A00613 Summary:

BILL NOA00613
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01354
 
SPONSORGunther
 
COSPNSREachus, Aubry, Buttenschon, Brabenec
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Rpld §7.49, Ment Hyg L (as proposed in S.4253 & A.6506)
 
Requires the commissioner of the office of mental health to provide monthly status reports of the community investments and the impact on inpatient census to the chair of the senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee and to post such report on the office's website.
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A00613 Actions:

BILL NOA00613
 
01/10/2023referred to mental health
01/18/2023reported referred to ways and means
01/18/2023reported referred to rules
01/18/2023reported
01/18/2023rules report cal.22
01/18/2023ordered to third reading rules cal.22
01/18/2023passed assembly
01/18/2023delivered to senate
01/18/2023REFERRED TO RULES
02/01/2023SUBSTITUTED FOR S1354
02/01/20233RD READING CAL.121
02/01/2023PASSED SENATE
02/01/2023RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
03/03/2023delivered to governor
03/03/2023signed chap.9
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A00613 Committee Votes:

WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Weinstein DATE:01/18/2023AYE/NAY:33/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules
WeinsteinExcusedRaAye
GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye
PretlowAyeHawleyAye
ColtonAyeBlankenbushAye
CookAyeNorrisAye
AubryAyeBrabenecAye
BenedettoAyePalmesanoAye
WeprinAyeWalshAye
RamosAyeDeStefanoAye
BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye
McDonaldAyeSmullenAye
RozicAye
DinowitzAye
JoynerExcused
MagnarelliAye
ZebrowskiAye
BronsonAye
DilanAye
SeawrightAye
HyndmanAye
WalkerAye
BichotteAye
SimonAye
CruzAye

RULES Chair:Pretlow DATE:01/18/2023AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable
HeastieExcusedBarclayAye
WeinsteinExcusedHawleyAye
PretlowAyeGiglioAye
CookAyeBlankenbushAye
GlickAyeNorrisAye
AubryAyeRaAye
DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye
ColtonAyePalmesanoAye
MagnarelliAyeReillyAye
PaulinAye
Peoples-StokesAye
BenedettoAye
LavineAye
LupardoAye
ZebrowskiAye
ThieleAye
BraunsteinAye
DickensAye
DavilaAye
HyndmanAye
RozicAye
BronsonAye

MENTAL HEALTH Chair:Gunther DATE:01/18/2023AYE/NAY:12/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means
GuntherAyeGandolfoAye
BarrettAyeWalshAye
SantabarbaraAyeBlumencranzAye
JacksonAyeMaherAye
KellesAye
ClarkAye
GibbsAbsent
De Los SantosAye
EachusAye

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A00613 Floor Votes:

DATE:01/18/2023Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 144/0
AlvarezYCarrollYFloodYKimYPalmesanoYSimpsonY
AndersonYChandler-WatermYForrestYLavineYPaulinYSlaterY
AngelinoYChangYFriendYLeeYPeoples-StokesYSmithY
ArdilaYClarkYGallagherYLemondesYPheffer AmatoYSmullenY
AubryYColtonYGallahanYLevenbergYPirozzoloYSolagesY
BarclayYConradYGandolfoYLucasYPretlowYSteckY
BarrettYCookYGibbsYLunsfordYRaYSternY
BeephanYCruzYGiglio JAYLupardoYRagaYStirpeY
BendettYCunninghamYGiglio JMYMagnarelliYRajkumarYTagueY
BenedettoYCurranYGlickYMaherYRamosYTannousisY
BichotteYDarlingYGonzalez-RojasYMamdaniYReillyYTapiaY
BlankenbushYDavilaERGoodellYManktelowYReyesYTaylorY
BlumencranzYDe Los SantosYGrayYMcDonaldYRiveraYThieleY
BoresYDeStefanoYGuntherYMcDonoughERRosenthal D YVanelY
BrabenecYDickensYHawleyYMcGowanYRosenthal L YWalkerY
BraunsteinYDilanYHevesiYMcMahonYRozicYWallaceY
BronsonYDinowitzYHunterERMeeksYSantabarbaraYWalshY
Brook-KrasnyYDiPietroERHyndmanYMikulinYSayeghYWeinsteinER
Brown E YDursoYJacksonYMillerYSeawrightYWeprinY
Brown K YEachusYJacobsonYMitaynesYSeptimoYWilliamsY
BurdickYEichensteinYJean-PierreYMorinelloYShimskyYWoernerY
BurgosYEpsteinYJensenYNorrisYShresthaYZaccaroY
BurkeYFahyYJonesYNovakhovYSillittiYZebrowskiY
ButtenschonYFallYJoynerYO'DonnellERSimonYZinermanY
ByrnesYFitzpatrickYKellesYOtisYSimoneYMr. SpeakerY

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A00613 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A613
 
SPONSOR: Gunther
  TITLE OF BILL: An act in relation to requiring monthly status reports of community investments and the impact on inpatient census; and to repeal certain provisions of the mental hygiene law relating thereto   PURPOSE: To provide transparency and information for the purpose of ensuring sufficient mental health services are available to those in need.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 repeals § 7.49 of the mental hygiene law, as added by a chap- ter of the laws of 2022, and as proposed in A.6506 and 5.4253. Section 2 Requires the commissioner of the office of mental health (0MH) to provide monthly status reports of the community investments and the impact on the state operated inpatient census to the chair of the chair of the assembly ways and means committee and the senate finance commit- tee. The report will be posted on OMB's publicly accessible website and at a minimum the report must include the following information: (a) state operated psychiatric facility census; (b) occurrence of census exceeding budgeted capacity; (c) occurrence of out of catchment area placements; (d) admissions and discharges; (e) rate of Medicaid psychi- atric inpatient readmissions to any hospital within thirty days of discharge; (f) Medicaid emergency room psychiatric visits; (g) descriptions of new community service investments; (h) average length of stay and number of long-term stay patients; and (i) an explanation of any material census reductions, when known to the facility. Section 3 provides the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: Since 2014, the Office of Mental Health have provided monthly reports detailing the census of each inpatient hospital operated by OMB, out of catchment placements, admissions and discharges, rate of inpatient read- missions, descriptions of new community service investments, average length of stays and the number of long-term stay patients. These reports allow all lawmakers the ability to see monthly data and make appropriate policy to ensure New Yorkers have adequate mental health treatment available. This bill would promote transparency and provide information to assist the legislature in policy making decisions related to availability of mental health treatment services and ensure public access to mental health inpatient bed census data and community reinvestment into the mental health system.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: This is a new bill.   BUDGET IMPLICATIONS: None noted.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022, amending the mental hygiene law relating to requiring monthly status reports of community investments and the impact on inpatient census, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4253 and A. 6506, takes effect; provided, however, that section two of this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
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A00613 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           613
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 10, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Mental Health
 
        AN ACT in relation to requiring  monthly  status  reports  of  community
          investments  and the impact on inpatient census; and to repeal certain
          provisions of the mental hygiene law relating thereto

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 7.49 of the mental hygiene law, as added by a chap-
     2  ter  of  the  laws  of 2022, amending the mental hygiene law relating to
     3  requiring monthly status reports of community investments and the impact
     4  on inpatient census, as proposed in legislative bills  numbers  S.  4253
     5  and A. 6506, is REPEALED.
     6    §  2.  The  commissioner  of the office of mental health shall provide
     7  monthly status reports of the community investments and  the  impact  on
     8  inpatient  census  to  the chair of the senate finance committee and the
     9  chair of the assembly ways and  means  committee  and  shall  post  such
    10  reports  on  the  office of mental health's publicly accessible website.
    11  Such reports shall include, but not be limited to:
    12    (a) state operated psychiatric facility census;
    13    (b) occurrence of census exceeding budgeted capacity;
    14    (c) occurrence of out of catchment area placements;
    15    (d) admissions and discharges;
    16    (e) rate of Medicaid psychiatric inpatient readmissions to any  hospi-
    17  tal within thirty days of discharge;
    18    (f) Medicaid emergency room psychiatric visits;
    19    (g) descriptions of new community service investments;
    20    (h) average length of stay and number of long-term stay patients; and
    21    (i)  an  explanation  of any material census reductions, when known to
    22  the facility.
    23    § 3. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    24  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022, amending the mental hygiene law
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03938-01-3

        A. 613                              2
 
     1  relating  to  requiring  monthly status reports of community investments
     2  and the impact on inpatient census, as  proposed  in  legislative  bills
     3  numbers  S.  4253  and  A.  6506,  takes effect; provided, however, that
     4  section  two  of this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth
     5  day after it shall have become a law.
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A00613 LFIN:

 NO LFIN
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A00613 Chamber Video/Transcript:

1-18-23Video (@ 01:27:21)Transcript pdf Transcript html
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