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A 5991: Requires the office of mental health, office of addiction services and supports and the department of education to create a behavioral health website which shall provide information on various behavioral health issues such as depression, eating disorders, anxiety, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar disorder.
What A 5991 does, verified January 8, 2026
The state of New York is creating a behavioral health website to provide information on various mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The website will include signs and symptoms of these issues, as well as coping mechanisms to assist individuals dealing with them. The site will also list contact information of local behavioral health resources, organized by county, including the name, address, telephone number, email address, and website of each resource. The website will be created and maintained by the Office of Mental Health, the Office of Addiction Services and Supports, and the Department of Education. The website will go live on the 30th day after the bill becomes a law.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to mental health (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5991
- What is the current status of A 5991?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 5991 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 5991 pass?
- Not yet. A 5991 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5991, and where is it now?
- A 5991 was authored by Asm. Michael Reilly with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Mental Health.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to mental health |
| Feb. 25, 2025 | referred to mental health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 25, 2025 · 289 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5991 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health AN ACT in relation to requiring the office of mental health, the office of addiction services and supports and the department of education to create a behavioral health website The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Behavioral health website. 1. The office of mental health, 2 in conjunction with the office of addiction services and supports and 3 the department of education shall create and maintain a website which 4 shall provide information on behavioral health issues. Such issues shall 5 include, but shall not be limited to, depression, eating disorders, 6 anxiety, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar 7 disorder. 8 2. Such behavioral health information, as required by subdivision one 9 of this section shall include, but shall not be limited to, signs and 10 symptoms of the behavioral health issues and coping mechanisms to assist 11 individuals dealing with such behavioral health issues. 12 3. The behavioral health website shall maintain a resource guide list- 13 ing contact information of local behavioral health resources and shall 14 be organized by county. Such contact information shall include the name, 15 address, telephone number, e-mail address and website, if any, of the 16 behavioral health resources. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 18 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03314-01-5
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