STATE OF NEW YORK
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2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 20, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. SEPULVEDA, CRESPO, MOSLEY, HYNDMAN, SIMON, WALK-
ER, JOYNER, LIFTON, THIELE, PICHARDO, RIVERA, HOOPER, SEAWRIGHT,
LAWRENCE, HARRIS, BLAKE, PEOPLES-STOKES, JEAN-PIERRE, DE LA ROSA,
BICHOTTE, D'URSO, ORTIZ, GALEF, COLTON, RICHARDSON -- Multi-Sponsored
by -- M. of A. COOK, CROUCH, McDONOUGH, RAMOS -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee
on Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law and the education law, in
relation to establishing the urban youth gun violence reduction pilot
program; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expi-
ration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "urban
2 youth gun violence reduction pilot program".
3 § 2. Title B of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new
4 article 11 to read as follows:
5 ARTICLE 11
6 URBAN YOUTH GUN VIOLENCE
7 REDUCTION PILOT PROGRAM
8 Section 11.01 Definitions.
9 11.03 Establishment.
10 11.05 Social worker services.
11 11.07 Youth mental health first aid training.
12 11.09 Mental health curriculums.
13 § 11.01 Definitions.
14 As used in this article:
15 (a) "Gun violence" means physical injuries and deaths caused by the
16 use of firearms.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (b) "Mental health first aid" means the recognition of the symptoms of
2 common mental illnesses and chemical dependency; the safe de-escalation
3 of crisis situations; and the initiation of timely referral of appropri-
4 ate students to mental health and chemical dependency resources within
5 the community.
6 (c) "Program" means the urban youth gun violence reduction pilot
7 program established in section 11.03 of this article.
8 § 11.03 Establishment.
9 The office, in consultation and cooperation with the education depart-
10 ment, shall establish and operate, within five school districts in the
11 state, the urban youth gun violence reduction pilot program. Such
12 program shall provide for the implementation of urban youth gun violence
13 reduction programs in twenty-four schools within communities which have
14 high rates of gun violence. The office shall appropriate the necessary
15 funds to establish and operate such program.
16 § 11.05 Social worker services.
17 The program shall provide for the employment of one additional social
18 worker at and in each of the twenty-four participating schools.
19 § 11.07 Youth mental health first aid training.
20 (a) The office and education department shall jointly establish and
21 provide for the provision of youth mental health first aid training to
22 all teachers and professionals working in participating schools having
23 grades seven through twelve.
24 (b) All staff members of after school programs in participating
25 schools shall complete such youth mental health first aid training as
26 shall be determined by the office. In addition each such after school
27 program shall have a social worker present during its hours of opera-
28 tion.
29 § 11.09 Mental health curriculums.
30 The office shall enter into a contract with a responsible and quali-
31 fied party for the establishment of three mental health curriculums for
32 students in participating schools in grades kindergarten through five,
33 grades six through eight, and grades nine through twelve. Such responsi-
34 ble and qualified party shall maintain a working advisory council and
35 provide technical assistance to the office, education department and
36 participating schools during the implementation of its curriculums.
37 § 3. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
38 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
39 57. The commissioner shall provide for and assist in the implementa-
40 tion of the urban youth gun violence reduction pilot program, pursuant
41 to article eleven of the mental hygiene law.
42 § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
43 the date on which it shall have become a law, and sections two and three
44 of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed three years after they
45 shall have become a law. Provided that, effective immediately, any rules
46 and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its
47 effective date are authorized and directed to be completed on or before
48 such date.