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Senator · Senate District 42
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History
- Reported and committed to finance
- Print number 5335a
- Amend and recommit to mental health and developmental disabilities
- Referred to mental health and developmental disabilities
- Referred to mental health and developmental disabilities
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5335A
Title of bill
An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to powers of the office of mental health and the commissioner
Purpose
To have the Commissioner of Mental Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Office of General Services and the Superintendent of the State Police, develop recommendations with regard to the placement of signage on infrastructure to discourage individuals from committing suicide.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Amends section 7.09 of the Mental Hygiene Law by adding a new subdivision (k) which provides that the Commissioner of Mental Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Office of General Services and the Superintendent of the State Police, shall conduct an assessment on the existing placement of signage on infrastructure in the State of New York to discourage individuals from committing suicide and issue a report with recommendations to the Temporary President of the Senate and Speaker of the Assembly no later than April 1, 2016.
Section 2.Effective date.
Justification
According for the United States Centers for Disease Control, in 2010, suicide was the tenth leading cause of death nationally, the third leading cause of death among persons aged 15-24, and the second leading cause of death among persons aged 25-34 years old. Further, in 2010, 202 individuals committed suicide in the northeast by falling which caused it to be the fourth leading method of suicide. Currently signage is posted on a number of bridges in New York State urging individuals who are contemplating suicide not to do so and to call the national suicide prevention hotline. This legislation would direct the Commissioner of Mental Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Office of General Services and Superintendent of the State police to conduct an assessment of existing signage and develop recommendations on where additional signage may be warranted.
Legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
Minimal to State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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