Relates to the geriatric demonstration program to promote mental health and home care collaboration; authorizes the commissioner of mental health to identify barriers to participation in the program and make recommendations to address such barriers.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6566--B
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 12, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Mental Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted
to the Committee on Mental Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the geriatric
service demonstration program to promote mental health and home care
collaboration
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 7.41 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
3 (d) On a periodic basis, the commissioner shall identify barriers
4 which may prevent an authorized provider from participating in the
5 demonstration program, pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section. The
6 commissioner shall share the identified barriers with the commissioner
7 of the appropriate state agency, as well as any recommendations to
8 address such barriers.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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