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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7627
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 11, 2016
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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 notice  to  local
          governments  of  the  potential  for significant service reductions at
          certain state-operated hospitals

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  3  of  subdivision  (e) of section 7.17 of the
     2  mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 83 of the  laws  of  1995,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    3. provide for a mechanism which may reasonably be expected to provide
     5  notice  to  local  governments,  community organizations, employee labor
     6  organizations, managerial and confidential employees, consumer and advo-
     7  cacy groups of the potential for significant service reductions at  such
     8  state-operated hospitals and state-operated research institutes at least
     9  twelve  months  and  at  most one year and one month prior to commencing
    10  such service reduction, provided, however, that this  requirement  shall
    11  be  deemed satisfied with respect to reductions at Central Islip Psychi-
    12  atric Center, Gowanda  Psychiatric  Center,  Harlem  Valley  Psychiatric
    13  Center,  Kings  Park  Psychiatric Center, Willard Psychiatric Center and
    14  Manhattan Children's Psychiatric Center; and
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15344-01-6