Requires the office of mental health to conduct a study on utilizing the therapeutic techniques studied by the research and recognition project for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8418--A
IN SENATE
January 29, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to require the office of mental health to conduct a study on
utilizing the therapeutic techniques studied by the research and
recognition project for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disor-
der
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. 1. The office of mental health shall conduct a study on
2 utilizing the therapeutic techniques studied by the research and recog-
3 nition project for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.
4 2. Within one year after the effective date of this act, the office of
5 mental health shall prepare and submit to the governor, the temporary
6 president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority lead-
7 er of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly a report
8 containing the study's findings and recommendations for legislative or
9 administrative action that can be undertaken in utilizing the therapeu-
10 tic techniques studied by the research and recognition project for the
11 treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02873-02-4
