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NY A01149
Bill
Status
1/9/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jo Simon
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AI Summary
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Requires the New York State Office of Mental Health to study how awareness of or exposure to police shootings or killings of unarmed African Americans affects the mental health of African Americans in New York
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Study must compare self-reported mental health impacts across different racial and ethnic groups, including Hispanic/Latino, Black, White, and Asian or Pacific Islander populations
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Research must utilize data from the Centers for Disease Control, Prevention Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (PBRFSS), and Mapping Police Violence (MPV) database
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Study must include recommendations for increasing accessibility and affordability of mental health services for racial and ethnic minorities, and for reducing mental health stigma in these communities
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Report with findings and recommendations must be submitted to the governor and legislative leaders by January 1, 2026
Legislative Description
Requires the New York State Office of Mental Health to study the effects that awareness of or exposure to police shootings or killings of unarmed African Americans has on the mental health of African Americans in New York state and to deliver a finding of the results of such study to the governor and the legislative leaders.
Last Action
referred to mental health
1/7/2026