Requires annual screenings for depression of students in grades seven through twelve; requires the department of education and the department of health to review data pertaining to the results of such screenings for local and statewide trends concerning teenage depression.
This bill creates a 9-member task force within New York's Office of Mental Health to study how elderly residents in community mental health housing can "age in place" while receiving proper care. The task force will examine specific barriers, including integrating mental and medical care, making housing ADA-compliant, training staff on elderly needs, and improving transportation for medical appointments. It must issue a report with recommendations to the governor and legislature within 12 months, after which the task force automatically expires. The bill directly affects elderly residents in state-funded mental health housing programs and aims to improve their care coordination and living conditions.
Bill A 8580 mandates that general hospitals develop policies and procedures for identifying, assessing, treating, and referring victims of firearm violence. Hospitals would be required to train their medical, clinical, and security personnel on these new protocols. Upon discharge, hospitals must inform victims of available psychiatric services and coordinate these services if requested. The bill aims to ensure that individuals who have experienced firearm violence are offered and provided with psychiatric care.
This bill adds a detailed legal definition of "autism" to New York's Mental Hygiene Law, specifying diagnostic criteria for five types of autism spectrum disorders (including autistic disorder, Asperger's syndrome, and childhood disintegrative disorder). It directly affects individuals seeking mental health services or disability support by establishing standardized eligibility criteria under state law. The definition outlines specific requirements for diagnoses, such as social interaction challenges, communication impairments, and restricted behaviors, while excluding conditions like Rett's disorder. This change ensures consistent application of autism-related services across New York's mental health system.
Includes policies and procedures for responding to students having mental health crises in a manner that does not include contacting law enforcement unless implied or direct threats of violence or other criminal activity is involved in school safety plans.
Develops comprehensive assessment centers for autism spectrum disorders; provides grants for their development and lays out reporting and research requirements.
Designates services to be provided by a jail-based substance use disorder treatment, peer led recovery support services, and transition services program as essential medical care services.
Provides that certain utilization review determinations shall be made consistent with medical and scientific evidence; includes services for mental health and substance use disorders as part of emergency services.
This bill requires that application fees for operating certificates (such as those for healthcare facilities) be deposited into the mental illness anti-stigma fund instead of general state funds. It amends a mental hygiene law to redirect these fees to the specific fund established under state finance law, which supports programs reducing stigma around mental illness. The policy change directly affects entities applying for operating certificates by altering where their fees are allocated.
Requires course work or training in menopausal health for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, mental health practitioners, psychologists and social workers.
