New York S 5821: Expands eligibility for the New York state excelsior scholarship award to certain applicants enrolled on a part-time basis or in a BOCES or other approved vocational program

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S05821 Summary:

BILL NOS05821 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05484

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSRADDABBO, BROUK, COMRIE, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, JACKSON, MARTINS, MAYER, PALUMBO, PARKER, SANDERS,
 SCARCELLA-SPANTON, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Establishes a statewide person-centered mental health services work group to improve statewide mental health planning and outcomes to achieve a person-centered, prevention-first integrated and tiered system of care for holistic health and wellness.

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BILL NOS05821 

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03/03/2025REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5821

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 3, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, MAYER, PARKER -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental
 Health

 AN ACT in relation to establishing a statewide person-centered mental
 health services work group to improve statewide mental health planning
 and outcomes to achieve a person-centered, prevention-first integrated
 and tiered system of care for holistic health and wellness

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

 1 Section 1. Statewide person-centered mental health services work
 2 group. 1. There is hereby created a person-centered mental health
 3 services work group to examine, evaluate, determine, recommend, and
 4 oversee implementation of how to improve statewide mental health plan-
 5 ning and outcomes to achieve a person-centered, prevention-first inte-
 6 grated and tiered system of care for holistic health and wellness.
 7 2. The work group shall consist of ten statewide members, four ex
 8 officio members, and twenty-eight regional representative members,
 9 appointed as follows:
 10 (a) Statewide members. Statewide members shall be appointed within
 11 sixty days of the effective date of this act:
 12 (i) two members shall be appointed by the temporary president of the
 13 senate, one of which must be a peer or consumer representative;
 14 (ii) two members shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly,
 15 one of which must be a peer or consumer representative;
 16 (iii) one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the
 17 senate;
 18 (iv) one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the
 19 assembly; and
 20 (v) four members shall be appointed by the governor, one of which must
 21 be a peer or consumer representative.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08463-01-5

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 1 (b) Ex officio members. The commissioners of the office of addiction
 2 services and supports, the office of mental health, the department of
 3 health, the New York city department of health and mental hygiene, and
 4 the local mental hygiene directors, or their designees, shall serve as
 5 ex officio members of the work group.
 6 (c) Regional membership and appointments. (i) For purposes of this
 7 act, there shall be nine regions, consisting of the same geographic
 8 areas and counties as the social care networks described in the January
 9 2024 New York State Department of Health Request for Applications: New
 10 York Health Equity Reform: Social Care Networks:
 11 (1) Region 1: Capital;
 12 (2) Region 2: Western;
 13 (3) Region 3: Hudson Valley;
 14 (4) Region 4: New York City;
 15 (5) Region 5: Finger Lakes;
 16 (6) Region 6: Southern Tier;
 17 (7) Region 7: Central;
 18 (8) Region 8: Long Island;
 19 (9) Region 9: North Country.
 20 (ii) There shall be three members from each region, except New York
 21 City, which shall have four.
 22 (iii) Regional member candidates shall be selected through a nominat-
 23 ing process conducted by ex officio members of the work group in collab-
 24 oration with a statewide advocacy group with knowledge and expertise in
 25 public policy related to enhancing treatment mental health services and
 26 promoting recovery, rehabilitation, individual rights and full community
 27 inclusion. Regio