STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2422--A
                               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.