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                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
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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 the  creation  of
  an acute psychiatric bed registry

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
9.65 to read as follows:
S 9.65 ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC BED REGISTRY.
  (A)  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  DEVELOP  AND ADMINISTER A WEB-BASED ACUTE
PSYCHIATRIC BED REGISTRY TO COLLECT, AGGREGATE, AND DISPLAY  INFORMATION
ABOUT  AVAILABLE  ACUTE BEDS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC
FACILITIES AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL CRISIS STABILIZATION UNITS
TO FACILITATE THE IDENTIFICATION AND DESIGNATION OF FACILITIES  FOR  THE
TEMPORARY  DETENTION  AND TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MEET THE CRITERIA
FOR TEMPORARY DETENTION PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
  (B) THE ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC BED REGISTRY CREATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
(A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL:
  1. INCLUDE DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION FOR EVERY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE  INPA-
TIENT PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY AND EVERY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE CRISIS STABILIZA-
TION UNIT IN THE STATE, INCLUDING CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE FACILITY;
  2. PROVIDE REAL-TIME INFORMATION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF BEDS AVAILABLE AT
EACH  FACILITY AND, FOR EACH AVAILABLE BED, THE TYPE OF PATIENT THAT MAY
BE ADMITTED, THE LEVEL OF SECURITY PROVIDED, AND ANY  OTHER  INFORMATION
THAT  MAY  BE  NECESSARY  TO  ALLOW  EMPLOYEES OR DESIGNEES OF COMMUNITY
SERVICES BOARDS AND EMPLOYEES  OF  PSYCHIATRIC  FACILITIES  TO  IDENTIFY
APPROPRIATE  FACILITIES  FOR  DETENTION AND TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO
MEET THE CRITERIA FOR TEMPORARY DETENTION PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE; AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  3. ALLOW EMPLOYEES AND DESIGNEES  OF  COMMUNITY  SERVICES  BOARDS  AND
EMPLOYEES  OF PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES TO PERFORM SEARCHES OF THE REGISTRY
TO IDENTIFY AVAILABLE BEDS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR  THE  DETENTION  AND
TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MEET THE CRITERIA FOR TEMPORARY DETENTION.
  (C)  EVERY STATE FACILITY, COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
AUTHORITY, AND PRIVATE PROVIDER LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PARTIC-
IPATE IN THE ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC  BED  REGISTRY  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO
SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  THIS  SECTION AND SHALL DESIGNATE AN INDIVIDUAL TO
SUBMIT INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN THE ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC  BED  REGISTRY
AND  SERVE AS A POINT OF CONTACT FOR ADDRESSING REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION
RELATED TO DATA REPORTED TO THE ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC BED REGISTRY. INFORMA-
TION REPORTED TO THE ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC BED REGISTRY SHALL BE UPDATED  AT
LEAST DAILY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.