A00793 Summary:
| BILL NO | A00793 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S07274 |
| SPONSOR | Hunter |
| COSPNSR | Santabarbara, Buttenschon |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §7.17, Ment Hyg L | |
| Requires the office of mental health to establish a training program for the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for military veterans; the program shall include a component on military culture competency and shall be intended for the training of mental health providers and mental health clinicians; certification of the completion of the program may be provided to participants through the office. | |
A00793 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 793 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 11, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to a program for the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 7.17 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision (g) to read as follows: 3 (g) The commissioner, in cooperation with any other state agency or 4 relevant stakeholder shall develop a training program to be posted on 5 the office's website for the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic 6 stress disorder for military veterans. The program shall include a 7 component on military culture competency and shall be intended for the 8 training of mental health providers and mental health clinicians. 9 Certification of the completion of the program may be provided to 10 participants through the office. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02599-01-3