File #: Int 1021-2023    Version: Name: Mental Health Roadmap Legislative Package - Establishing crisis respite centers.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
On agenda: 4/27/2023
Enactment date: 8/13/2023 Law number: 2023/118
Title: A Local Law in relation to establishing crisis respite centers
Sponsors: Keith Powers , Linda Lee, Erik D. Bottcher, Lynn C. Schulman, Carlina Rivera , Kevin C. Riley, Farah N. Louis, Lincoln Restler, Crystal Hudson, Diana I. Ayala, Robert F. Holden, Sandra Ung, Rita C. Joseph, Shaun Abreu, Amanda Farías, Sandy Nurse, Tiffany Cabán, Gale A. Brewer, Alexa Avilés, Pierina Ana Sanchez, Mercedes Narcisse, Marjorie Velázquez, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Shekar Krishnan, Shahana K. Hanif, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, James F. Gennaro, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Eric Dinowitz, Christopher Marte, Julie Won, Kristin Richardson Jordan, Oswald Feliz, Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Darlene Mealy, (in conjunction with the Manhattan Borough Preside, (in conjunction with the Brooklyn Borough Presiden
Council Member Sponsors: 35
Summary: This bill would require the mayor to establish 4 new crisis respite centers in order to provide individuals with mental illness increased access to community-based, peer-run facilities that are alternatives to hospitalization when such individuals experience psychiatric crises.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1021-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1021, 3. Int. No. 1021, 4. April 27, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-27-23, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - April 27, 2023, 7. Committee Report 5/4/23, 8. Hearing Testimony 5/4/23, 9. Hearing Transcript 5/4/23, 10. Proposed Int. No. 1021-A - 7/6/23, 11. Committee Report 7/13/23, 12. Hearing Transcript 7/13/23, 13. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 14. July 13, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 15. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 7-13-23, 16. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - July 13, 2023, 17. Int. No. 1021-A (FINAL), 18. Fiscal Impact Statement, 19. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 20. Local Law 118
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Int. No. 1021-A

 

By Council Members Powers, Lee, Bottcher, Schulman, Rivera, Riley, Louis, Restler, Hudson, Ayala, Holden, Ung, Joseph, Abreu, Farías, Nurse, Cabán, Brewer, Avilés, Sanchez, Narcisse, Velazquez, Gutiérrez, Krishnan, Hanif, Brooks-Powers, Gennaro, De La Rosa, Dinowitz, Marte, Won, Richardson Jordan, Feliz, Salamanca and Mealy (in conjunction with the Manhattan and Brooklyn Borough Presidents)

 

A Local Law in relation to establishing crisis respite centers

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Crisis respite centers. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the term “crisis respite center” means a community-based facility that is designed as an alternative to hospitalization for individuals in times of psychiatric crisis; offers voluntary, temporary stays; and provides access to peer support groups, psychoeducation, self-advocacy education, self-help training, and referrals to behavioral health professionals.

b. The mayor shall establish and maintain at least 4 new crisis respite centers, at least 2 of which shall be operational within 24 months after the effective date of this local law, and the remainder of which shall be operational within 36 months after the effective date of this local law. In establishing such centers, the mayor shall make best efforts to prioritize sites that can be converted or renovated into such centers.

c. No later than 6 months after the effective date of this local law, and quarterly thereafter until all crisis respite centers required by subdivision b of this section are operational, the mayor shall submit a report to the speaker of the council detailing the progress the mayor has made in securing sites for crisis respite centers and shall provide an update on the timeline for opening such centers as required by this local law.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

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LS #11719+12100+12100

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