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NY S 4246

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Enacts the "minority mental health act" to establish the division of minority mental health within the office of mental health

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Enacts the "minority mental health act" to establish the division of minority mental health within the office of mental health; provides that such division shall be responsible for assuring that mental health programs and services are culturally and linguistically appropriate to meet the needs of racial and ethnic minorities.

Introduced
Status date
Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
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bill
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Sponsors

  • Kevin S. Parkerprimary

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-03

    REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

    referral-committee

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