Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to mental health and developmental disabilities |
May 20, 2009 |
reported and committed to finance |
Apr 27, 2009 |
referred to mental health and developmental disabilities |
Senate Bill S4902
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S4902 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6835
- Current Committee:
- Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §31.37, amd §33.13, Ment Hyg L; amd §6527, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S3018
2013-2014: S991
2015-2016: S2759
2009-S4902 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4902 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the mental hygiene law and the education law, in relation to creating mental health incident review panels PURPOSE : This bill would authorize the Commissioner of the Office of Mental Health to convene panels of state and local officials to review violent incidents involving persons with mental illness SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 of the bill adds a new Mental Hygiene Law § 31.37 to give the Commissioner of the Office of Mental Health (OMH) the authority to establish one or more mental health incident review panels to evaluate the circumstances surrounding incidents in which a person with serious mental illness is physically injured or causes physical injury, or suffers a serious and preventable medical complication, or becomes involved in a violent criminal incident. Such panels must include state mental health and local government officials, and may include members from law enforcement agencies. To encourage candid assessments of systemic or other problems .that led to the incident under review, the information obtained by the review panel will be deemed confidential. The OMH Commissioner must make an annual report to the legislature and the Governor summarizing the findings and
2009-S4902 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4902 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HUNTLEY -- 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 and the education law, in relation to creating mental health incident review panels 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 31.37 to read as follows: S 31.37 MENTAL HEALTH INCIDENT REVIEW PANELS. (A) THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH A MENTAL HEALTH INCI- DENT REVIEW PANEL FOR THE PURPOSES OF REVIEWING THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND EVENTS RELATED TO A SERIOUS INCIDENT INVOLVING A PERSON WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A "SERIOUS INCIDENT INVOLVING A PERSON WITH MENTAL ILLNESS" MEANS AN INCIDENT OCCURRING IN THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH A PERSON WITH A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS IS PHYSICALLY INJURED OR CAUSES PHYSICAL INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON, OR SUFFERS A SERIOUS AND PREVENTABLE MEDICAL COMPLICATION OR BECOMES INVOLVED IN A CRIMINAL INCI- DENT INVOLVING VIOLENCE. A PANEL SHALL CONDUCT A REVIEW OF SUCH SERIOUS INCIDENT IN AN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS OR GAPS IN MENTAL HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO IMPROVE THE PROVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH OR RELATED SERVICES, TO IMPROVE THE COORDINATION, INTEGRATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF CARE IN THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM, AND TO ENHANCE INDIVIDUAL AND PUBLIC SAFETY. (B) A MENTAL HEALTH INCIDENT REVIEW PANEL SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NEED NOT BE LIMITED TO, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNIT WHERE THE SERIOUS INCIDENT INVOLVING A PERSON WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS OCCURRED. A MENTAL HEALTH INCIDENT REVIEW PANEL MAY ALSO INCLUDE, IF DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE COMMISSIONER BASED ON THE NATURE OF THE SERIOUS INCIDENT BEING REVIEWED, ONE OR MORE REPRESEN- TATIVES FROM MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06740-02-9
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