New York S 9745: Relates to notices given to respondents in child abuse and neglect proceedings in family court

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S09745 Summary:

BILL NOS09745 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04108

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SPONSORBROUK

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §36.03, Ment Hyg L; add §85, St Fin L

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Imposes a surcharge on monthly phone bills to fund the costs associated with the administration, design, installation, construction, operation, and maintenance of a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline in New York state; establishes the 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline trust fund.

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BILL NOS09745 

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04/02/2026REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9745

 IN SENATE

 April 2, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BROUK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law and the state finance law, in
 relation to imposing a surcharge on phone bills to fund 9-8-8 suicide
 prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline system service

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 36.03 of the mental hygiene law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision (g) to read as follows:
 3 (g) (1) When used in this subdivision, the following words and phrases
 4 shall have the following meanings:
 5 (i) "Service supplier" means (A) a telephone corporation which
 6 provides local exchange access service within the state; or (B) a
 7 provider of voice over internet protocol service that provides such
 8 service within the state.
 9 (ii) "Voice over internet protocol service" shall mean any service
 10 that (A) enables real-time, two-way voice communications; (B) requires a
 11 broadband connection from the user's location; (C) requires internet
 12 protocol compatible customer premises equipment (CPE); and (D) permits
 13 users generally to receive calls that originate on the public switched
 14 telephone network and to terminate calls to the public switched tele-
 15 phone network.
 16 (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the
 17 commissioner, in conjunction with the commissioner of the office of
 18 addiction services and supports, is hereby authorized and empowered to
 19 adopt, amend or repeal any rule or regulation necessary to impose a
 20 surcharge in an amount not to exceed thirty-five cents per access line
 21 per month on the customers of every service supplier within the state to
 22 pay for the costs associated with the administration, design, installa-
 23 tion, construction, operation, or maintenance of a 9-8-8 suicide
 24 prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline system serving the state
 25 and to support the crisis intervention services and follow-up services
 26 provided to individuals accessing the 9-8-8 suicide prevention behav-
 27 ioral health crisis hotline. The commissioner is authorized and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06540-01-5

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 1 empowered to increase the amount of such surcharge in a certain county
 2 or city with a population of one million or more upon the request of
 3 such county or city with a population of one million or more to an
 4 amount not to exceed the surcharge adopted by such county or city with a
 5 population of one million or more under article six or six-A of the
 6 county law.
 7 (3) Any such rule or regulation shall state the amount of the
 8 surcharge, the date on which the service supplier shall begin to add
 9 such surcharge to the billings of its customers and, to the extent prac-
 10 ticable, the date on which such 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral
 11 health crisis hotline system service is to begin. Such rule or regu-
 12 lation may authorize the service supplier to begin billing its customers
 13 for such surcharge prior to the date on which such 9-8-8 suicide
 14 prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline system service is to
 15 begin.
 16 (4) Any service supplier within the state which has imposed a
 17 surcharge purs