Mental Health

NY - Assemblymember Aileen Gunther (U)

Title:

Chair

NY - Assemblymember Didi Barrett (U)

Title:

Member

NY - Assemblymember Joseph Borelli (U)

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Member

NY - Assemblymember Karim Camara (U)

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Member

NY - Assemblymember Michael Cusick (U)

Title:

Member

NY - Assemblymember Phillip Goldfeder (U)

Title:

Member

NY - Assemblymember Ellen C. Jaffee (U)

Title:

Member

NY - Assemblymember Steve Katz (U)

Title:

Member

NY - Assemblymember Barbara Lifton (U)

Title:

Member

NY - Assemblymember John T. McDonald III (U)

Title:

Member

NY - Assemblymember Robert J. Rodriguez (U)

Title:

Member

NY - A8493 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 - A8498 Relates to limiting the work week of direct care workers

NY - A8467 Requires standardized training curriculum for persons employed or volunteering at a mental health care provider certified or operated by the office for people with developmental disabilities

NY - A8437 Requires employees who provide respite care services to be certified in first aid and CPR/AED

NY - A8433 Creates mental illness and chemical dependence initiative

NY - A8476 Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to submit an updated waitlist and placement report to the senate and assembly

NY - A8483 Requires drug tests for potential employees of the office of mental health and the office for people with developmental disabilities

NY - A8457 Directs local government units providing services to individuals with mental illness or developmental disabilities to create a single point of access system

NY - A8489 Requires mental hygiene entities review fiscal management practices of service provider applicants

NY - A5846 Relates to fees for services rendered patients in state inpatient facilities pursuant to court orders

NY - A424 Relates to the creation of a bill of rights for family and guardians of people with developmental disabilities that reside in residences certified or approved by the OPWDD

NY - A6330 Requires the establishment of community housing waiting lists within the office of mental health service system

NY - A6344 Relates to reports on priority I and priority II individuals and the services provided to such individuals

NY - A6387 Requires providers of services for the developmentally disabled to perform certain duties

NY - A6388 Requires providers of services for the developmentally disabled to perform certain duties

NY - A6380 Creates a bill of rights for people with developmental disabilities

NY - A7024 Relates to the discharge of residents of a community residence

NY - A360 Creates the "protection of adults with mental disabilities act"

NY - A511 Establishes a program of tiered eligibility for services offered by OPWDD for persons with learning disabilities and other complex neurological impairments

NY - A6424 Relates to the creation of a prom and graduation safety program

NY - A726 Relates to the development of a statewide missing person locator system

NY - A839 Defines a bill of rights for persons with autism or autism spectrum disorders

NY - A1090 Authorizes the release of certain records pertaining to deceased residents of OPWDD operated or certified facilities to family members

NY - A7053 Relates to appointments and duties of the developmental disabilities advisory council and to the submission and posting of a statewide plan for services

NY - A7093 Prohibits the dissemination of certain personal information relating to a petition for guardianship

NY - A5431 Relates to providing confidential OMH records to attorneys representing patients or clients involuntarily placed in certain units

NY - A1275 Enhances the assisted outpatient treatment program and eliminates the expiration and repeal of Kendra's Law

NY - A6529 Relates to examination of persons ordered to obtain assisted outpatient treatment in counties with a population of less than eighty thousand

NY - A1852 Enacts the "integrated employment, economic development and safety net system for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities act"

NY - A1800 Relates to the creation of an acute psychiatric bed registry

NY - A1632 Relates to reports of substantial risk or threat of harm by mental health professionals

NY - A2047 Provides reimbursement to licensed not-for-profit corporations providing the office for people with developmental disabilities services for retirement cost

NY - A2117 Relates to the form of stamps on cigarettes

NY - A2100 Creates the New York state autism council

NY - A2143 Relates to clinical records and confidentiality

NY - A6819 Relates to establishing a crisis intervention team program

NY - A7200 Relates to oversight of developmental disability care organizations and coordinate services

NY - A2331 Provides additional discharge planning for persons being released from civil confinement

NY - A7227 Relates to developmental disability individual support and care coordination organizations (DISCOs)

NY - A2537 Relates to the rights of former outpatients of mental health facilities to have files sealed after ten years

NY - A2919 Directs the commissioner of education to post information related to receiving treatment for addiction to narcotics

NY - A2922 Establishes a health care disparities data collection system

NY - A2986 Relates to the community guardianship program

NY - S3638 Relates to oversight of developmental disability care organizations and coordinate services

NY - A3070 Regulates the establishment and location of methadone treatment centers

NY - A3108 Enacts the "minority mental health act" to establish the division of minority mental health within the office of mental health

NY - A3292 Provides that a sponsoring agency must make a presentation at a public hearing before a residential facility for the disabled may be placed in a municipality

NY - A3404 Relates to technology systems used for locating missing children with developmental disabilities

NY - A7297 Relates to the definition of autism

NY - A3384 Relates to suicide prevention

NY - A3367 Requires a criminal history report for certain employment or volunteer applicants to the office for people with developmental disabilities

NY - S4973 Relates to the release of patient records by the office of mental health

NY - S4981 Relates to the jurisdiction of the justice center's special prosecutor and inspector general

NY - A7314 Enacts provisions relating to the use of electroconvulsive therapy

NY - A7313 Relates to the issuance of guidance documents to certain state oversight agencies for meeting reporting requirements established by the justice center

NY - A3653 Relates to notice of transfer of sex offender to community program or residence

NY - A3754 Regulates and restricts the reduction of the mental health census of adult homes; establishes a workgroup to study and report on transition of persons with serious mental illness to most integrated setting

NY - A3866 Relates to the right to counsel for persons who receive services through the office of mental health or the office for people with developmental disabilities for certain investigations

NY - A3842 Prevents the commissioner of mental health from considering the source of availability of state share of medical expenses as a criterion for operating certificates

NY - A5959 Enacts the "employment first choice act" to ensure that an individual with developmental disabilities in a nonintegrated setting shall have the right to remain in such a setting under certain circumstance

NY - S5153 Requires the sponsoring agency of a proposed community residence to provide the chief executive officer of the municipality with the number of registered sex offenders who will live in such residence

NY - A6051 Creates mental health incident review panels

NY - A6035 Establishes within the department of mental hygiene a registry of persons terminated from employment for abuse, neglect or mistreatment of mentally disabled persons

NY - S5270 Authorizes the civil commitment of detained persons convicted of a misdemeanor sex offense or with a prior conviction in another state of an offense that would be a designated felony

NY - A4094 Establishes additional notice requirements for site selection for community residential facilities

NY - A4370 Creates "Robin's law"; relates to mental health and chemical dependence outpatient treatment of sex offenders

NY - A4325 Enacts the "behavioral health and long-term care act"

NY - A4402 Relates to establishing a crisis intervention team program

NY - A7332 Provides for the continuity of care to persons with developmental disabilities upon diminution of state operated services to such persons

NY - A6187 Requires the office of mental health to develop educational materials for educators regarding suicide prevention

NY - A6144 Relates to the issuance of guidance documents to certain state oversight agencies for meeting reporting requirements established by the justice center

NY - A4547 Requires municipal approval of and a public hearing on the siting of community residential facilities and removes the property tax exemption

NY - A4931 Directs commissioner of transportation, in cooperation with the commissioner of developmental disabilities, to establish an integrated transportation program for persons with certain disabilities

NY - A6386 Relates to patients interred at state mental health hospital cemeteries

NY - A7533 Requires notice be posted in programs subject to regulation by the office for people with developmental disabilities, informing employees to call 911 during an emergency

NY - A7767 Establishes the New York achieving a better life experience (NY ABLE) savings account act

NY - A7226 Relates to the authority of the justice center to visit, inspect and appraise the management of out-of-state schools or facilities

NY - S396 Relates to notice of transfer of sex offender to community program or residence

NY - A7840 Relates to grants for mental illness and chemical dependence treatment services during the pendency of a medical assistance eligibility determination

NY - A7766 Directs the office for people with developmental disabilities to study and report on state laws and regulations applicable to military families with family members with developmental disabilities

NY - A219 Establishes the direct support professional credential pilot program

NY - S3636 Authorizes the release of certain records pertaining to deceased residents of OPWDD operated or certified facilities to family members

NY - S5544 Relates to the reimbursement of local services provided to persons with a disability

NY - A210 Establishes the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) Implementation Council

NY - S4722 Enhances the assisted outpatient treatment program and eliminates the expiration and repeal of Kendra's Law

NY - A8274 Requires the state to reimburse municipalities for loss of real property tax revenue resulting from establishment of community residential facilities

NY - A8275 Eliminates the alternative of strict and intensive supervision and treatment for sex offenders requiring civil management; repealer

NY - A8307 Relates to the duty to report incidents to 911 and the county district attorney's office

NY - S557 Relates to the discharge of residents of a community residence

NY - A435 Relates to the definition of autism and autism spectrum disorder

NY - A866 Relates to transitional care

NY - A777 Requires employees and volunteers providing services to persons with developmental disabilities to complete certain training

NY - A171 Directs certain commissioners to study and report on the costs to the state of early diagnosis and treatment of autism

NY - S3847 Requires a criminal history report for certain employment or volunteer applicants to the office for people with developmental disabilities

NY - S3661 Relates to the issuance of guidance documents to certain state oversight agencies for meeting reporting requirements established by the justice center

NY - S4261 Relates to suicide prevention

NY - A3854 Provides that money damages shall not be considered in determining whether or not there exists an inability to pay for department of mental hygiene services

NY - A3860 Establishes a right to treatment for seriously emotionally disturbed children who are certified and waiting to be placed in a residential placement facility

NY - A1459 Provides a mental hygiene legal service to certain patients or residents of residential healthcare facilities

NY - A8589 Establishes peer crisis diversion residences

NY - A1059 Requires video cameras to be placed on the entrance/exits of all facilities run by the office for people with developmental disabilities

NY - A9117 Relates to prohibiting fees to be charged to agencies for copies of certain clinical records

NY - A9171 Relates to NY ABLE account ownership, contributions and distributions; repealer

NY - S6916 Requires the commissioner of mental health to develop detailed definitions of types of injuries that may result from certain attacks by persons in state forensic psychiatric centers

NY - A9278 Requires the sponsoring agency of a proposed community residence to provide the chief executive officer of the municipality with the number of registered sex offenders who will live in such residence

NY - A10053 Establishes a transformation panel within the office for people with developmental disabilities

NY - A9309 Establishes the housing opportunities for people to empower excellence and equity (HOPE) trust fund

NY - A10206 Relates to the implementation of the New York achieving a better life experience (NY ABLE) savings account act

NY - A10236 Requires annual radon testing of developmental disabilities schools

NY - A9472 Regulates the establishment and location of methadone treatment centers

NY - A9501 Relates to emergency intervention for persons impaired by substances

NY - A9484 Imposes a duty to protect upon mental health practitioners; requires mental health practitioner to make timely and reasonable efforts to reduce or eliminate the risk of harm

NY - A9483 Enacts the "fair access to individualized residences (FAIR) act"

NY - S6248 Relates to emergency intervention for persons impaired by chemical substances

NY - A9620 Requires the commissioner of mental health to develop detailed definitions of types of injuries that may result from certain attacks by persons in state forensic psychiatric centers

NY - A10383 Relates to the requirement to check the justice center's register of substantial category one cases of abuse or neglect

NY - A10409 Relates to a study on the recruitment and retention of direct support professionals working with people with developmental disabilities

NY - A10464 Requires legislative approval for the closure of certain office of mental health, office of people with developmental disabilities or office of children and family services facilities and institutions

NY - A10461 Relates to eligibility for dependents of military servicemembers for certain developmental disability services

NY - A10493 Relates to reimbursement of transportation services to and from day habilitation programs for people with developmental disabilities

NY - A10481 Enacts the "employment first choice act" to ensure that an individual with developmental disabilities in a nonintegrated setting shall have the right to remain in such a setting under certain circumstances

NY - A10501 Directs a study of rate rationalization and budget neutrality as it relates to providers of services to people with developmental disabilities funded by Medicaid

NY - A10518 Relates to a cost of living adjustment for designated human services for the purpose of establishing rates of payments

NY - S840 Relates to patients interred at state mental health hospital cemeteries

NY - A10556 Authorizes the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to have access to certain criminal history information

NY - A10557 Relates to notice of the potential for significant service reductions to persons with mental illness

NY - A10558 Establishes the autism spectrum disorders advisory board

NY - S7627 Relates to notice of the potential for significant service reductions to persons with mental illness

NY - S7804 Adds siblings to the definition of a qualified person

NY - S7668 Directs a study of rate rationalization and budget neutrality as it relates to providers of services to people with developmental disabilities funded by Medicaid

NY - S7468 Establishes a task force to examine and evaluate the operations of the justice center for the protection of people with special needs