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S05648 Summary:

BILL NO	S05648
SAME AS	SAME AS A10585
SPONSOR	PARKER
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §7.17, Ment Hyg L
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.

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S05648 Actions:

BILL NO	S05648
03/15/2021	REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
05/19/2021	1ST REPORT CAL.1172
05/20/2021	2ND REPORT CAL.
05/24/2021	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
06/10/2021	COMMITTED TO RULES
01/05/2022	REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
02/16/2022	1ST REPORT CAL.530
02/17/2022	2ND REPORT CAL.
02/28/2022	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
05/16/2022	PASSED SENATE
05/16/2022	DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
05/16/2022	referred to veterans' affairs

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S05648 Committee Votes:

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S05648 Floor Votes:

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S05648 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5648
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     March 15, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to a program for the
          diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 7.17 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision (g) to read as follows:
     3    (g)  The  commissioner,  in cooperation with any other state agency or
     4  relevant stakeholder shall develop a training program to  be  posted  on
     5  the  office's  website for the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic
     6  stress disorder for military  veterans.  The  program  shall  include  a
     7  component  on  military culture competency and shall be intended for the
     8  training of  mental  health  providers  and  mental  health  clinicians.
     9  Certification  of  the  completion  of  the  program  may be provided to
    10  participants through the office.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10172-01-1

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