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A08888 Summary:

A08888 Actions:

A08888 Committee Votes:

Committee:MENTAL HEALTH   Chair:Gunther      
DATE:06/05/2018AYE/NAY:9/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Gunther
Aye
Miller ML
Aye
Jaffee
Aye
Errigo
Absent
Rodriguez
Excused
Walsh
Aye
Barrett
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Absent
Richardson
Excused
Santabarbara
Aye
Miller MG
Aye
De La Rosa
Aye
Fernandez
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:06/11/2018AYE/NAY:32/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Glick
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Excused
Malliotakis
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Walter
Aye
Perry
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Colton
Aye
Curran
Aye
Cook
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Absent
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Simotas
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:06/13/2018AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Butler
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Crouch
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Finch
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Hooper
Excused
Raia
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Morelle
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Galef
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye

A08888 Floor Votes:

A08888 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8888--A
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 5, 2018
                                       ___________
 
        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
 
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to telepsychiatry
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 7.41 of the mental  hygiene  law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph 10 to read as follows:
     3    (10)  Telepsychiatry.  Programs  which  offer  homebound  or  socially
     4  isolated geriatric patients with the use of two-way  real-time  interac-
     5  tive  audio  and  video  equipment  access to provide and support mental
     6  health services at a distance.
     7    § 2. Subdivision (c) of section 7.41 of  the  mental  hygiene  law  is
     8  relettered subdivision (d) and a new subdivision (c) is added to read as
     9  follows:
    10    (c)  The  commissioner,  in consultation with the state office for the
    11  aging and the department of health, shall conduct a  study  to  consider
    12  the incidence of geriatric social isolation, mental health consequences,
    13  and  their  treatment  and  prevention across the state. The study shall
    14  include, but not be limited to an assessment of at-risk populations, the
    15  mental health impacts of social isolation, life stages that  may  put  a
    16  person at a higher risk of social isolation, and community supports that
    17  may be developed to help address these concerns. The study shall provide
    18  recommendations on effective identification of social isolation, includ-
    19  ing specific recommendations for health care practitioners, intervention
    20  techniques,  and  the development of telehealth, telemedicine, and tele-
    21  psychiatry programs to meet the needs of homebound and socially isolated
    22  geriatric patients who may be suffering from depression, mental illness,
    23  or other health consequences. The study shall also consider the develop-
    24  ment of public awareness  information  materials  that  the  office  may
    25  distribute  to  raise  awareness of social isolation in older adults and
    26  the health consequences. The commissioner shall deliver  the  report  to
    27  the  governor,  the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of
    28  the assembly no later than October first, two thousand nineteen.
    29    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13687-07-8