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A00613 Summary:

A00613 Actions:

A00613 Committee Votes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:01/18/2023AYE/NAY:33/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Excused
Ra
Aye
Glick
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Colton
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Cook
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Walsh
Aye
Ramos
Aye
DeStefano
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Manktelow
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Smullen
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Joyner
Excused
Magnarelli
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Walker
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Simon
Aye
Cruz
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Pretlow      
DATE:01/18/2023AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Excused
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Glick
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Aye
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye

Committee:MENTAL HEALTH   Chair:Gunther      
DATE:01/18/2023AYE/NAY:12/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Gunther
Aye
Gandolfo
Aye
Barrett
Aye
Walsh
Aye
Santabarbara
Aye
Blumencranz
Aye
Jackson
Aye
Maher
Aye
Kelles
Aye
Clark
Aye
Gibbs
Absent
De Los Santos
Aye
Eachus
Aye

A00613 Floor Votes:

A00613 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           613
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 10, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Mental Health
 
        AN ACT in relation to requiring  monthly  status  reports  of  community
          investments  and the impact on inpatient census; and to repeal certain
          provisions of the mental hygiene law relating thereto

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 7.49 of the mental hygiene law, as added by a chap-
     2  ter  of  the  laws  of 2022, amending the mental hygiene law relating to
     3  requiring monthly status reports of community investments and the impact
     4  on inpatient census, as proposed in legislative bills  numbers  S.  4253
     5  and A. 6506, is REPEALED.
     6    §  2.  The  commissioner  of the office of mental health shall provide
     7  monthly status reports of the community investments and  the  impact  on
     8  inpatient  census  to  the chair of the senate finance committee and the
     9  chair of the assembly ways and  means  committee  and  shall  post  such
    10  reports  on  the  office of mental health's publicly accessible website.
    11  Such reports shall include, but not be limited to:
    12    (a) state operated psychiatric facility census;
    13    (b) occurrence of census exceeding budgeted capacity;
    14    (c) occurrence of out of catchment area placements;
    15    (d) admissions and discharges;
    16    (e) rate of Medicaid psychiatric inpatient readmissions to any  hospi-
    17  tal within thirty days of discharge;
    18    (f) Medicaid emergency room psychiatric visits;
    19    (g) descriptions of new community service investments;
    20    (h) average length of stay and number of long-term stay patients; and
    21    (i)  an  explanation  of any material census reductions, when known to
    22  the facility.
    23    § 3. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    24  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022, amending the mental hygiene law
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03938-01-3
        A. 613                              2
 
     1  relating  to  requiring  monthly status reports of community investments
     2  and the impact on inpatient census, as  proposed  in  legislative  bills
     3  numbers  S.  4253  and  A.  6506,  takes effect; provided, however, that
     4  section  two  of this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth
     5  day after it shall have become a law.