Requires all school employees complete student mental wellness training on identifying signs and symptoms of mental health issues, eating disorders, behavioral health disorders, and substance use disorders, the use of evidence-based training programs including, but not limited to, mental health first aid or core elements of such programs to the extent practicable, and safe de-escalation of crisis situations.
Requires the superintendent of financial services to audit certain reports to ensure such insurers are in full compliance with federal and state mental health and substance use disorder parity requirements.
Makes an appropriation to reimburse St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway for costs incurred as a result of remaining open and providing services to the community during and after Hurricane Sandy.
Provides for the creation of a drug guide for seniors regarding the drugs commonly used by people over 62 years of age; provides that such guide will include functions and drug interactions.
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Relates to including outpatient care provided by creative arts therapists in certain insurance policies covering care for other mental health services.
This bill amends New York insurance law to clarify requirements for medical malpractice insurance. It directly affects hospitals, physicians, and dentists seeking coverage from insurers not authorized in New York. The bill requires brokers to first obtain a written refusal from the state's medical malpractice insurance plan before placing such coverage with an unauthorized insurer, unless the insured was already informed of the plan's availability. If coverage is placed with an unauthorized insurer, brokers must provide written notice to the insured about key risks, including lack of state insolvency fund protection and reduced regulatory oversight.
Provides guidelines, corrective actions, and transparency, and reconfigures the composition of committees of professional conduct within the office of professional medical conduct.
This bill requires ambulance districts, departments, and companies to provide enhanced cancer disability and death benefits to volunteer emergency medical technicians (EMTs) with at least five years of service and a cancer-free physical exam at the start of their service. It offers a $25,000 lump sum for cancers that have spread or are terminal, a $6,250 lump sum for certain early-stage cancers, up to 36 months of $1,500 monthly disability payments, and a $50,000 death benefit if cancer causes death. All benefits are capped at $50,000 total for disability claims over a volunteer’s lifetime, and ambulance organizations must cover costs until 60 months after the volunteer stops serving. Annual reports on claims and benefits will be submitted to the state legislature.
Enacts the "COVID-19 injured workers' protection act"; establishes a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presumption for public employee death benefits where a member was required to physically report to work; did in fact physically report to work as of March first, two thousand twenty; contracted COVID-19; and where the applicable head of the member's retirement system or such system's medical board determines COVID-19 to have been a significant contributing factor in the member's death.
Enacts the PTSD awareness and rehabilitation act to require PTSD screening, provide trauma-informed education, and implement evidence-based rehabilitation programs to ensure incarcerated individuals receive proper support for mental health challenges.
