A 4274: Provides that members of a mobile crisis team shall include any combination of behavioral health professionals, certified peer specialists, certified recovery peer advocates, credentialed family peer advocates, and credentialed youth peer advocates.
The proposed law aims to improve community-based mental health and substance use disorder interventions. It expands the definition of a mobile crisis team to include various professionals, such as behavioral health professionals, peer specialists, and advocates. These teams are licensed, certified, or authorized by the Office of Mental Health and the Office of Addiction Services and Supports. The law also clarifies that members of a mobile crisis team may include a combination of professionals. The law takes effect immediately, allowing for the expansion of mobile crisis teams and improved community-based interventions.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to mental health |
| Jan. 31, 2025 | referred to mental health |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4274 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM, SANTABARBARA, DE LOS SANTOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to members of a mobile crisis team The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 11 of subdivision (a) 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 (11) "Mobile crisis teams" means a team licensed, certified, or 5 authorized by the office of mental health and the office of addiction 6 services and supports to provide community-based mental health or 7 substance use disorder interventions for individuals who are experienc- 8 ing a mental health or substance use disorder crisis. Members of a 9 mobile crisis team [may] shall include any combination of, but not be 10 limited to: behavioral health professionals, certified peer specialists, 11 certified recovery peer advocates, credentialed family peer advocates, 12 and credentialed youth peer advocates. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06532-01-5