilities
01/27/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Requires providers of residential services to developmentally disabled children to have surveillance cameras in the common areas of their residential facilities.

NY S 3089 - Andrew J. Lanza
Relates to creating the multi-disciplinary team demonstration program for complex cases of adult abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation
01/27/2023 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Relates to creating the multi-disciplinary team demonstration program for complex cases of adult abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation.

NY S 3093 - Pamela A. Helming
Proposes a constitutional amendment to divide the state into three autonomous regions; repealer
01/04/2024 - TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION
Proposes a constitutional amendment to divide the state into three autonomous regions; the New Amsterdam Region, the New York Region and the Montauk Region; provides regional governors and regional legislators; provides only for a state sales tax; divides various departments and agencies; provides for separate court systems and prison systems.

NY S 3103 - Jabari Brisport
Requires mental health services for incarcerated individuals with mental health issues related to the trauma of incarceration
03/12/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 3103C
Requires mental health services for incarcerated individuals with mental health issues related to the trauma of incarceration upon reentry and reintegration into society upon release.

NY S 3105 - John W. Mannion
Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to produce and publish a report on staffing at state-operated institutions under the jurisdiction of such office
03/13/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 3105A
Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to produce and publish a report to assess the staffing and other issues causing the continued displacement of individuals with developmental disabilities from various state-operated institutions under the jurisdiction of the office for people with developmental disabilities.

NY S 3108 - John W. Mannion
Relates to the duties of the independent developmental disability ombudsman program
02/27/2024 - 2ND REPORT CAL.
Directs the independent developmental disability ombudsman program to establish a service delivery structure based in New York state that includes a toll-free telephone hotline, an interactive website, and availability of in-person, telephone and email access to ombudsman program staff or volunteers; to provide assistance for navigating and completing processes; to assist individuals in filing and preparing appeals; to assist individuals with any problems encountered; and to educate individuals on their rights and responsibilities with respect to access to services provided by the office for people with developmental disabilities and care coordination provided by health homes serving individuals with developmental disabilities or services provided by other providers.

NY S 3115 - John W. Mannion
Relates to requiring certain fees be deposited into the mental illness anti-stigma fund
01/31/2024 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Relates to requiring application fees for the issuance of operating certificates be deposited into the mental illness anti-stigma fund.

NY S 312 - Julia Salazar
Relates to correctional facility visits by the correctional association
01/17/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 312A
Relates to correctional facility visits by the correctional association; authorizes the correctional association to visit correctional facilities at any time and without advance notice; grants the correctional association access to certain records and information of correctional facilities.

NY S 3120 - John W. Mannion
Permits certain previous criminal history information provided to satisfy criminal background checks for certain employees
01/27/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Permits that when the division of criminal justice services has provided criminal history information within the previous twelve months to any state agency for certain individuals, such information can be used to satisfy the required criminal history check for such employee without having to re-request such information.

NY S 3121 - John W. Mannion
Relates to first responders coming into contact with saliva by spitting, throwing, tossing, or expelling from or by an individual
01/27/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Relates to first responders coming into contact with saliva by spitting, throwing, tossing, or expelling from or by an individual or incarcerated individual.

NY S 3134 - John W. Mannion
Establishes a tax credit for direct support professionals and direct care workers
01/27/2023 - REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE
Establishes a tax credit for individuals who serve or are employed as a direct support professional, or direct care worker, up to five thousand dollars for taxpayers who make less than fifty thousand dollars and phased out for individuals who make over one hundred thousand dollars.

NY S 3137 - John W. Mannion
Requires an independent firm to conduct a study on the OPWDD eligibility criteria and determinations following diagnostic evaluations by a licensed professional and distribution of services
01/27/2023 - REFERRED TO DISABILITIES
Requires the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to work with an independent firm to allow such firm to conduct a study on the OPWDD eligibility criteria and determinations following diagnostic evaluations by a licensed professional and distribution of services.

NY S 3140 - John W. Mannion
Relates to the reimbursement of local services provided to persons with a disability
05/08/2023 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Relates to the reimbursement of local services provided to persons with a disability; provides for retroactive reimbursement if local services were furnished prior to approval.

NY S 3161 - Brad Madison Hoylman-Sigal
Relates to the offenses of rape in the first, second and third degrees; repealer
12/27/2023 - Substitute A 3340 action - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Relates to the offenses of rape in the first, second and third degrees.

NY S 3179 - Brad M. Hoylman
Provides for absence from school for the mental or behavioral health of the minor
01/30/2023 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Provides for absence from school for the mental or behavioral health of the minor.

NY S 3182 - Brad M. Hoylman
Requires schools to include instruction on the prevention of eating disorders as an integral part of their health education programs
01/30/2023 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Requires schools to include instruction on the prevention of eating disorders as an integral part of their health education programs.

NY S 3228 - Brad Madison Hoylman-Sigal
Prohibits participation in torture and improper treatment of incarcerated individuals by health care professionals
05/08/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 3228A
Prohibits participation in torture and improper treatment of incarcerated individuals by health care professionals; prohibits a health care professional from engaging, assisting or planning the torture or improper treatment of an incarcerated individual; requires health care professionals to report torture and improper treatment.

NY S 3248 - Pamela A. Helming
Relates to providing for multi-formatted services menus for the cognitively impaired on websites operated by certain state agencies
01/30/2023 - REFERRED TO FINANCE
Relates to providing for multi-formatted services menus for the cognitively impaired on websites operated by certain state agencies; includes the department of health, office for people with developmental disabilities and the office of mental health.

NY S 3281 - Andrew S. Gounardes
Relates to enacting the New York child data privacy and protection act
01/30/2023 - REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY
Enacts the New York child data privacy protection act to prevent the exploitation of children's data; requires data controllers to assess the impact of its products on children for review by the bureau of internet and technology; bans certain data collection and targeted advertising.

NY S 3282 - Jose Gustavo Rivera
Clarifies provisions regarding health care professional applications and terminations
06/10/2023 - COMMITTED TO RULES
Clarifies provisions regarding health care professional applications and terminations.

NY S 3283 - Gustavo Rivera
Relates to health care agents and proxies, decisions under the family health care decisions act and nonhospital orders not to resuscitate
03/13/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Makes technical, minor and coordinating amendments regarding health care agents and proxies, decisions under the family health care decisions act, and nonhospital orders not to resuscitate.

NY S 3301 - Brad M. Hoylman
Relates to establishing a crisis intervention team program
01/30/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Relates to establishing a crisis intervention demonstration program.

NY S 3313 - James G. Skoufis
Replaces the terms "mentally retarded", "mental retardation" and variants thereof with "developmentally disabled" and "developmental disability"
09/14/2023 - SIGNED CHAP.370
Replaces the terms "mentally retarded", "mental retardation" and variants thereof with "developmentally disabled" and "developmental disability".

NY S 3449 - Jose Gustavo Rivera
Grants immunity from liability to organizations which establish physician committees the purpose of which is to refer to treatment physicians who are thought to be suffering from addiction or mental illness
10/25/2023 - Substitute A 6017 action - SIGNED CHAP.567
Grants immunity from liability to organizations which establish physician committees the purpose of which is to confront and refer to treatment physicians who are thought to be suffering from addiction or mental illness.

NY S 3477 - Toby Ann Goldhaar Stavisky
Relates to fingerprinting and background checks of contracted service providers of student support services
05/17/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 3477A
Relates to the fingerprinting and background checks of contracted service providers of student support services.

NY S 3506 - James G. Skoufis
Renames the supreme court the superior court and the court of appeals the supreme court
01/04/2024 - TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION
Renames the supreme court the superior court and the court of appeals the supreme court.

NY S 3520 - Nathalia Fernandez
Relates to medical use of psilocybin; appropriation
12/20/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 3520A
Relates to medical use of psilocybin; establishes a psilocybin assisted therapy grant program; makes an appropriation therefor.

NY S 3525 - Nathalia Fernandez
Authorizes certain facilities to provide treatment for the mental health and health care needs of individuals admitted for a substance use disorder
05/31/2023 - REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Authorizes certain facilities to provide treatment for the mental health and health care needs of individuals admitted for a substance use disorder; provides that such services shall be reimbursable by Medicaid and private insurance.

NY S 3528 - Nathalia Fernandez
Sets standards for addiction professionals
05/19/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 3528A
Relates to the scope of responsibilities of the office of addiction services and supports; defines addiction professional.

NY S 3561 - James Sanders Jr.
Establishes the New York state commission to end mass incarceration and to prevent violence
02/01/2023 - REFERRED TO FINANCE
Establishes the New York state commission to end mass incarceration and to prevent violence; provides such commission shall investigate, evaluate and make recommendations concerning how to reduce the New York prison population, incidences of violent crime in New York state, and other various topics related to the criminal justice system.

NY S 3587 - Pamela A. Helming
Establishes the rural suicide prevention council
04/11/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 3587A
Establishes the rural suicide prevention council to identify barriers to mental health and substance use treatment and prevention services and other policies, practices, resources, services, and potential legislation that aim to reduce death by suicide and suicide attempts and acknowledge the demographic and cultural differences in rural communities; makes related provisions.

NY S 4003 - Senate Budget and Revenue Committee
AID TO LOCALITIES BUDGET
05/12/2023 - Substitute A 3003 action - TABLED LINE VETO MEMO.1
Makes appropriations for the support of government - Aid to Localities Budget.

NY S 4004 - Senate Budget and Revenue Committee
CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGET
04/30/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 4004D
Makes appropriations for the support of government - Capital Projects Budget.

NY S 4005 - Senate Budget and Revenue Committee
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2023-2024 state fiscal year
05/01/2023 - Substitute A 3005 action - RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2023-2024 state fiscal year; relates to the psychological testing of candidates; relates to expanding the geographic area of employment of certain police officers; relates to prisoner furloughs in certain cases and the crime of absconding therefrom; relates to correctional facilities; relates to inmate work release, furlough and leave; relates to certain provisions which impact upon expenditure of certain appropriations made by chapter 50 of the laws of 1994 enacting the state operations budget; relates to taxes, surcharges, fees and funding; relates to prison and jail housing and alternatives to detention and incarceration programs; relates to taxes; extends the expiration of the mandatory surcharge and victim assistance fee; relates to the ignition interlock device program; extends the expiration date of the merit provisions; relates to prisoner litigation reform and extending the expiration of the inmate filing fee provisions of the civil practice law and rules and general filing fee provision and inmate property claims exhaustion requirement of the court of claims act of such chapter; constitutes the family protection and domestic violence intervention act of 1994; relates to extending the expiration of certain provisions requiring the arrest of certain persons engaged in family violence; relates to the use of closed-circuit television and other protective measures for certain child witnesses; extends provisions enacting the sentencing reform act of 1995; relates to electronic court appearance in certain counties; relates to enacting the interstate compact for adult offender supervision; relates to limiting the closing of certain correctional facilities; provides for the custody by the department of correctional services of inmates serving definite sentences; provides for custody of federal prisoners; requires the closing of certain correctional facilities; relates to military funds of the organized militia; relates to providing for community treatment facilities and establishing the crime of absconding from the community treatment facility; relates to the pre-criminal proceeding settlements in the City of New York (Part A); relates to criminal possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun in a sensitive or restricted location; exempts certain law enforcement and military officers from certain vehicle gun storage requirements (Part F); relates to establishing a hazard mitigation revolving loan fund (Part G); authorizes the payment of a training stipend to volunteer firefighters by a volunteer fire company and the office of fire prevention and control (Part H); expands eligibility for World Trade Center death and disability benefits for members of New York's organized militia (Part J); extends certain provisions relating to liquidator's permits and temporary retail permits (Part O); extends provisions of law relating to the state commission on the restoration of the capitol until April 1, 2028 (Part Q); relates to the submission of electronic bids for state procurement purposes (Part R); provides that the civil service department may only establish continuing eligible lists for any class of positions filled through open competitive examination (Part S); relates to employment of certain persons with disabilities (Part T); extends effectiveness of a waiver approval and income limitations on retirees employed in school districts and board of cooperative educational services (Part V); allows participating employers of the New York state and local retirement system to withdraw from the contribution stabilization program (Part W); moves the special accidental death benefit appropriation from the department of audit and control to the general fund's miscellaneous all state department and agencies; adds such benefits paid by counties (Part Y); relates to the duration of initial terms to be served by t

NY S 4007 - Senate Budget and Revenue Committee
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2023-2024 state fiscal year
05/03/2023 - SIGNED CHAP.57
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2023-2024 state fiscal year; relates to the year to year rate of growth of Department of Health state funds and Medicaid funding, relating to the state Medicaid spending cap and related processes (Part A); extends various provisions of laws relating to the provision of health care services, administration and programs (Part B); extends certain provisions of law relating to the health care reform act; extends provisions relating to the distribution of pool allocations and graduate medical education; extends provisions relating to health care initiative pool distributions; extends payment provisions for general hospitals; extends provisions relating to assessments on covered lives (Part C); extends the voluntary indigent care pool; establishes the definition of rural emergency hospital; expands eligibility for vital access provider assurance program funding; relates to Medicaid payments for the operating component of hospital inpatient services and hospital outpatient services (Part E); extends certain provisions of law relating to malpractice and professional medical conduct (Part F); relates to lowering the income threshold for eligibility to participate in private pay protocols for programs and services administered by the office for the aging (Part G); establishes the 1332 state innovation program; defines 1332 state innovation plan and state innovation plan individual; creates the 1332 state innovation fund; makes related provisions (Part H); extends authority to enroll certain recipients in need of more than 120 days of community based-long term care in a managed long term care plan; extends the moratorium on the processing and approval of applications seeking a certificate of authority as a managed long term care plan; provides for performance standards for managed long term care plans; provides for an additional increase in Medicaid payments made for the operating component of residential health care facilities services in addition to the increase provided by Part I of Chapter 57 of the laws of 2022 (Part I); authorizes Medicaid eligibility for certain services provided to individuals who are in a correctional institution, and for certain services provided to individuals who are in an institution for mental disease (Part K); relates to site of service clinical review for determining whether a non-urgent outpatient medical procedures and surgeries procedure will be covered when rendered by a network participating provider at a hospital-based outpatient clinic (Part L); relates to the review and oversight of material transactions (Part M); expands the Medicaid Buy-In program for people with disabilities (Part N); creates the statewide health care facility transformation program; adds debt retirement, working capital or other non-capital projects to existing health care facility transformation programs (Part P); establishes Medicaid reimbursement for community health workers for high-risk populations; permits licensed mental health counselors and licensed marriage and family therapists in community health centers to be reimbursed (Part Q); relates to expanding Medicaid coverage of preventative health care for nutrition and osteoarthritis services (Part R); modernizes the emergency medical system and workforce; creates an emergency medical services system and agency performance standards; establishes a public campaign to recruit additional personnel into the emergency medical fields; creates a state emergency medical services task force (Part S); relates to lead testing in certain multiple dwellings; establishes a state rental registry and proactive inspections to identify lead hazards for residential dwellings outside of the city of New York with two or more units built prior to nineteen hundred eighty; expands the powers of the secretary of state with respect to the New York state uniform fire preventio

NY S 4020 - Shelley B. Mayer
Relates to emergency medical services
04/15/2024 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Relates to emergency medical services; establishes a special district for the financing and operation of general ambulance services; provides for a statewide comprehensive emergency medical system plan.

NY S 4041 - Shelley B. Mayer
Relates to replacing certain instances of the words handicapping conditions with disabilities
09/14/2023 - SIGNED CHAP.371
Replaces certain instances of the words handicapping conditions with disabilities in relation to children with such disabilities.

NY S 4126 - James Sanders Jr.
Requires a purchaser of any firearm, rifle or shotgun to submit to a mental health evaluation
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO CODES
Requires a purchaser of any firearm, rifle or shotgun to submit to a mental health evaluation and provide the seller with his or her approval to purchase such firearm.

NY S 4127 - John W. Mannion
Establishes a direct support wage enhancement to employees that provide direct care support or any other form of treatment, to individuals with developmental disabilities
01/29/2024 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Establishes a direct support wage enhancement to employees that provide direct care support or any other form of treatment, to individuals with developmental disabilities and whose income is less than $125,000.

NY S 4176 - Mark C. Walczyk
Directs the office of mental health to develop materials relating to suicide prevention for school-aged children; authorizes school districts to include suicide prevention in health class curriculum
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Directs the office of mental health to develop materials relating to suicide prevention and identifying signs of depression for school-aged children; authorizes school districts to include suicide prevention in health class curriculum.

NY S 4295 - Andrew J. Lanza
Requires a mental health medical professional to examine incarcerated individuals in solitary confinement
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
Requires a mental health medical professional to examine incarcerated individuals in solitary confinement when such incarcerated individual is in such confinement for a period in excess of twenty-four hours.

NY S 4435 - Nathalia Fernandez
Authorizes health insurers to provide actuarially appropriate reductions in health insurance premiums for participation in a wellness program
01/22/2024 - 1ST REPORT CAL.152
Authorizes health insurers and health maintenance organizations, subject to the approval of the superintendent of financial services, to provide actuarially appropriate reductions in health insurance premiums or other benefits or enhancements for an enrollee's or insured's participation in a qualified wellness program.

NY S 4463 - Pamela A. Helming
Relates to requirements for licensure of certain mental health practitioners and providing such mental health practitioners authority to give diagnosis
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Relates to requirements for licensure of mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists and providing mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists authority to give diagnosis.

NY S 4501 - James G. Skoufis
Relates to the use of body imaging scanning equipment in local correctional facilities
06/06/2023 - DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Authorizes the use of body imaging scanning equipment in local correctional facilities for the screening of visitors and staff in addition to incarcerated individuals.

NY S 4517 - Nathalia Fernandez
Establishes the elder abuse shelter aftercare demonstration program
03/12/2024 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Establishes the elder abuse shelter aftercare demonstration program to provide management services, financial counseling, and mental health services at the conclusion of the discharge process.

NY S 4529 - Pete Harckham
Includes clinically necessary treatment for certain inpatient coverage
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Includes clinically necessary treatment for certain inpatient coverage, which shall mean an individual's medical needs and any social determinants of health that will promote such individual's stability following discharge from treatment.

NY S 4621 - Luis R. Sepulveda
Conforms the definition of an incarcerated individual with a serious mental illness to the definition of "person with a serious mental illness" in the mental hygiene law
03/21/2024 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Conforms the definition of an incarcerated individual with a serious mental illness to the definition of "person with a serious mental illness" in the mental hygiene law.

NY S 465 - Luis R. Sepulveda
Relates to the removal of incarcerated individuals diagnosed with mental illness to a residential mental health treatment unit
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
Relates to the removal of incarcerated individuals diagnosed with mental illness to a residential mental health treatment unit.

NY S 4670 - Michelle Hinchey
Relates to mandatory reporting of child abuse
02/13/2023 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Requires certain persons and officials to report child abuse or suspected child abuse to law enforcement authorities.

NY S 4676 - Kevin S. Parker
Requires counties to maintain a registry of people of all ages with disabilities for the purpose of evacuating and sheltering such persons during disasters
02/13/2023 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
Requires counties to maintain a registry of people of all ages with disabilities for the purpose of evacuating and sheltering such persons during disasters.

NY S 4677 - Kevin S. Parker
Authorizes and directs the department of health to conduct a study on drugs prescribed for school age children with ADD and ADHD
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Authorizes and directs the department of health to conduct a study on drugs prescribed for school-age children with ADD and ADHD.

NY S 4695 - Kevin S. Parker
Relates to covering mental illness under the healthy New York program
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Requires coverage under the healthy New York program for mental illness.

NY S 4696 - Kevin S. Parker
Makes an appropriation to the office for people with developmental disabilities to offset the cost of increased development of residential facilities
02/13/2023 - REFERRED TO FINANCE
Makes an appropriation to the office for people with developmental disabilities to offset the cost of increased development of residential facilities in unserved and underserved communities.

NY S 4759 - Andrew J. Lanza
Establishes the class C felony of assault of a patient in a mental health or developmental disability facility
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO CODES
Establishes the class C felony of assault of a patient in a mental health or developmental disability facility, for the intentional causation of physical injury to a patient residing in a facility operated, licensed or certified by the office of mental health or the office for people with developmental disabilities.

NY S 4764 - Andrew J. Lanza
Relates to requiring the commissioner of the department of civil service to prepare a report on mental health practitioner classification
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
Relates to requiring the commissioner of the department of civil service to prepare a report on mental health practitioner classification.

NY S 4864 - Jeremy A. Cooney
Relates to health care and mental hygiene worker bonuses
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Includes fire districts within the definition of "municipal corporation" to include employees of fire districts within the health care and mental hygiene worker bonuses.

NY S 4909 - Luis R. Sepulveda
Requires hospitals to establish a violence prevention program and conduct an annual safety and security assessment
04/02/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 4909A
Requires hospitals to establish a violence prevention program and conduct an annual safety and security assessment for the purpose of protecting health care workers, patients, families and visitors.

NY S 4921 - Luis R. Sepulveda
Creates a temporary state commission relating to local correctional facilities in upstate New York
02/17/2023 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
Creates a temporary state commission relating to local correctional facilities in upstate New York; provides commission study shall place emphasis on medical and mental health care, overcrowding, incarcerated individual deaths, use of force, restraints, and all segregation and confinement practices and solitary confinement.

NY S 4959 - Robert Jackson
Establishes a direct service professional credit and career ladder tuition assistance grant program
05/15/2023 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Establishes a direct service professional credit and career ladder tuition assistance grant program to develop training programs and improve existing workforce development programs for the purpose of training direct support professionals and establishing a career ladder for individuals working with individuals with developmental disabilities.

NY S 5082 - Nathalia Fernandez
Establishes a Latina suicide prevention task force; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
11/17/2023 - VETOED MEMO.79
Establishes a Latina suicide prevention task force; provides for the number of members, manner of appointment and the topics to be reviewed.

NY S 5093 - Cordell Cleare
Prohibits law enforcement officers from using bias-based profiling
01/04/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 5093A
Prohibits police officers from using bias-based profiling; requires that a procedure be established for the taking and review of complaints against police officers for racial and ethnic profiling; allows an action for injunctive relief and/or damages to be brought against a law enforcement agency, any agent of a law enforcement agency and the supervisor of an agent.

NY S 5103 - Cordell Cleare
Relates to including policies and procedures for responding to students having mental health crises in school safety plans
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Includes policies and procedures for responding to students having mental health crises in a manner that does not include contacting law enforcement unless implied or direct threats of violence or other criminal activity is involved in school safety plans.

NY S 5146 - Kevin S. Parker
Relates to establishing a peer support program for veterans
02/23/2023 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
Establishes a peer support program for veterans.

NY S 5148 - Kevin S. Parker
Requires the New York State Office of Mental Health to study the effects that awareness of or exposure to police shootings or killings of unarmed African Americans has on the mental health of African Americans
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Requires the New York State Office of Mental Health to study the effects that awareness of or exposure to police shootings or killings of unarmed African Americans has on the mental health of African Americans in New York state and to deliver a finding of the results of such study to the governor and the legislative leaders.

NY S 5178 - Samra G. Brouk
Establishes a task force to study aging in place in mental health housing
11/17/2023 - VETOED MEMO.80
Establishes a task force to study aging in place in mental health housing; provides for the repeal of such task force upon expiration thereof.

NY S 5179 - Samra G. Brouk
Relates to involuntary emergency admission of persons alleged to be mentally ill
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Enacts "Jesse's law" to provide that a person subject to involuntary emergency admission for immediate observation, care, and treatment of mental illness shall have the right to select the hospital they are admitted to.

NY S 5214 - Peter B. Harckham
Establishes a uniform electronic medical records system for correctional facilities
02/27/2023 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, in consultation with the commissioner of health and the commissioner of mental health, to develop a uniform electronic medical records system to be utilized by all correctional facilities in the state.

NY S 5233 - Kevin M. Thomas
Relates to pretrial mental health and substance abuse evaluations and treatment for certain defendants and establishes the pretrial mental health and substance abuse services bail fund
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO CODES
Relates to pretrial mental health and substance abuse evaluations and treatment for certain defendants; establishes the pretrial mental health and substance abuse services bail fund.

NY S 5267 - Cordell Cleare
Provides for the creation and maintenance of digital records for each incarcerated individual
03/01/2023 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
Provides for the creation and maintenance of digital records for each incarcerated individual which includes all medical records, including but not limited to mental health records and results of drug or alcohol tests, work records and evaluations, conduct records and programming records.

NY S 5284 - Kevin S. Parker
Provides legal assistance to youth ordered by the court into the custody of the office of children and family services and placed or committed to a state operated juvenile detention center
03/01/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Provides legal assistance to youth ordered by the court into the custody of the office of children and family services and placed or committed to a state operated juvenile detention center.

NY S 5294 - Nathalia Fernandez
Requires that certain persons and educators receive training in mental health
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Requires that all holders of a professional certificate in the classroom teaching service, holders of a level III teaching assistant certificate and holders of a professional certificate in the educational leadership service receive a minimum of three hours of training in mental health per year.

NY S 5329 - Pete Harckham
Relates to the functions of the Medicaid inspector general with respect to audit and review of medical assistance program funds and requiring notice of certain investigations
06/05/2023 - REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Requires the Medicaid inspector general to comply with standards relating to the audit and review of medical assistance program funds; establishes procedures, practices and standards for the adjustment or recovery of a medical assistance payment from recipients; requires notice of certain investigations.

NY S 5350 - Nathalia Fernandez
Requires training for teachers, administrators and instructors in the area of mental health response training
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Requires training for teachers, administrators and instructors in the area of mental health response; requires office of mental health to assist in development of curriculum for training.

NY S 5367 - Pete Harckham
Establishes parity in reimbursement rates for supportive stabilization services provided that are substantially equivalent to crisis stabilization center services
05/17/2023 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Establishes parity in reimbursement rates for the first twenty-four hours of supportive stabilization services provided that are substantially equivalent to crisis stabilization center services.

NY S 5373 - Peter B. Harckham
Requires schools to include instruction on the prevention of co-occurring disorders as an integral part of their health education programs
03/03/2023 - REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
Requires schools to include instruction on the prevention of co-occurring disorders as an integral part of their health education programs.

NY S 5378 - Robert G. Rolison
Relates to authorizing local or regional accidental fatality review teams
03/03/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Relates to authorizing local or regional accidental fatality review teams; authorizes an accidental fatality review team to be established at a local or regional level, with the approval of the department of health, for the purpose of investigating the unexpected or unexplained death of any person including but not limited to deaths suspected to be caused by overdose or suicide.

NY S 5381 - Pete Harckham
Relates to the institution of a screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment/evaluation (SBIRT/SBIRE) at colleges
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Relates to the institution of a screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment/evaluation (SBIRT/SBIRE) at colleges.

NY S 5387 - Peter B. Harckham
Includes certain programs and facilities in the definition of provider or provider agency
03/03/2023 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Includes organizations and programs that provide community based services to individuals under twenty-one in the definition of provider or provider agency regarding the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment.

NY S 5389 - Pete Harckham
Relates to required clinical education for certain mental health practitioners
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Requires clinical experience for certain mental health practitioners; allows such practitioners to make assessment-based treatment plans; makes related provisions.

NY S 5393 - Pete Harckham
Relates to coverage for the screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Relates to coverage for applied behavior analysis and for developmental, individual-differences, relationship-based treatment of autism spectrum disorder.

NY S 5397 - Pete Harckham
Relates to the display of green lights on the vehicles of members of mobile crisis teams
11/29/2023 - Substitute A 5604 action - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Relates to the display of green lights on the vehicles of members of mobile crisis teams.

NY S 5481 - Brad Madison Hoylman-Sigal
Relates to requiring insurance policies to cover neuropsychological exams for dyslexia
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Requires insurance policies to cover neuropsychological exams for dyslexia under certain circumstances; caps coverage amount.

NY S 5485 - Nathalia Fernandez
Replaces the word addict or addicts with the words persons with substance use disorder or a variation thereof
03/14/2024 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Replaces the words addict or addicts with the words person with substance use disorder or a variation thereof.

NY S 5508 - Jessica Scarcella-Spanton
Relates to clarifying the standards for involuntary in-patient care and treatment
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Relates to involuntary in-patient mental health treatment where care and treatment in a hospital is essential to a person's welfare if, in the absence of such care and treatment, the person's mental illness is likely to result in serious harm.

NY S 5516 - Samra G. Brouk
Relates to the geriatric demonstration program
02/14/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Relates to the geriatric demonstration program to promote mental health and home care collaboration; authorizes the commissioner of mental health to waive rules and regulations to address barriers to participation in the program.

NY S 5581 - Jessica Scarcella-Spanton
Authorizes certain licensed health service professionals to form limited liability companies
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
Authorizes certain licensed health service professionals to form limited liability companies.

NY S 5584 - Leroy G. Comrie Jr.
Provides an incarcerated individual time for mental health services
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
Provides that, to the extent practicable, any incarcerated individual who is receiving mental health services or participating in a mental health program shall not have the time spent participating in such mental health services or programs deducted from any other activity time such incarcerated individual receives.

NY S 5625 - Roxanne Jacqueline Persaud
Relates to pregnant and postpartum individuals and their children's health coverage and information
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Expands coverage for pregnant and postpartum individuals and their children; establishes a health expense account program for pregnant and postpartum individuals; requires the creation of informative pamphlets on maternal depression.

NY S 5683 - Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
Establishes the New York state school mental health services program coordinator
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Establishes the school mental health services program coordinator to provide qualifying public and nonpublic schools with mental health services professionals.

NY S 5757 - Jessica Scarcella-Spanton
Establishes the position of an insurance liaison on the disaster preparedness commission
05/22/2023 - DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Establishes the position of an insurance liaison on the disaster preparedness commission to be appointed by the governor and serve as a non-voting member.

NY S 5812 - Pete Harckham
Relates to determining whether the state can claim federal financial participation for coverage of and payment for certain evidence-based mobile medical applications
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Directs the department of health to request guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to determine whether the state can claim federal financial participation for coverage of and payment for certain evidence-based mobile medical applications.

NY S 5815 - John W. Mannion
Relates to education on the dangers of fatal and non-fatal drowning
02/14/2024 - REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Provides that the department of health may conduct education and outreach programs promoting public awareness of the dangers of fatal and non-fatal drowning.

NY S 5831 - Robert Jackson
Relates to the disability retirement for safety and security officers
03/17/2023 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
Relates to the disability retirement for safety and security officers.

NY S 5857 - Kevin S. Parker
Establishes a crisis intervention team program
03/20/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Establishes a crisis intervention team training demonstration program; establishes a crisis intervention team training program advisory committee and crisis intervention team training fund.

NY S 5875 - Kevin S. Parker
Establishes a state crisis intervention demonstration program and a crisis intervention team training fund
03/20/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Establishes a state crisis intervention demonstration program and a crisis intervention team training fund.

NY S 5897 - Jabari Brisport
Relates to reporting of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents and repeals section two of chapter eleven of the laws of two thousand twenty-one
12/12/2023 - Substitute A 2176 action - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Relates to reporting of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents; requires information including the total number of youth placed in foster care, the reasons why such youth were placed and the efforts the state has taken to recruit and retain foster parents; repeals provisions relating to directing the office of children and family services to make information publicly available on the number of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents and the effectiveness thereof.

NY S 5965 - Jamaal T. Bailey
Relates to providing notice of voting rights to persons released from local jails
06/10/2023 - Substitute A 4009 action - RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
Relates to providing notice of voting rights to persons released from local jails.

NY S 5970 - Pete Harckham
Relates to the construction of facilities for chemical dependence services that promote the privacy of individuals
05/22/2023 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Relates to the construction of facilities for chemical dependence services that promote the privacy of individuals while bathing, sleeping, using restrooms and receiving individual counseling services, while also allowing for maximization of the use of such facility.

NY S 5980 - Sean M. Ryan
Requires a study of the issues impacting the continuum of caregiving in the state
11/17/2023 - Substitute A 4275 action - TABLED
Requires a multi-agency study of the issues impacting the continuum of caregiving in the state; requires the submission of a report of the findings, conclusions and recommendations from such study to the governor and the legislature.

NY S 600 - Julia Salazar
Authorizes the correctional association to inspect residential juvenile detention facilities
05/30/2023 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Authorizes the correctional association to inspect residential juvenile detention facilities.

NY S 6042 - Kevin S. Parker
Requires the establishment of community housing waiting lists within the office of mental health service system
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Requires the establishment of community housing waiting lists within the office of mental health service system; directs each provider of housing services in the office of mental health system to provide, on a monthly basis, the office of mental health with a list of each person referred to, admitted to, applying for, withdrawing an application for and denied admission to housing provided by such provider; requires the community-based agency performing assessments of persons with a documented mental illness to provide the office with the names of such who have been assessed and who meet the eligibility criteria for the array of funded and/or licensed housing programs; requires such office to publish such waiting lists on a monthly basis.

NY S 6054 - Robert Jackson
Relates to retirement benefits for certain employees
03/12/2024 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Relates to the election of retirement benefits for certain members of the New York state and local employees' retirement system who are employed by the office of mental health.

NY S 6080 - Pamela A. Helming
Relates to the ability for school districts to implement telehealth school-based mental health clinics
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Grants school districts the ability to implement telehealth school-based mental health clinics; establishes the student mental telehealth reimbursement fund; relates to funding the student mental telehealth reimbursement fund.

NY S 6082 - Nathalia Fernandez
Relates to education and outreach programs for individuals who have suffered a pregnancy loss or infant loss
05/30/2023 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Includes within the health care and wellness education and outreach program offered by the department of health resources for individuals who have suffered a pregnancy loss or infant loss.

NY S 6137 - John W. Mannion
Provides for the use of public campsites, parks and other public places of recreation in the state by individuals with a mental disability free of charge
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION
Allows for individuals with a mental disability who receive or are eligible to receive services for such disability to use any of the public campsites, parks and other public places of recreation in the state without the payment of any fees or other charges.

NY S 6337 - Neil D. Breslin
Relates to the administration of certain medications by a pharmacist
12/12/2023 - Substitute A 6779 action - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Relates to the administration of certain medications by a pharmacist; requires the administering pharmacist to notify the prescribing physician of the administration of the medication.

NY S 6351 - John W. Mannion
Provides a premium reduction for physicians who complete a training strategies course relating to emergency department visits for individuals with a developmental or intellectual disability
06/01/2023 - PRINT NUMBER 6351A
Directs the commissioner of health to approve professional education courses for eligible physicians, nurses and other staff that covers risk management strategies in emergency department visits for individuals with a developmental or intellectual disability; provides a premium reduction for physicians who complete such risk management strategies course.

NY S 6362 - Samra G. Brouk
Relates to including outpatient care provided by creative arts therapists in certain insurance policies
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Relates to including outpatient care provided by creative arts therapists in certain insurance policies covering care for other mental health services.

NY S 6375 - Kevin S. Parker
Enacts the "minority mental health act" to establish the division of minority mental health within the office of mental health
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Enacts the "minority mental health act" to establish the division of minority mental health within the office of mental health; provides that such division shall be responsible for assuring that mental health programs and services are culturally and linguistically appropriate to meet the needs of racial and ethnic minorities.

NY S 6424 - Roxanne Jacqueline Persaud
Expands the membership of the interagency task force on trafficking in persons
01/04/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 6424C
Expands the membership of the interagency task force on trafficking in persons to include the commissioner of the department of transportation, the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles and the executive director of the New York state thruway authority.

NY S 6433 - John W. Mannion
Safeguards cash accounts for people with developmental disabilities in a facility
05/31/2023 - REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Safeguards cash accounts for people with developmental disabilities in a facility under the control of the commissioner of mental health, the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities and the commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services.

NY S 6456 - Jessica Scarcella-Spanton
Provides for comprehensive care centers for autism spectrum disorders
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Develops comprehensive assessment centers for autism spectrum disorders; provides grants for their development and lays out reporting and research requirements.

NY S 6459 - Monica R. Martinez
Relates to mental health services and resources for child protective services employees
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Provides all child protective service employees with supportive mental health services and resources.

NY S 6482 - John W. Mannion
Allows an individual with disabilities or a disabled veteran to hold full-time or part-time positions for purposes of eligibility for recruitment for state employment
10/05/2023 - Substitute A 6480 action - SIGNED CHAP.521
Allows an individual with disabilities or a disabled veteran to hold full-time or part-time positions for purposes of eligibility for recruitment for state employment.

NY S 6499 - Timothy M. Kennedy
Establishes an intensive addiction recovery and mental health integrated services pilot program
01/17/2024 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Establishes an intensive addiction recovery and mental health integrated services pilot program to support two three-year demonstration programs that provide intensive addiction and mental health integrated services to individuals with significant addiction and mental health issues who have had multiple and frequent treatment episodes.

NY S 6523 - Jessica Scarcella-Spanton
Requires the department of veterans' services to establish and maintain a database of resources available in the state for veterans and their families
01/22/2024 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Requires the department of veterans' services to collaborate with other state agencies to establish and maintain a database on the department's website providing resources available in the state for veterans and their families.

NY S 6537 - Andrew S. Gounardes
Relates to the frequency and implementation of lock-down drills in schools
06/07/2023 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Decreases the frequency of lock-down drills in schools; directs that such drills shall be implemented with a trauma-informed approach; permits parents to opt their children out of such drills.

NY S 6569 - Zellnor Y. Myrie
Relates to the theft of real property
02/16/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 6569B
Relates to the theft of real property; defines certain larceny crimes as involving deed theft; authorizes the attorney general to investigate and prosecute every person or entity charged with the commission of a criminal offense in violation or transactions relating to deed theft or a transaction involving real property.

NY S 6584 - Michael N. Gianaris
Relates to the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards, departments and commissions
01/04/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 6584B
Requires separate collection categories for White, Middle Eastern, and North African groups in NYS.

NY S 6649 - Michael N. Gianaris
Relates to warnings to be posted and provided by firearms dealers
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO CODES
Requires firearms dealers to post and provide written warnings to purchasers of dangers posed by access to weapons in the home.

NY S 6668 - Jose Gustavo Rivera
Provides for presumptive eligibility for medical assistance benefits of individuals leaving incarceration
06/08/2023 - DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Provides presumptive eligibility for medical assistance benefits for individuals released from correctional facilities for at least sixty days following release.

NY S 6673 - Monica R. Martinez
Relates to pressure regulated sprinklers
06/01/2023 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Provides that spray sprinkler bodies shall meet certain water saving performance standards.

NY S 6688 - Neil D. Breslin
Prohibits the application of fail-first or step therapy protocols to coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of serious mental health conditions
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Prohibits the application of fail-first or step therapy protocols to coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of serious mental health conditions; defines serious mental health condition.

NY S 6709 - James G. Skoufis
Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act"
02/06/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 6709A
Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act" to provide a testimonial privilege to critical incident stress management/crisis response/peer support team members concerning communications made during critical incident stress management/crisis/peer support response services.

NY S 6717 - Iwen Chu
Relates to including additional positions in the definition of employee for the purposes of health care and mental hygiene worker bonuses
05/05/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Relates to including additional positions in the definition of employee for the purposes of health care and mental hygiene worker bonuses.

NY S 6733 - Gustavo Rivera
Expands health care services provided by telehealth
02/27/2024 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Expands health care services provided by telehealth to include services delivered through a facility licensed under article twenty-eight of the public health law that is eligible to be designated or has received a designation as a federally qualified health center, including those facilities that are also licensed under article thirty-one or article thirty-two of the mental hygiene law.

NY S 6791 - Anthony H. Palumbo
Relates to mental health certificates
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Provides that a mental health certificate shall be requested from each student at the same time health certificates are required; provides that an assessment and mental health history of any child may be requested by the local school authorities at any time in their discretion to promote the educational interests of such child; makes related provisions.

NY S 6819 - Jessica Scarcella-Spanton
Relates to the licensing of professional and clinical music therapists
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Provides for the licensing of professional and clinical music therapists encompassing the assessment, evaluation, and the therapeutic intervention and treatment of mental, emotional, developmental and behavioral disorders through the use of music.

NY S 6977 - Julia Salazar
Clarifies the definition of persons with a disability for purposes of the definition of special populations
03/21/2024 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Clarifies the definition of persons with a disability for purposes of the definition of special populations to include people with a mental health diagnosis, people on the office of mental health caseload, people with an intellectual, developmental or cognitive diagnosis, people with physical disability or mobility impairment, and people with a sensorial disability diagnosis.

NY S 6986 - James Sanders Jr.
Relates to providing increased and uniform training requirements and outreach for law enforcement and establishes law enforcement peer support
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO CODES
Relates to providing increased and uniform training requirements including implicit bias, use of force, first aid and firearm training, and outreach for law enforcement; establishes law enforcement peer support through the office of mental health.

NY S 7044 - Lea Webb
Establishes the mental health educational opportunity program and the mental health higher educational opportunity program
01/26/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 7044A
Establishes the mental health educational opportunity program and the mental health higher educational opportunity program to provide additional educational opportunities for students at certain universities and colleges in the state to enroll in academic programs that lead to a degree or degrees required for licensure in any of the mental health professions.

NY S 7079 - Pete Harckham
Relates to the first responder peer support program act
01/23/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 7079A
Establishes the "first responder peer support program act" which supplies peer-to-peer mental health programs to first responders.

NY S 7094 - John W. Mannion
Relates to a state council on developmental disabilities
09/14/2023 - Substitute A 6543 action - SIGNED CHAP.368
Renames the developmental disabilities planning council to be the state council on developmental disabilities; changes membership.

NY S 7123 - Lea Webb
Relates to providing student onboarding and ongoing education on reproductive health services
05/18/2023 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Requires student onboarding and ongoing education on reproductive health services available to students including where the closest reproductive health clinics are located; all resources available to a student seeking reproductive health services including but not limited to financial assistance and mental health services and any reproductive health resources available to a student through the institution.

NY S 7151 - Kevin S. Parker
Relates to restraint of individuals in facilities under the jurisdiction of the office of mental health
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Relates to restraint of individuals in facilities under the jurisdiction of the office of mental health; establishes procedures which must be followed in order to restrain patients who are served in mental hygiene facilities.

NY S 7155 - Kevin S. Parker
Establishes a transgender and non-binary peer support grant program
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Establishes a transgender and non-binary peer support grant program which shall grant awards to eligible entities for the purpose of establishing peer-to-peer mental health programs for transgender and non-binary individuals.

NY S 7226 - John W. Mannion
Establishes a deferred retirement option plan for certain employees of the department of corrections and community supervision and the office of mental health
04/08/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 7226A
Establishes a deferred retirement option plan for certain employees of the department of corrections and community supervision and the office of mental health; directs service costs attributable to implementing the DROP program to be paid by New York state.

NY S 7236 - Samra G. Brouk
Relates to improving student mental health and mental health literacy in institutions of higher education in the state, and requiring the amendment or adoption of related protocols, policies and programs
03/08/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 7236A
Relates to improving student mental health and mental health literacy in institutions of higher education in the state; requires the amendment or adoption of related protocols, policies and programs in SUNY, CUNY and independent institutions of higher education.

NY S 7237 - Jacob Ashby
Establishes the school safety specialist act
03/22/2024 - NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
Establishes the school safety specialist act; establishes a certification and training program for school safety specialists; outlines the roles and duties of school safety specialists.

NY S 7247 - John W. Mannion
Establishes the eating disorders in children task force
05/19/2023 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Establishes the eating disorders in children task force to study and create a standardized approach to, and develop best practices and guidelines for awareness, recognition, and treatment of eating disorders in children.

NY S 7257 - Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
Establishes a loan forgiveness program for licensed mental health professionals in jails and prisons
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Establishes a loan forgiveness program for licensed mental health professionals in jails and prisons for the purpose of increasing the number of mental health professionals rendering mental health services in correctional institutions; provides for eligibility and priority; provides for awards in the amount of $2,000; makes related provisions.

NY S 7267 - Kevin S. Parker
Relates to establishing emergency mental health units
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Relates to establishing emergency mental health units; provides for certification of all emergency mental health units, the creation of regional emergency mental health unit councils, and a New York state emergency mental health unit council to develop minimum training standards for certified emergency mental health units and minimum equipment and communication standards for emergency mental health units.

NY S 7269 - Kevin S. Parker
Relates to establishing the New York state council on mental health emergency and crisis response
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Relates to establishing the New York state council on mental health emergency and crisis response to make recommendations on topics including but not limited to: (i) identifying best practices for response to mental health crises; (ii) initiatives to increase training opportunities and participation of mental health professionals, and other qualified individuals as members of mobile crisis outreach teams; (iii) identify training needs and methods to improve diversion from hospitalization after response from a mobile crisis outreach team; (iv) identify the need for establishing mobile crisis outreach teams in each region of the state and accessing alternatives to hospitalization; (v) public education and outreach on the benefit of mobile crisis outreach teams and how to access their services; and (vi) any other recommendation deemed appropriate by the council.

NY S 7272 - Kevin S. Parker
Relates to the justification for the use of force in a homicide by a peace officer or police officer
05/19/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Relates to the justification for the use of force in a homicide by a peace officer or police officer.

NY S 7274 - Kevin S. Parker
Requires the office of mental health to establish a training program for the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder
12/12/2023 - Substitute A 793 action - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Requires the office of mental health to establish a training program for the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for military veterans; the program shall include a component on military culture competency and shall be intended for the training of mental health providers and mental health clinicians; certification of the completion of the program may be provided to participants through the office.

NY S 7280 - Kevin S. Parker
Establishes a peer support services program for transgender and non-binary individuals
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Establishes a regional or county-based peer support services program for transgender and non-binary individuals that provides support services including but not limited to, peer counseling for mental illness including alcohol and substance abuse counseling, family support services, domestic violence, mental health and physical health.

NY S 7307 - Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
Relates to allowing for certain rules and regulations to be waived in order to promulgate collaboration between mental health providers to develop programs for the benefit of the mentally ill
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Allows for certain rules and regulations to be waived in order to promulgate collaboration between mental health providers to develop programs for the benefit of the mentally ill.

NY S 7325 - Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
Requires the commissioner of education to develop model mental health screenings for students and associated guidelines to assist school mental health screeners to perform mental health screening services
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Requires the commissioner of education, in conjunction with the commissioner of health and the commissioner of mental health, to develop model mental health screenings for students and associated guidelines to assist school mental health screeners to perform mental health screening services to identify concerns in students' mental health.

NY S 7329 - Kevin S. Parker
Relates to establishing mandatory continuing law enforcement education for peace officers
05/19/2023 - REFERRED TO CODES
Relates to establishing mandatory continuing law enforcement education for peace officers; requires peace officers to biannually complete a minimum of 32 credit hours of training including de-escalation techniques, implicit biases and mental health training.

NY S 740 - Luis R. Sepulveda
Relates to establishing residential treatment facilities
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Relates to establishing residential treatment facilities as an alternative to incarceration designated by the commissioner for the care and treatment of persons with serious mental illness who are accused of at least one felony level crime.

NY S 7450 - John W. Mannion
Provides for the release of patient or client clinical records to correctional facilities or a public health authority
06/07/2023 - DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Provides for the release of patient or client clinical records to correctional facilities or a public health authority.

NY S 7451 - Roxanne Jacqueline Persaud
Relates to the composition of the interagency task force on human trafficking
06/07/2023 - Substitute A 7360 action - RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
Relates to the composition of the interagency task force on human trafficking; extends provisions related to the effectiveness of such task force.

NY S 7452 - Roxanne Jacqueline Persaud
Relates to the establishment and powers and duties of the council on children and families
06/05/2023 - DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Establishes a council on children and families within the executive department; moves such council from the office of children and family services; defines terms; authorizes the governor to designate the executive director of such council; makes related provisions.

NY S 7486 - Patrick M. Gallivan
Provides for loan forgiveness for mental health nurses
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Provides for loan forgiveness for mental health nurses that make a commitment to practice in a "rural" tract or county.

NY S 7501 - Monica R. Martinez
Relates to veterans health care
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
Relates to veterans' health care; creates a veteran health care review to ensure veterans and their families have access to health and mental health treatment, including for post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, military sexual trauma, reproductive and mental health conditions, and suicide prevention.

NY S 7506 - Brad Madison Hoylman-Sigal
Relates to certain prohibitions regarding the legal system and gender-affirming care; repealer
04/04/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 7506A
Declares that a law authorizing a child to be removed from their parent or guardian based on the parent or guardian allowing their child to receive gender-affirming care is against the public policy of this state; relates to forum in domestic relations cases.

NY S 7507 - Samra G. Brouk
Relates to orders not to resuscitate for and decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment and hospice care; repealer
03/14/2024 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Relates to orders not to resuscitate for and the applicability of the family health care decisions act to residents of mental hygiene facilities; relates to do not resuscitate orders and decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment and hospice care in in-patient psychiatric hospitals.

NY S 7551 - Zellnor Y. Myrie
Relates to the automatic sealing of certain convictions
11/16/2023 - Substitute A 1029 action - SIGNED CHAP.631
Provides for automatic sealing of certain convictions after a certain passage of time from either imposition of sentence, release from parole or probation, and if the defendant does not have a current charge pending; excludes certain offenses; permits access by certain persons.

NY S 7558 - Robert Jackson
Requires the department of education to develop school health and mental health professionals to student ratios in public schools
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Requires the department of education to develop school health and mental health professionals to student ratios in public schools for students who do not receive services pursuant to the individuals with disabilities education act.

NY S 7646 - James G. Skoufis
Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to establish discharge plans and reentry services for wrongfully convicted individuals upon their discharge which includes housing needs, educational needs, employment needs, medical needs, and specific social service needs.
08/30/2023 - REFERRED TO RULES

NY S 7650 - Pamela A. Helming
Provides that the state shall bear the cost of the statewide license and record database for ammunition sales and not pass the cost of which on to consumers or retailers subject to ammunition background checks.
09/11/2023 - REFERRED TO RULES

NY S 7662 - John W. Mannion
Establishes a statewide youth mental health and social media campaign to promote public awareness of the impacts of social media usage on mental health; requires a course of study on social media usage for all students.
09/22/2023 - REFERRED TO RULES

NY S 7699 - Joseph A. Griffo
Enhance sentences for certain offenses involving weapons on or near school grounds
10/13/2023 - REFERRED TO RULES
Enhances sentences for certain offenses involving weapons on or near school grounds; relates to the availability of certain records of juvenile delinquents or youthful offenders; relates to annual earnings limitations for certain retired police officers employed by a school district or a board of cooperative educational services; adds a defendant's identifiable ties to the community and state to consideration for whether to fix a securing order, including residence, employment, enrollment with an educational institution, and immediate family; allows courts to hold a pre-trial community safety and well-being hearing; relates to the court's consideration of the existence of extraordinary circumstances and significant physical injury in determining whether to remove adolescent offenders to family court; defines such terms; provides factors for the court's consideration of whether extraordinary circumstances exist; exempts adolescent offenders who were illegally in possession of a loaded firearm from those authorized to be removed to family court; modifies the crime of criminal solicitation in the third degree.

NY S 7700 - Lea Webb
Authorizes a prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application
01/04/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 7700A
Authorizes a prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application for individuals who are eligible for Medicaid.

NY S 7702 - Lea Webb
Requires the department of health to convene a maternal health care and birthing standards workgroup
01/23/2024 - RETURNED TO SENATE
Requires the department of health to convene a maternal health care and birthing standards workgroup to study, evaluate and make recommendations related to the development of maternal health care and birthing standards to ensure that patients receive the highest quality of care.

NY S 7733 - Luis R. Sepulveda
Relates to imposing an excise tax on firearms and ammunition
11/01/2023 - REFERRED TO RULES
Imposes an excise tax on the gross receipts of the sales of firearms, major components of firearms and ammunition; establishes the gun violence prevention and school safety fund.

NY S 7743 - Jabari Brisport
Relates to violations by licensed or registered child care providers; sanctions and penalties for such violations; and administrative appeal of such sanctions and penalties
11/13/2023 - REFERRED TO RULES
Relates to defining "critical violations" of applicable statutes and regulations by child care providers licensed or registered by the office of children and family services; the imposition of sanctions and penalties for such violations by the office of children and family services; and processes for administrative appeal of such sanctions and penalties.

NY S 7772 - Julia Salazar
Protects the rights of people in prisons, jails and forensic facilities; limits the use of cell or segregated confinement; grants access to tablets, visitation, and certain items.
11/27/2023 - REFERRED TO RULES

NY S 7776 - Jose Marco Serrano
Directs the commissioner of the office of mental health to promulgate rules and regulations prohibiting any suicide prevention or mental health services hotline operated or sponsored by the state from being automated.
03/06/2024 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

NY S 7786 - John W. Mannion
Increases personal needs allowance amounts for individuals who are deemed eligible.
12/06/2023 - REFERRED TO RULES

NY S 7788 - Alexis Weik
Requires the parole board to provide notice to the crime victim or victim's representative that a parolee or releasee is being discharged or released.
12/06/2023 - REFERRED TO RULES

NY S 779 - Robert G. Ortt
Ensures fairness in organ donations to persons with physical or mental disabilities
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Prevents discrimination against persons with physical or mental disabilities in regards to organ donations.

NY S 7793 - Roxanne Jacqueline Persaud
Adds certain human services programs to the designated human services programs eligible for a cost of living adjustment
02/02/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 7793A
Adds certain human services programs to the designated human services programs eligible for a cost of living adjustment.

NY S 7811 - Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
Relates to the health care and mental hygiene worker bonuses
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Includes any parent or parent of a minor who cares for such minor child with an intellectual or developmental disability within the health care and mental hygiene worker bonuses.

NY S 7814 - Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
Provides for mental home health care services for the aging
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Directs the commissioner of the office of mental health and the director of the state office for the aging shall establish a mental home health services program for the aging to facilitate access to mental home health services to respond to identified mental health needs, including those needs that may have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, and for the aging or families that may not have access to mental health professionals in-person; makes related provisions.

NY S 7832 - Nathalia Fernandez
Establishes the psilocybin assisted therapy pilot program for veterans and first responders
12/20/2023 - REFERRED TO RULES
Establishes the psilocybin assisted therapy pilot program; such program will be offered to ten thousand veterans and first responders from the western region of New York state.

NY S 7878 - Nathalia Fernandez
Requires certain private insurance plans to reimburse for services provided by child advocacy centers
01/03/2024 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Requires private insurance plans which provide for reimbursement for psychiatric or psychological services or for diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions to include reimbursement for services provided by child advocacy centers.

NY S 7879 - Nathalia Fernandez
Requires all health information systems or electronic health record systems to segregate certain patient information from the rest of such patient's medical record
02/21/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 7879A
Requires the commissioner of health to establish rules and regulations requiring that all health information systems or electronic health record systems segregate certain patient information related to reproductive health services, gender-affirming care, sexually transmitted diseases, mental health services, alcohol or substance abuse treatment and other information from the rest of such patient's medical record.

NY S 7951 - Kevin S. Parker
Relates to prohibiting insurance companies from requiring individuals to disclose if such individual has been diagnosed with an HIV infection prior to issuing life insurance
01/04/2024 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Relates to prohibiting insurance companies from requiring an individual to disclose if such individual has been diagnosed with an HIV infection or HIV-related illness or require such individual to submit to an HIV-related test prior to issuing or renewing a life insurance policy for such individual.

NY S 7959 - Kevin S. Parker
Requires video cameras to be placed on the entrances/exits of all facilities run by the office for people with developmental disabilities
01/04/2024 - REFERRED TO DISABILITIES
Requires video cameras to be placed on the entrances/exits of all facilities run by the office for people with developmental disabilities.

NY S 7966 - Kevin S. Parker
Establishes the child psychiatry access project within the office of mental health; establishes a gift for such purpose on personal income tax forms
01/04/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
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.

NY S 7968 - Kevin S. Parker
Requires the development of guidelines to help avert retraumatization of victims of sexual offenses in a behavioral health outpatient setting
01/04/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Requires the development of guidelines and procedures by the office of mental health to help avert retraumatization of victims of sexual offenses in a behavioral health outpatient setting.

NY S 7969 - Kevin S. Parker
Relates to the protection of mental health practitioners
01/04/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Imposes a duty to protect upon mental health practitioners; requires reasonable efforts to modify aspects of treatment in order to reduce or eliminate the risk of harm, initiating procedures for hospitalization, notifying the intended victim or victims, or notifying law enforcement officials when a person directly communicates a threat of serious, imminent harm to self or against a readily identifiable person or persons, and the threat includes both a serious intent to act and the ability to carry out the threat; does not require a mental health practitioner to take any action which, in the exercise of reasonable professional judgment, would endanger such mental health practitioner or increase the danger to a potential victim or victims.

NY S 8008 - Brad Madison Hoylman-Sigal
Relates to certain sex offenses
01/05/2024 - REFERRED TO RULES
Relates to certain sex offenses; makes technical changes.

NY S 8009 - Jose Gustavo Rivera
Relates to orders not to resuscitate
02/07/2024 - Substitute A 8536 action - SIGNED CHAP.40
Changes the controlling law for orders not to resuscitate for residents of mental hygiene facilities.

NY S 8026 - Lea Webb
Directs the division of criminal justice services to establish a task force on missing women and girls who are black, indigenous and people of color; repealer
01/05/2024 - REFERRED TO RULES
Directs the division of criminal justice services to establish a task force on missing women and girls who are black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC).

NY S 8051 - Pete Harckham
Relates to the display of green lights on the vehicles of members of mobile crisis teams
01/23/2024 - ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.189
Relates to the display of green lights on the vehicles of members of mobile crisis teams and the revocation of authorization to display such light.

NY S 8071 - Zellnor Y. Myrie
Relates to eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds
01/05/2024 - REFERRED TO RULES
Relates to eligibility for victims and survivors of crime to access victim compensation funds; specifies when awards may be provided and the requirements for such.

NY S 8076 - Kevin S. Parker
Requires the office of mental health to identify information and training programs relating to the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for military veterans
02/12/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Requires the office of mental health to identify information and training programs relating to the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for military veterans; requires the office of mental health to publish on their website information and links to the identified relevant training programs.

NY S 8084 - Jabari Brisport
Relates to reporting of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents and repeals section two of chapter eleven of the laws of two thousand twenty-one
01/23/2024 - ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.200
Relates to reporting of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents; requires information including the total number of youth placed in foster care, the reasons why such youth were placed and the efforts the state has taken to recruit and retain foster parents; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

NY S 8102 - Jessica Scarcella-Spanton
Authorizes the creation of a 9-8-8 license plate
01/08/2024 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Authorizes the creation of a 9-8-8 license plate in support of the 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system.

NY S 8150 - Pamela A. Helming
Establishes requirements for granting licensure for the practice of mental health counseling
01/10/2024 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Establishes requirements for granting licensure and provisional endorsement licensure for the practice of mental health counseling.

NY S 817 - Brad M. Hoylman
Clarifies the meaning of the phrase greatest social need for purposes of the administration of programs under the federal Older Americans Act of 1965
03/03/2023 - SIGNED CHAP.74
Clarifies the meaning of the phrase "greatest social need" for purposes of the administration of programs under the federal Older Americans Act of 1965, defining it to mean the need caused by non-economic factors which shall include, but not be limited to: physical or mental disability; Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia; language barriers including limited English proficiency and low literacy; and cultural, social, or geographic isolation.

NY S 8176 - Cordell Cleare
Establishes a public awareness campaign for maternal depression; appropriation
01/11/2024 - REFERRED TO FINANCE
Establishes a public awareness campaign for maternal depression; makes an appropriation therefor.

NY S 8307 - Senate Budget and Revenue Committee
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2024-2025 state fiscal year
01/17/2024 - REFERRED TO FINANCE

NY S 8325 - Nathalia Fernandez
Includes services provided by certified recovery peer advocates and certain services provided at inpatient facilities as part of standard coverage
01/18/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Includes services provided by certified recovery peer advocates and certain services provided at inpatient facilities as part of standard coverage.

NY S 8345 - Timothy M. Kennedy
Relates to the creation of a "ebony alert system" for missing Black youth
01/19/2024 - REFERRED TO CODES
Provides for the creation of an ebony alert system to be activated on behalf of Black youth, including young women, men, nonbinary, boys, and girls, who are reported missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances, at risk, developmentally disabled, or cognitively impaired, or who have been abducted.

NY S 8350 - Samra G. Brouk
Relates to a school-based mental health loan repayment program
01/19/2024 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Establishes a school-based mental health loan repayment program to aid youth mental health practitioners; provides for awards up to thirty thousand dollars to eligible applicants who agree to four years of service in underserved schools.

NY S 8352 - Rachel May
Allows certain minors to consent to certain medical, dental, health, and hospital services
01/19/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Allows homeless youth to give effective consent to certain medical, dental, health, and hospital services; provides for insurance coverage of such health care services consented to by such youth.

NY S 8354 - Nathalia Fernandez
Establishes the office of addiction and mental health services
01/22/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Establishes the office of addiction and mental health services.

NY S 8359 - Samra G. Brouk
Relates to establishing a statewide youth mental health advisory board
01/22/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Establishes a youth mental health advisory board consisting of youths aged 16-20 to examine and make recommendations for legislation and initiatives regarding issues of youth mental health including social media, bullying, substance use, trauma, poverty and access to services.

NY S 8368 - Samra G. Brouk
Establishes a task force to study aging in place in mental health housing
01/31/2024 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Establishes a task force to study aging in place in mental health housing; provides for the repeal of such task force upon expiration thereof.

NY S 837 - Gustavo Rivera
Protects the confidentiality of vaccine information; repealer
01/09/2023 - ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.46
Protects the confidentiality of vaccine information; relates to the sharing of vaccine registry information; provides that anyone requiring an immunization passport shall accept a valid COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card.

NY S 8379 - Jessica Ramos
Relates to the promotion of employment of people with disabilities; establishes the task force to promote the employment by state agencies of people with disabilities
01/25/2024 - REFERRED TO DISABILITIES
Establishes the task force to promote the employment by state agencies of people with disabilities; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof (Part A); requires the commissioner of the Department of Labor, in collaboration with the Commissioner of Health, to create a sustainable, comprehensive strategy to accomplish various goals aimed at bringing persons with disabilities into employment; provides for grants to counties and local workforce investment boards to develop local strategies for enhancing employment opportunities for people with disabilities and to fund programs to assist people with disabilities in overcoming barriers to work (Part B).

NY S 8380 - Robert Jackson
Updates provisions relating to dignity for all students and makes an appropriation therefor
01/25/2024 - REFERRED TO FINANCE
Updates provisions relating to dignity for all students including establishing the student suicide prevention act which includes curriculum and teacher training requirements designed to prevent student suicide with a focus on LGBTQ students; makes an appropriation therefor.

NY S 8381 - Nathalia Fernandez
Establishes the "recovery ready workplace act"
01/25/2024 - REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
Establishes the "recovery ready workplace act" which provides for the certification of an employer to become a recovery ready workplace.

NY S 8418 - Pete Harckham
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
02/08/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 8418A
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.

NY S 8438 - Jamaal T. Bailey
Requires the county sheriff to oversee an annual jail staffing analysis and provide a report to the commission of corrections and community supervision
01/30/2024 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
Requires the county sheriff to oversee an annual jail staffing analysis and provide a report to the commission of corrections and community supervision and give the public the opportunity to view the statistics of their local county jail.

NY S 853 - Neil D. Breslin
Relates to pharmacists administering medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
01/09/2023 - ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.62
Relates to pharmacists administering medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

NY S 8537 - Jessica Scarcella-Spanton
Creates interagency placement committees to recommend treatment and rehabilitation programs or strategies for youths with co-existing mental disabilities
02/12/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Creates 10 interagency placement committees throughout the state to recommend treatment and rehabilitation programs or strategies for youths with co-existing mental disabilities; directs such committees to establish a process by which youths can be referred to such committees; directs such committees to submit a report annually to the governor and legislature identifying gaps in treatment and rehabilitation options, and any plans or recommendations to increase such options.

NY S 8565 - Jacob Ashby
Allows courts to consider the risk of continued substance abuse
03/28/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 8565A
Allows courts to consider the risk of continued substance abuse and likelihood of serious harm to the principal when considering committing such principal to the custody of the sheriff.

NY S 8589 - Jessica Scarcella-Spanton
Relates to extreme risk protection orders
02/16/2024 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Relates to who can be a petitioner for an extreme risk protection order.

NY S 8597 - Samra G. Brouk
Establishes a social worker residency pilot program
02/20/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Authorizes the commissioner of mental health to establish up to three, three-year pilot programs in community behavioral health organizations for the purposes of creating social worker residency pilot programs to support the ongoing retention and recruitment of licensed clinical social workers.

NY S 8627 - John W. Mannion
Expands the legislative reporting requirements for the office of mental health and the office for people with developmental disabilities
03/21/2024 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Expands the legislative reporting requirements for the office of mental health and the office for people with developmental disabilities to include the chair of the assembly committee on people with disabilities and the chair of the senate committee on disabilities.

NY S 8659 - Samra G. Brouk
Establishes a Black youth suicide prevention task force
03/06/2024 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Establishes a Black youth suicide prevention task force to study the current mental health practices and suicide prevention efforts of Black youth age 5 through 18 years and make recommendations therefor; provides for the number of members, manner of appointment and the topics to be reviewed.

NY S 8716 - Samra G. Brouk
Enacts the Treyvan Rowe child and young teen mental health community safety act
03/04/2024 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Enacts the "Trevyan Rowe child and young teen mental health community safety act"; directs boards of education to create policies, procedures, and guidelines for at-risk children and young teens who have demonstrated suicidal ideation, been victims of harassment or bullying, and/or who have eloped from school property; establishes a commission to evaluate the safety and security of children in primary and secondary public and private schools in this state.

NY S 8747 - Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.
Limits co-payments for physical and occupational therapy services
03/06/2024 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Limits co-payments for physical and occupational therapy services.

NY S 8765 - Jamaal T. Bailey
Provides for qualified mental health associates
03/08/2024 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Directs the office of mental health to establish programs for the training and development of persons capable of providing coaching and support to individuals under treatment plans developed by licensed mental health practitioners, including but not limited to a process of issuing, either directly or through contract, credentials for qualified mental health associates.

NY S 8782 - John W. Mannion
Establishes the blue-ribbon commission on the future of New York state's service delivery system for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities act
03/11/2024 - REFERRED TO DISABILITIES
Establishes the "blue-ribbon commission on the future of New York state's service delivery system for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities act" to conduct a study and prepare a report to examine, evaluate and make recommendations for systemic reforms to ensure a sustainable set of supports and services that meets the needs of all individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

NY S 8807 - Jacob Ashby
Directs the commissioner of health to conduct a study on the use of ibogaine as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder
03/14/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Directs the commissioner of health, in conjunction with the commissioners of mental health and veterans' services, to conduct a study on the use of ibogaine as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, and the increasing rate of PTSD diagnoses in veterans and first responders.

NY S 8906 - Nathalia Fernandez
Relates to the student mental health apprenticeship retention and training (SMART) internship grant program
03/26/2024 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Establishes a student mental health apprenticeship retention and training (SMART) internship grant program; prescribes conditions for the administration of the student mental health apprenticeship retention and training (SMART) internship grant program; requires the promulgation of necessary rules and regulations.

NY S 8924 - Kevin S. Parker
Requires the health equity council to issue mandates related to the treatment of sickle cell disease
03/28/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Requires the health equity council to issue mandates related to the treatment of sickle cell disease; requires the commissioner of health to adhere to and act upon the recommendations and mandates of the health equity council.

NY S 8944 - Kevin S. Parker
Relates to the definition of autism
04/02/2024 - REFERRED TO DISABILITIES
Relates to the definition of autism for purposes of the mental hygiene law.

NY S 8965 - Gustavo Rivera
Establishes a drug-induced movement disorder screening education program
04/08/2024 - PRINT NUMBER 8965A
Establishes a drug-induced movement disorder screening education program; provides that the department shall develop such program to educate the public about the importance of screening for drug-induced movement disorders, develop and disseminate educational materials for healthcare providers regarding treatment for drug-induced movement disorders, and eliminate bias and reduction of stigma for people living with drug-induced movement disorders related to the treatment of mental health conditions.

NY S 8976 - Shelley B. Mayer
Authorizes the delivery of telehealth services in schools by licensed providers
04/04/2024 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Authorizes the delivery of telehealth services in schools by licensed providers.

NY S 8986 - Liz Krueger
Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2024 through April 11, 2024
04/08/2024 - Substitute A 9771 action - SIGNED CHAP.114
Provides for emergency appropriation through April 11, 2024 for the support of government.

NY S 9002 - Michelle Hinchey
Defines therapeutic agriculture for the purposes of community gardens
04/08/2024 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
Defines therapeutic agriculture for the purposes of community gardens as the use of agricultural activities as a means of promoting physical, mental and emotional well-being, rehabilitation and therapy for certain individuals.

NY S 901 - Jabari Brisport
Requires child protective services to orally and in writing disclose certain information to parents and caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investigation
01/09/2023 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Requires child protective services to orally and in writing disclose certain information to parents and caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investigation; requires such oral and written disclosure to contain certain information regarding the rights of the person under investigation.

NY S 9039 - Samra G. Brouk
Prohibits the use of the term "excited delirium" as a diagnosis, label, or cause of death
04/11/2024 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Prohibits the use of the term "excited delirium" as a diagnosis, label, or cause of death on death certificates, autopsy reports, police reports or any report, policy or procedure by a public agency or contractor; prohibits the use of excited delirium as an affirmative defense in a civil case or as a defense in a criminal case; defines excited delirium.

NY S 942 - Jamaal T. Bailey
Relates to the licensure of athletic trainers; and adds athletic trainers to the list of persons and officials required to report cases of suspected child abuse or maltreatment
12/12/2023 - Substitute A 219 action - DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Relates to the licensure of athletic trainers; adds athletic trainers to the list of persons and officials required to report cases of suspected child abuse or maltreatment.

NY S 959 - Jeremy Cooney
Relates to the coverage of air ambulance services in the child health plus program
01/09/2023 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Provides for the coverage of air ambulance services in the child health plus program.