New York S 6054: Relates to establishing the New York state council on mental health emergency and crisis response

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S06054 Summary:

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Relates to establishing the New York state council on mental health emergency and crisis response to make recommendations on topics including but not limited to: identifying best practices for response to mental health crises; initiatives to increase training opportunities and participation of mental health professionals, and other qualified individuals as members of mobile crisis outreach teams; identify training needs and methods to improve diversion from hospitalization after response from a mobile crisis outreach team; identify the need for establishing mobile crisis outreach teams in each region of the state and accessing alternatives to hospitalization; public education and outreach on the benefit of mobile crisis outreach teams and how to access their services; and any other recommendation deemed appropriate by the council.

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03/05/2025REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6054

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 5, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, LIU -- 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, in relation to establishing the
 New York state council on mental health emergency and crisis response

 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 a new section
 2 7.42 to read as follows:
 3 § 7.42 New York state council on mental health emergency and crisis
 4 response.
 5 (a) There is hereby created in the office, the New York state advisory
 6 council on mental health emergency and crisis response. The council
 7 shall consist of, at a minimum: the commissioner or their designee; the
 8 commissioner of the department of corrections and community supervision
 9 or their designee; an individual representing the state conference of
 10 local mental hygiene directors as established under article forty-one of
 11 this chapter; an individual representing the mental hygiene legal
 12 service as established under article forty-seven of this chapter; and
 13 thirty-two additional members of which twelve shall be appointed by the
 14 governor, eight shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly, eight
 15 shall be appointed by the temporary speaker of the senate, and two each
 16 shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly and senate.
 17 Each appointed representative shall be representative of the following
 18 and shall represent each geographic area of the state. Members shall be
 19 knowledgeable in various aspects of mobile crisis mental health services
 20 and shall include, but not be limited to: (i) representatives of mobile
 21 crisis outreach teams; (ii) statewide organizations representing mental
 22 health providers; (iii) statewide advocacy groups representing individ-
 23 uals with a psychiatric condition; (iv) representatives of hospitals
 24 including but not limited to hospitals operating a comprehensive psychi-
 25 atric emergency program; (v) physicians and other health and mental

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10605-01-5

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 1 health professionals with experience in the delivery of mental health
 2 crisis services; and (vi) first responders and law enforcement.
 3 (b) The council shall make recommendations to the commissioner on
 4 topics including but not limited to: (i) identifying best practices for
 5 response to mental health crises; (ii) initiatives to increase training
 6 opportunities and participation of mental health professionals, and
 7 other qualified individuals as members of mobile crisis outreach teams;
 8 (iii) identify training needs and methods to improve diversion from
 9 hospitalization after response from a