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S 5978: Provides that members of a mobile crisis team shall include at least one behavioral health professional and any combination of certified peer specialists, certified recovery peer advocates, credentialed family peer advocates, and credentialed youth peer advocates.
What S 5978 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to amend the mental hygiene law to improve the composition and effectiveness of mobile crisis teams. Mobile crisis teams provide community-based mental health or substance use disorder interventions for individuals in crisis. The teams must include at least one behavioral health professional. To the extent practicable, the teams should also include a combination of other professionals, such as certified peer specialists, recovery peer advocates, family peer advocates, and youth peer advocates. The changes take effect immediately, aiming to enhance the support and care provided to individuals experiencing mental health or substance use disorders in crisis.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5978
- What is the current status of S 5978?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 5978 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 S 5978 pass?
- Not yet. S 5978 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5978, and where is it now?
- S 5978 was authored by Sen. Julia Salazar. Its committee of record is Senate Mental Health.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH |
| Mar. 04, 2025 | REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 4, 2025 · 253 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5978 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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 at least one behavioral health 10 professional, and to the extent practicable, any combination of, [but11not be limited to: behavioral health professionals,] certified peer 12 specialists, certified recovery peer advocates, credentialed family peer 13 advocates, and credentialed youth peer advocates. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06532-03-5
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