New York A 4807: Relates to allowing for certain rules and regulations to be waived in order to promulgate collaboration between mental health providers to develop programs for the benefit of the mentally ill

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A04807 Summary:

BILL NOA04807 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06584

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SPONSORBrown E

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COSPNSRZinerman, Gray, Lemondes, Durso, McDonough, Tague, Mikulin, Maher, Angelino, DeStefano, Brown K

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§7.15, 13.15 & 19.15, Ment Hyg L

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Allows for certain rules and regulations to be waived in order to promulgate collaboration between mental health providers to develop programs for the benefit of the mentally ill.

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BILL NOA04807 

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02/06/2025referred to mental health

01/07/2026referred to mental health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4807

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 6, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN, ZINERMAN, GRAY, LEMONDES, DURSO, McDO-
 NOUGH, TAGUE, MIKULIN, MAHER, ANGELINO, DeSTEFANO, K. BROWN -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to providing waivers
 of certain rules and regulations to promulgate collaboration by mental
 health providers

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 7.15 of the mental hygiene law,
 2 as amended by section 3 of part I of chapter 58 of the laws of 2005, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) The commissioner shall plan, promote, establish, develop, coordi-
 5 nate, evaluate, and conduct programs and services of prevention, diagno-
 6 sis, examination, care, treatment, rehabilitation, training, and
 7 research for the benefit of the mentally ill. Such programs shall
 8 include but not be limited to in-patient, out-patient, partial hospital-
 9 ization, day care, emergency, rehabilitative, and other appropriate
 10 treatments and services provided, however, that the commissioner, in
 11 conjunction with the commissioner of the office for people with develop-
 12 mental disabilities, shall be authorized to waive rules and regulations
 13 of the office of mental health and of the department of health, respec-
 14 tively, to address barriers to collaboration by mental health providers
 15 and providers of home care services under this section, including barri-
 16 ers related to medical assistance reimbursement, service procedures,
 17 care coordination and direct care worker training applicable to such
 18 providers, provided further that regulations pertaining to patient safe-
 19 ty may not be waived, nor shall any regulations be waived if such waiver
 20 would risk patient safety. [He or she] The commissioner shall take all
 21 actions that are necessary, desirable, or proper to implement the
 22 purposes of this chapter and to carry out the purposes and objectives of
 23 the department within the amounts made available therefor by appropri-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01824-01-5

 A. 4807 2

 1 ation, grant, gift, devise, bequest, or allocation from the mental
 2 health services fund established under section ninety-seven-f of the
 3 state finance law.
 4 § 2. Subdivision (a) of section 13.15 of the mental hygiene law, as
 5 amended by chapter 37 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as
 6 follows:
 7 (a) The commissioner shall plan, promote, establish, develop, coordi-
 8 nate, evaluate, and conduct programs and services of prevention, diagno-
 9 sis, examination, care, treatment, rehabilitation, training, and
 10 research for the benefit of individuals with developmental disabilities.
 11 Such programs shall include but not be limited to in-patient, out-pa-
 12 tient, partial hospitalization, day care, emergency, rehabilitative, and
 13 other appropriate treatments and services provided, however, that the
 14 commissioner, in conjunction with the commissioner of the office for
 15 people with developmental disabilities, shall be authorized to waive
 16 rules and regulations of the office of mental health and of the depart-
 17 ment of health, respectively, to address barriers to collaboration by
 18 mental health providers and provid