Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 08, 2018 |
print number 3981b |
Jun 08, 2018 |
amend and recommit to health |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to health returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 20, 2017 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.468 substituted for a1890a |
Apr 16, 2018 |
enacting clause stricken recommitted to ways and means |
Jan 03, 2018 |
ordered to third reading cal.141 |
Jun 20, 2017 |
substituted by s3981a |
Jun 19, 2017 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.468 rules report cal.468 reported reported referred to rules |
Jun 06, 2017 |
print number 1890a |
Jun 06, 2017 |
amend and recommit to ways and means reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 13, 2017 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A1890A
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
HARRIS
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S3981 - In Senate Committee Ways And Means 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
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Luis R. Sepúlveda
Alicia Hyndman
Tremaine Wright
Walter T. Mosley
multi-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
Clifford Crouch
Jo Anne Simon
2017-A1890 - Details
2017-A1890 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1890 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HARRIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to making care and services provided by licensed mental health practitioners eligible for coverage under the Medicaid program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative intent. Whereas Medicaid covers mental health services in New York state to psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers, Medicaid does not recognize New York state licensed mental health practitioners as providers within the Medicaid program. Mental health practitioners are often the only mental health providers in urban underserved minority communities. A critical result of this lack of providers is that minority communities bear a disproportionate number of burdens of mental health disabilities and inadequately treated mental health disorders. Excluding mental health practitioners from treating Medicaid beneficiaries with untreated mental illness puts such benefici- aries disproportionately at risk for engagement with the criminal justice system. This puts individuals, families and communities at risk of harm. Approximately 26 percent of adults experience a diagnosable behavioral health disorder each year, and researchers have reported 20 percent of adolescents display psychological problems. Behavioral health disorders, ranging from inattention to violence are often a result of those psychological problems. Mental health practitioners are valuable providers of mental health services in New York state. Unfortunately Medicaid does not recognize their important contribution to the present health care delivery system. § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social services law is amended by adding a new paragraph (dd) to read as follows: (DD) CARE AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THE EDUCATION EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
Luis R. Sepúlveda
Alicia Hyndman
Tremaine Wright
Walter T. Mosley
multi-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
Clifford Crouch
Jo Anne Simon
2017-A1890A (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A1890A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1890--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HARRIS, SEPULVEDA, HYNDMAN, WRIGHT, MOSLEY, JENNE, D'URSO, THIELE, JONES, LAVINE, HOOPER, ORTIZ, DICKENS, BICHOTTE, MAGNARELLI, JOYNER, ABINANTI, BLAKE, BRONSON, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, CROUCH, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to making care and services provided by licensed mental health practitioners eligible for coverage under the Medicaid program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative intent. Whereas Medicaid covers mental health services in New York state to psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers, Medicaid does not recognize New York state licensed mental health practitioners as providers within the Medicaid program. Mental health practitioners are often the only mental health providers in urban underserved minority communities. A critical result of this lack of providers is that minority communities bear a disproportionate number of burdens of mental health disabilities and inadequately treated mental health disorders. Excluding mental health practitioners from treating Medicaid beneficiaries with untreated mental illness puts such benefici- aries disproportionately at risk for engagement with the criminal justice system. This puts individuals, families and communities at risk of harm. Approximately 26 percent of adults experience a diagnosable behavioral health disorder each year, and researchers have reported 20 percent of adolescents display psychological problems. Behavioral health disorders, ranging from inattention to violence are often a result of those psychological problems. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01543-04-7
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