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A07357 Summary:

A07357 Actions:

A07357 Committee Votes:

Committee:PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES                                       Chair:Abinanti      
DATE:05/11/2021AYE/NAY:9/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Abinanti
Aye
Miller
Aye
Epstein
Aye
Angelino
Aye
McMahon
Aye
Anderson
Aye
Burdick
Aye
Zinerman
Aye
Darling
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:05/17/2022AYE/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
Colton
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Cook
Aye
Norris
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Ashby
Aye
Weprin
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
Walker
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:05/23/2022AYE/NAY:28/0  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
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Excused
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Excused

A07357 Floor Votes:

A07357 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7357--A
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       May 6, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on People with Disabilities -- committee discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing a
          pilot program to create an assistance  hotline  for  individuals  with
          intellectual  and  developmental  disabilities  and complex behavioral
          needs
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  13.17  of  the  mental hygiene law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision (e) to read as follows:
     3    (e) 1. The commissioner shall establish and  administer  a  three-year
     4  pilot  program  to  create  an  assistance  hotline for individuals with
     5  intellectual  and  developmental  disabilities  and  complex  behavioral
     6  needs.
     7    2.  The  assistance  hotline shall be accessible via a toll-free tele-
     8  phone number and video relay service or other technology  accessible  to
     9  individuals  who  are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities,
    10  that operates twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
    11    3. The office shall recruit and train employees to assist  individuals
    12  with  intellectual and developmental disabilities and complex behavioral
    13  health needs with access to services offered by the office.  Individuals
    14  with intellectual and developmental disabilities and complex  behavioral
    15  health  needs,  or  the parent or guardian of such individuals, may call
    16  the hotline to receive assistance with access to services,  referral  to
    17  services, and general information on services offered by the office.
    18    4.  The hotline shall be accessible in English and the six most common
    19  non-English languages spoken by individuals with limited-English  profi-
    20  ciency  in  New  York state based on the most recent census and to those
    21  who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have speech disabilities.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10797-04-1
        A. 7357--A                          2
 
     1    5. On or before the conclusion of the pilot program, the  commissioner
     2  shall  submit a report to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, and
     3  the temporary president of the senate evaluating  the  effectiveness  of
     4  the pilot program.
     5    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     6  have become a law.    Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
     7  and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
     8  of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
     9  completed on or before such effective date.