The bill allows school districts to require "mental health first aid" training for school personnel and creates a task force to examine the state's mental health system.
People deemed "likely to engage in conduct that would result in serious harm to self or others" by mental-health professionals would be added to a state database for checks.
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New York required mental health professionals to tell state authorities if a patient threatens to use a gun illegally.
The bill also addresses mental health and school security measures, including gun restrictions for people who've been committed to mental health facilities and restoration of a state grant for school safety improvements.
Therapists, doctors and other mental health professionals will be required to tell state authorities if a patient threatens to use a gun illegally.
Additionally, it alters state insurance regulations to beef up mental health care coverage.
"Federal laws safeguarding the confidentiality of veterans' treatment records do not authorize VA mental-health professionals to comply with this New York State law, " Ballesteros said in a prepared statement.
Giffords' visit came one day after Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy set a two-month deadline for a special commission to address the state's gun laws, mental health policies and public security issues.
They met with local and state leaders to discuss gun control legislation, mental health identification and treatment, and "concerns for the erosion of our societal values such that we are increasingly desensitized to violence, " according to Newtown First Selectman Pat Llodra.
The couple met with local and state leaders to discuss gun control legislation, mental health identification and treatment, and "concerns for the erosion of our societal values such that we are increasingly desensitized to violence, " according to Newtown First Selectman Pat Llodra.
However, in light of ongoing state budget and sequestration cuts, mental health services continue to erode.
If Holmes is sentenced to prison, the state Department of Corrections would determine what kind of mental health care he gets, said Alison Morgan, a department spokeswoman.
Nuchereno is compiling Ortiz's mental health records with an eye toward filing a motion in state court to vacate his conviction.
As a result, the state of the economy can affect us physically, leading to mental and physical health issues.
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Hospitals in Prince George's County in Maryland were buzzing Saturday as people came into emergency department waiting rooms trying to get cool, said Fran Phillips, deputy secretary for the state's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Since the mid-1990s, when tough state parity laws started taking effect, enrolment in managed mental health plans has doubled to 140 million.
Emergency rooms in Prince George's County, Maryland, filled up Saturday by people looking to escape the heat, said Fran Phillips, deputy secretary for the state's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Such a plea means he would be committed indefinitely to a state mental hospital if a jury agrees, but it would also open up his mental-health records to prosecutors.
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They say the requirement for psychologists and other mental health professionals to report patients likely to hurt someone appears to give counties responsibility to verify cases and advise the state, which will determine whether those people are no longer legally eligible to own a gun.
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