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A 2111: Requires suicide prevention hotline centers to meet certain requirements for individuals who are in the perinatal period.
What A 2111 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill requires suicide prevention hotline centers to meet specific requirements for certain populations, including those in the perinatal period. These requirements include providing linguistically and culturally competent care, training for staff, and addressing the needs of diverse groups such as racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ individuals, veterans, and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The centers must also provide care to individuals experiencing homelessness or housing instability, older adults, and children and youth. The bill aims to improve mental health services and ensure that these centers can effectively serve high-risk and specialized populations.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to mental health (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 2111
- What is the current status of A 2111?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 2111 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to mental health".
- Did A 2111 pass?
- Not yet. A 2111 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 2111, and where is it now?
- A 2111 was authored by Asm. Phara Souffrant Forrest with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Assembly Mental Health.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to mental health |
| Jan. 15, 2025 | referred to mental health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 15, 2025 · 281 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2111 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FORREST -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Mental Health AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring suicide prevention hotline centers to meet certain requirements for individ- uals who are in the perinatal period The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 7 of subdivision (c) of section 36.03 of the 2 mental hygiene law, as added by section 2 of part EE of chapter 57 of 3 the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 4 (7) A designated hotline center shall meet the requirements set forth 5 by New York State and the NSPL for serving high risk and specialized 6 populations including but not limited to: Black, African American, 7 Hispanic, Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, Alaskan 8 Native; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, nonbinary, queer, and ques- 9 tioning individuals; veterans; members of rural communities; individuals 10 with intellectual and developmental disabilities; individuals experienc- 11 ing homelessness or housing instability; individuals who are currently 12 in the perinatal period; immigrants and refugees; children and youth; 13 older adults; and religious communities as identified by the federal 14 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, including 15 training requirements and policies for providing linguistically and 16 culturally competent care. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03998-01-5
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