Enacts the uniform guardianship and protective proceedings jurisdiction act. /
Sponsor: HANNON Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Requires providers of services for the developmentally disabled to perform certain duties relating to the use of surveillance cameras in all public common areas in residential facilities. /
Sponsor: MCDONALD Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Requires the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to define a career path for direct support professionals. /
Sponsor: MCDONALD Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Directs the commissioner of mental health to develop guidelines and procedures for the outpatient mental health and chemical dependence treatment of sex offenders in group settings to ensure segregation from the general patient population. /
Sponsor: JOHNSON Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Provides an exception to the hearsay rule to allow testimony from persons with developmental disabilities. /
Sponsor: MCDONALD Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Requires the development of guidelines and procedures by the office of mental health to help avert retraumatization of victims of sexual offenses in a behavioral health outpatient setting. /
Sponsor: JOHNSON Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

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

Directs the commissioner of mental health to develop guidelines and procedures for the outpatient mental health and chemical dependence treatment of sex offenders in group settings to ensure segregation from the general patient population. /
Sponsor: JOHNSON Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Requires the development of guidelines and procedures by the office of mental health to help avert retraumatization of victims of sexual offenses in a behavioral health outpatient setting. /
Sponsor: JOHNSON Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Requires providers of services for the developmentally disabled to perform certain duties relating to providing an independent medical examination whenever an allegation of abuse or neglect of a child or adult is reported. /
Sponsor: SALAND Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Adopts the code of ethics for direct support professionals. /
Sponsor: MCDONALD Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Requires providers of services for the developmentally disabled to perform certain duties relating to posting notice that state law mandates reporting all forms of abuse to local law enforcement and district attorneys and ensuring that employees are properly trained regarding the reporting of abuse. /
Sponsor: SALAND Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Changes references from developmental centers to developmental disabilities services offices in relation to on-site client advocacy. /
Sponsor: MCDONALD 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: Cusick Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Adds representatives of a dual diagnosis program to the advisory council on alcoholism and substance abuse services. /
Sponsor: DenDekker Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Provides that moneys awarded as damages or obtained by judgment or settlement as a result of a cause of action commenced against officers or employees of the office of mental health shall not be considered assets for purposes of determining whether or not there exists an inability to pay for services; provides that such moneys shall not be seized, offset or otherwise attached for the purposes of paying fees for services rendered by the department of mental hygiene. /
Sponsor: Brennan Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Prohibits the co-mingling of adolescent and adult patients in office of mental health run residential facilities. /
Sponsor: Titone Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Renames the advisory council on underage alcohol consumption and authorizes the council to address issues of substance abuse among youth. /
Sponsor: Cymbrowitz Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Relates to state mental health and developmental disabilities programs, offices and issues. /
Sponsor: Rodriguez Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Requires that the Office of Mental Health and the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities give consideration to the fiscal management practices of an applicant to operate a mental hygiene facility or program as part of the review of such individual's character and competence. /
Sponsor: Destito Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES