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A09019 Summary:

A09019 Actions:

A09019 Committee Votes:

Committee:MENTAL HEALTH   Chair:Gunther      
DATE:03/27/2018AYE/NAY:12/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Gunther
Aye
Miller ML
Aye
Jaffee
Aye
Errigo
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Walsh
Aye
Barrett
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye
Richardson
Absent
Sepulveda
Aye
Santabarbara
Aye
Miller MG
Aye
De La Rosa
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:05/15/2018AYE/NAY:33/0  Action: Favorable         
Weinstein
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Glick
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Aye
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
Excused
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Simotas
Aye

A09019 Floor Votes:

A09019 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         9019--A
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 12, 2018
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, LUPARDO, BARRETT, BYRNE -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Mental Health -- reported and referred to
          the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to impact studies on
          tick-borne diseases

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  207-a to read as follows:
     3    § 207-a. Tick-borne diseases and blood-borne  pathogen  impact  study.
     4  1.  The  department,  in  conjunction  with  the  commissioner of mental
     5  health, shall issue a report examining  the  mental  health  impacts  of
     6  tick-borne diseases and blood-borne pathogens on mental illness rates in
     7  endemic areas of the state. Such report shall include but not be limited
     8  to:
     9    (a) Considerations of how Lyme, tick-borne illnesses, and other blood-
    10  borne  pathogens  or  vector-borne  diseases  may have correlations with
    11  mental illness in infected individuals;
    12    (b) Populations at-risk including those individuals  with  occupations
    13  outdoors and/or increased exposure to vectors;
    14    (c)  Diagnostic indicators of mental illness that can be used as guid-
    15  ance for healthcare providers and mental health practitioners;
    16    (d) Historical considerations of infection rates  and  mental  illness
    17  indicators  that  may  have  gone undiagnosed or misdiagnosed in endemic
    18  areas; and
    19    (e) Recommendations for intervention and coordinated care for individ-
    20  uals who exhibit mental illness symptoms as well as those who have  both
    21  physical and mental health indicators.
    22    2.  Such  report  shall be submitted to the temporary president of the
    23  senate and the speaker of the assembly no later than October first,  two
    24  thousand  nineteen. The department and the commissioner of mental health
    25  may engage stakeholders in the compilation of the report, including  but
    26  not  limited  to, medical research institutions, health care practition-
    27  ers, mental health providers, county and  local  government,  and  advo-
    28  cates.
    29    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13692-04-8