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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7850
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 12, 2022
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to repeal article 6-B of the county law; and  in  relation  to  a
          9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Article 6-B of the county law, as added by a chapter of the
     2  laws of 2021, amending the  county  law  relating  to  a  9-8-8  suicide
     3  prevention  and  mental  health  crisis  hotline  system, as proposed in
     4  legislative bills numbers S. 6194-B and A. 7177-B, is REPEALED.
     5    § 2. The commissioner of the office of mental health, in  consultation
     6  with the commissioner and the office of addiction services and supports,
     7  shall  submit  a report that details the resources necessary to make the
     8  National Suicide Prevention  Lifeline,  otherwise  known  as  the  9-8-8
     9  suicide  prevention  and mental health crisis hotline system, available,
    10  operational, and effective across the state. Such report  shall  address
    11  the following:
    12    1.  The assurance of twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week state-
    13  wide coverage by National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Centers;
    14    2. Strategies for identifying and supporting funding streams  to  meet
    15  the projected increase in volume;
    16    3. Mechanisms relating to increasing and sustaining capacity for call,
    17  chat,  text  and  follow-up  at the centers including workforce capacity
    18  building and training;
    19    4. Proposed operational, clinical and performance standards, including
    20  identifying reporting metrics on usage, services  and  impact,  for  all
    21  Lifeline call centers to be reported annually;
    22    5.  Proposed  linguistically  and  culturally  competent care training
    23  standards for all Lifeline call centers;
    24    6. Multi-stakeholder input through a 9-8-8 Implementation Coalition;
    25    7. Systems to maintain local resource and referral listings,  as  well
    26  as assure linkages to local community crisis services;
    27    8.  Follow-up services for individuals who contact 9-8-8 through call,
    28  text, and chat based on Lifeline best practices and guidelines; and
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10757-13-2
        S. 7850                             2
 
     1    9. Public messaging at the state level to  distinguish  from  911  and
     2  educate  the  public on the range of 9-8-8 services; which shall include
     3  public messaging for underserved and high risk populations.
     4    The  report  shall be submitted on or before January twenty-first, two
     5  thousand twenty-two to the governor,  the  temporary  president  of  the
     6  senate,  the  speaker  of  the assembly, and the minority leaders of the
     7  senate and the assembly.
     8    § 3. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
     9  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the county law relating
    10  to  a  9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system,
    11  as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.6194-B  and  A.7177-B,  takes
    12  effect.