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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2403
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 24, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
          mental Disabilities
 
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to reviewing suicide
          prevention programs periodically

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 7.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision (h) to read as follows:
     3    (h)  The  office shall periodically review suicide prevention programs
     4  established, licensed, certified, or funded by the office to ensure that
     5  the needs of individuals at risk of  suicide  are  being  met  and  make
     6  recommendations to improve such programs, which shall include but not be
     7  limited  to:  (1) cultural and linguistic competency; and (2) best prac-
     8  tices for screening and interventions aimed at addressing  suicide  risk
     9  factors for minority groups and other underrepresented populations.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08779-01-9