New York S 5884: Relates to establishing a crisis intervention team program

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S05884 Summary:

BILL NOS05884 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06407

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SPONSORLANZA

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, RHOADS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§7.51, 7.53 & 7.55, amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L; add §99-ss, St Fin L; add §209-ii, Gen Muni L

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Relates to establishing a crisis intervention demonstration program.

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BILL NOS05884 

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03/03/2025REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5884

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 3, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. LANZA, BORRELLO -- 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, the state finance law and the
 general municipal law, in relation to establishing a crisis inter-
 vention team program; and providing for the repeal of certain
 provisions upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding three new
 2 sections 7.51, 7.53 and 7.55 to read as follows:
 3 § 7.51 Crisis intervention demonstration program.
 4 (a) The commissioner shall establish a crisis intervention demon-
 5 stration program in any city having a population of one million or more
 6 for the purpose of assisting law enforcement officers in responding to
 7 crisis situations involving persons with mental illness and/or substance
 8 abuse problems.
 9 (b) The commissioner shall establish within the office the position of
 10 crisis intervention team training program coordinator who will serve at
 11 the pleasure of the commissioner and who shall work with the New York
 12 police department and any other law enforcement agency in the state that
 13 requests assistance to coordinate the provision of crisis intervention
 14 team training to its first responders as a part of a specialized
 15 response team or as part of the training for first responders.
 16 (c) The crisis intervention team training program coordinator shall:
 17 (i) work with communities to develop partnerships, coordinate activ-
 18 ities and promote cooperation and collaboration between the office,
 19 office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, law enforcement agen-
 20 cies, disability service providers and people with psychiatric or other
 21 disabilities and their families to provide crisis intervention team
 22 training;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06018-01-5

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 1 (ii) provide coordination activities and funding support for crisis
 2 intervention team training;
 3 (iii) provide support, training and community coordination to ensure
 4 that mental health service providers in the community provide alterna-
 5 tives to incarceration;
 6 (iv) through federal and private grants, gifts or contributions,
 7 provide funding to support training and community coordination costs as
 8 necessary. All moneys shall be deposited in the crisis intervention team
 9 training fund established by section ninety-nine-ss of the state finance
 10 law;
 11 (v) in consultation with the crisis intervention advisory committee
 12 established by this article, distribute crisis intervention team train-
 13 ing fund moneys as needed for support, training and community coordi-
 14 nation costs; and
 15 (vi) submit a report to the governor, temporary president of the
 16 senate, speaker of the assembly and the crisis intervention advisory
 17 committee on or before November fifteenth of each year that contains the
 18 following:
 19 (A) a review of all law enforcement agencies that have provided crisis
 20 intervention team training to their officers and the number of officers
 21 that have completed the training;
 22 (B) a list of communities in this state that have implemented the
 23 crisis intervention team training program through training and coordi-
 24 nation, including the length of implementation and current status of the
 25 program;
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