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A06506 Summary:

A06506 Actions:

A06506 Committee Votes:

Committee:MENTAL HEALTH   Chair:Gunther      
DATE:05/25/2021AYE/NAY:12/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Gunther
Aye
Gandolfo
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Miller
Aye
Barrett
Aye
Walsh
Aye
Richardson
Aye
Santabarbara
Aye
De La Rosa
Aye
Fernandez
Aye
Frontus
Aye
Jackson
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:06/07/2021AYE/NAY:35/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Ra
Aye
Glick
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Perry
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Colton
Aye
Norris
Aye
Cook
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ashby
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Joyner
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Hyndman
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:06/08/2021AYE/NAY:30/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Norris
Aye
Cook
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Glick
Aye
Ra
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Aye
Davila
Aye

A06506 Floor Votes:

A06506 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6506
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 19, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Mental Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring monthly
          status reports of community investments and the  impact  on  inpatient
          census
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
     2  7.49 to read as follows:
     3  § 7.49 Monthly status reports.
     4    The commissioner shall provide monthly status reports of the community
     5  investments  and  the  impact  on  inpatient  census to the chair of the
     6  senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly  ways  and  means
     7  committee  and shall post such reports on the office's publicly accessi-
     8  ble website. Such reports shall include, but not be limited to:
     9    (a) state operated psychiatric facility census;
    10    (b) occurrence of census exceeding budgeted capacity and reason;
    11    (c) occurrence of out of catchment area placements  that  are  due  to
    12  insufficient capacity in the catchment area of the hospital;
    13    (d) admissions and discharges;
    14    (e)  rate of Medicaid psychiatric inpatient readmissions to any hospi-
    15  tal within thirty days of discharge;
    16    (f) Medicaid emergency room psychiatric visits;
    17    (g) descriptions of new community service investments;
    18    (h) average length of stay and number of long-term stay patients; and
    19    (i) an explanation of any material census reductions,  when  known  to
    20  the facility.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08277-01-1