New York S 4918: Creates interagency placement committees to recommend treatment and rehabilitation programs or strategies for youths with co-existing mental disabilities

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S04918 Summary:

BILL NOS04918 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §41.58, Ment Hyg L

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Creates 10 interagency placement committees throughout the state to recommend treatment and rehabilitation programs or strategies for youths with co-existing mental disabilities; directs such committees to establish a process by which youths can be referred to such committees; directs such committees to submit a report annually to the governor and legislature identifying gaps in treatment and rehabilitation options, and any plans or recommendations to increase such options.

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BILL NOS04918 

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02/14/2025REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4918

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 14, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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 creating intera-
 gency placement committees to recommend treatment and rehabilitation
 programs or strategies for youths with co-existing mental disabilities

 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 41.58 to read as follows:
 3 § 41.58 Interagency placement committees.
 4 1. There is hereby established ten interagency placement committees in
 5 the state, one for each of the following regions: Long Island, New York
 6 City, Mid-Hudson, the Capital Region, Mohawk Valley, North Country,
 7 Central New York, the Southern Tier, the Finger Lakes, and Western New
 8 York. Each such committee shall be comprised of nine members, who shall
 9 be familiar with the region in which they are appointed and knowledge-
 10 able of the services under this section that are available in such
 11 region, and who shall be appointed as follows:
 12 (a) three members to be appointed by the commissioner of mental
 13 health;
 14 (b) three members to be appointed by the commissioner of developmental
 15 disabilities; and
 16 (c) three members to be appointed by the commissioner of children and
 17 family services.
 18 2. The purposes of the interagency placement committees established
 19 pursuant to subdivision one of this section shall be to ensure that
 20 youth with co-existing mental disabilities are being provided sufficient
 21 wraparound services to meet their needs. Each interagency placement
 22 committee shall establish a procedure under which families, schools,
 23 probation centers, and other appropriate establishments in their region
 24 may refer youths with co-existing mental disabilities to such interagen-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08357-01-5

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 1 cy placement committee, to determine the best treatment and rehabili-
 2 tation programs or strategies available for such youth and to recommend
 3 such determinations to the referring entity. In making such a determi-
 4 nation, interagency placement committees shall avoid recommending an
 5 in-patient setting for a youth unless there are no reasonable alterna-
 6 tives appropriate for such youth.
 7 3. Upon receiving a referral of a youth with co-existing mental disa-
 8 bilities pursuant to subdivision two of this section, an interagency
 9 placement committee shall make its determination and recommendation of
 10 the best treatment and rehabilitation programs or strategies available
 11 for such youth pursuant to subdivision two of this section within two
 12 weeks of receiving such referral. Such determination shall be based upon
 13 a majority vote of the members of such interagency placement committee.
 14 The findings and reasoning for such determination and recommendation
 15 shall be provided to the entity that submitted such referral.
 16 4. Beginning on the first of January next the date upon which this
 17 sect