STATE OF NEW YORK
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1216
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to crisis intervention
training
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 8 to read as follows:
3 8. The council shall, in addition:
4 (a) Develop, maintain and disseminate, in consultation with the
5 commissioner of mental hygiene and the commissioner of the office of
6 addiction services and supports, written policies and procedures regard-
7 ing protocols for response to crisis situations involving persons with
8 mental illness and/or substance abuse disorder. Such policies and proce-
9 dures shall make provisions for the education and training of all new
10 and veteran police officers in any city having a population of one
11 million or more on the protocols for response to crisis situations
12 involving persons with mental illness and/or substance abuse disorder;
13 and
14 (b) Recommend to the governor, rules and regulations with respect to
15 the establishment and implementation on an ongoing basis of a training
16 program for all current and new police officers in any city having a
17 population of one million or more regarding the policies and procedures
18 established pursuant to this subdivision, along with recommendations for
19 periodic retraining of such officers.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
21 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
22 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
23 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
24 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03232-01-5
