New York S 4212: Relates to residency requirements for members of council

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S04212 Summary:

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Add §§7.51 & 7.53, amd §19.07, Ment Hyg L; add §99-ss, St Fin L; add §208-i, Gen Muni L

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Establishes a state crisis intervention demonstration program and a crisis intervention team training fund.

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4212

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 state crisis
 intervention demonstration program and a crisis intervention team
 training fund

 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 two new
 2 sections 7.51 and 7.53 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 the state of New York for the purpose of assisting
 6 law enforcement officers in responding to crisis situations involving
 7 persons with mental illness and/or substance use disorder.
 8 (b) The commissioner shall establish within the office the position of
 9 crisis intervention team training program coordinator who will serve at
 10 the pleasure of the commissioner and who shall work with municipal
 11 police departments and any other law enforcement agency in the state
 12 that requests assistance to coordinate the provision of crisis inter-
 13 vention team training to its first responders as a part of a specialized
 14 response team or as part of training for first responders.
 15 (c) The crisis intervention team training program coordinator shall:
 16 (1) work with communities to develop partnerships, coordinate activ-
 17 ities and promote cooperation and collaboration between the office, the
 18 office of addiction services and supports, law enforcement agencies,
 19 disability service providers and people with psychiatric or other disa-
 20 bilities and their families to provide crisis intervention team train-
 21 ing;
 22 (2) provide coordination activities and funding support for crisis
 23 intervention team training;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07829-01-5

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