Provides legal assistance to youth ordered by the court into the custody of the office of children and family services and placed or committed to a state operated juvenile detention center. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Enacts the "behavioral health and long-term care act"; provides for the establishment of a behavioral health and long-term care plan. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to submit an updated waitlist and placement report to the senate and assembly. / Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Relates to the definition of autism. / Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Provides a mental hygiene legal service to patients or residents of residential healthcare facilities who have been admitted directly from a facility and who have a chronic mental illness and are receiving services related to such illness. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Relates to restraint of individuals in facilities under the jurisdiction of the office of mental health. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Enacts the "minority mental health act" to establish the division of minority mental health within the office of mental health; provides that such division shall be responsible for assuring that mental health programs and services are culturally and linguistically appropriate to meet the needs of racial and ethnic minorities. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Establishes peer crisis diversion homes. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Relates to the discharge of residents of a community residence; provides that nothing shall be deemed construed as creating a relationship of landlord and tenant between an operator of a community residence and a resident; defines community residence. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Establishes a program of tiered eligibility for services offered by the office for people with developmental disabilities for persons with learning disabilities and other complex neurological impairments. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Creates mental health incident review panels. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Enacts the "people first act of 2013"; defines terms; ensures that individuals with developmental disabilities who utilize long-term care services under the medical assistance program administered by the state have meaningful access to a reasonable array of community-based and institutional program options to ensure the well-being of such individuals. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Relates to the training of boards of directors or trustees of certain voluntary not-for-profit facilities or corporations. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Relates to the definition of autism. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Extends certain provisions relating to the community mental health support and workforce reinvestment program and the community health and workforce reinvestment account. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Directs the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities, the commissioner of education, the commissioner of health, the commissioner of the office of children and family services and the commissioner of mental health to study and report the costs to the state for the early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and the long-term treatment for individuals with autism spectrum disorder. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Provides for disclosure of sexual offender information related to a patient or client. / Sponsor: FLANAGAN Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Enhances the assisted outpatient treatment program; eliminates the expiration and repeal of Kendra's Law. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Directs the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to deny employment or volunteer applications based on a criminal history report for such applicant. / Sponsor: LANZA Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Requires every firefighter, police officer, emergency medical technician and certified first responder to complete training on intellectual and developmental disabilities. / Sponsor: ADAMS Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES