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Home >> Publications >>Mental Health Update 2006December 28, 2006 Coverage of Timothy's Law in the News December
22, 2006 GOVERNOR
PATAKI DELIVERS HOLIDAY PRESENT AND December 18, 2006 Join Tom O'Clair for vigil at the NYS Capital and news updates. December 15, 2006 Call to Action - Urge Governor to Sign Timothy's Law and news updates. December 13, 2006 NYS ASSEMBLY PASSES TIMOTHY'S LAW, Call to Action - Urge Governor to Sign Timothy's Law, and news updates. December 12, 2006 Call to Action on Civil Commitment, OMH Releases two RFPs from Geriatric MH Act Funding, and news updates. December 8, 2006 Legislature Returns to Albany for a "Special Session", Call-Ins, and news updates. November 28, 2006 MHANYS Policy Forums Update, Legislature Returns to Address Civil Confinement of Sexual Offenders, and news updates. November 22, 2006 MHANYS Policy Forums, Spitzer-Paterson Policy Advisory Committees Correction, NYS Court of Appeals Rules Against Pataki Administration's Confinement of Sexual Offenders in Psychiatric Facilities, and news updates. November 16, 2006 Spitzer-Paterson Policy Advisory Committees, Samaritans Suicide Prevention Center's Volunteer Training, and news updates. November 9, 2006 Spitzer-Paterson Win, OMH Releases New PROS Regs, Grants Awarded, and news updates. November 6, 2006 Get Out and Vote, Candidate Survey Results, and Polling Stations. November 3, 2006 Review of MHANYS Annual Award Dinner and Conference, National Survivors of Suicide Day, SAMHSA Highlights MHANYS' Consumer and Business Outreach Program, NYSOMH Announces Creative New Approach to Employment for People with Psychiatric Disabilities, Assembly to Hold Hearings on Women and Suicide, and news updates. October 30, 2006 MHANYS Releases Responses to 2006 Mental Health Voter Empowerment Project Candidate Survey, NYS Department of Health Medicaid Update – Medicare Part D Wrap-Around Benefit Changes Starting Jan 1 ’07, Step Right Up! Big Apple Circus, and news updates. October 26, 2006 MHANYS' Annual Awards Dinner & Conference. October 24, 2006 MHANYS' Annual Awards Dinner & Conference. October 17, 2006 9 days until the MHANYS' Annual Awards Dinner & Conference, Timothy's Law Action Alert, and news updates. October 11, 2006 MHANYS' Annual Awards Dinner & Conference, Talking to Kids About Fear and Violence, and news updates. October 6, 2006 MHANYS' Annual Awards Dinner & Conference, PWPD Workshop, Employment Opportunities, and news updates. October 5, 2006 MHANYS' Annual Awards Dinner & Conference. September 26, 2006 Register online for the MHANYS' Annual Awards Dinner & Conference and news updates. September 20, 2006 Register online for the MHANYS' Annual Conference and news updates. September 15(#2), 2006 NYS SENATE PASSES TIMOTHY’S LAW 55-0!! September 15, 2006 Tom O’Clair invites Timothy’s Law supporters to join him at the Capitol today to watch from the gallery as the NYS Senate passes Timothy’s Law. September 13, 2006 Senate plans to return on Friday to take up Timothy's Law and news updates. September 6, 2006 MHANYS Awards Dinner and Conference, October 26th and 27th and news updates. August 29, 2006 Dates to remember - upcoming conferences, the day the Senate is expected to return to Albany. Call your Senator tell them to pass Timothy's Law and to override the the Governor Pataki's vetoes. August 18, 2006 Governor Pataki vetoes legislation to 'Boot the SHU' and the Housing Waiting List. August 17, 2006 ALERT - Governor Pataki vetoes legislation to 'Boot the SHU' and the Housing Waiting List. August 11, 2006 More CALLS AND E-MAILS TO GOVERNOR PATAKI NEEDED FOR HOUSING WAITING LIST AND TO 'BOOT THE SHU', upcoming events, and news updates. August 8, 2006 CALLS AND E-MAILS TO GOVERNOR PATAKI NEEDED FOR HOUSING WAITING LIST AND TO 'BOOT THE SHU'. July 27, 2006 Governor vetoes bill, call-in to 'Boot the SHU', 'Out of the Darkness Community' walks, and news updates. July 19, 2006 'Save the Dates', letters of support, and news updates. July 11, 2006 Advocates continue to work to see advances take hold. June 26, 2006 LEGISLATURE COMES TO AN AGREEMENT ON TIMOTHY’S LAW, PASSES LEGISLATION TO ‘BOOT THE SHU’ AND HOUSING WAITING LIST LEGISLATION June 23, 2006 Mental Health Housing Waiting List legislation passes both houses. Timothy's Law stalled. June 21, 2006 Action Needed! - 'Boot the SHU'; Timothy's Law; housing waiting list legislation. June 16, 2006 End of Session Calls Needed! - 'Boot the SHU'; Timothy's Law; housing waiting list legislation. June 14, 2006 'Boot the SHU'; Timothy's Law; housing waiting list bill; news. June 9, 2006 Assembly passes housing waiting list legislation; Assemby calls upon Senate NYS Senate to participate in conference committee process to reach an agreement on Timothy's Law; push to end practice of isolating inmates with psychiatric disabilities. June 6, 2006 Capital Region Timothy's Law Rally; Medicaid rules toughened. June 5, 2006 MHANYS supports a housing waiting list bill (MHANYS Memo of Support for A.2895-A / S.3653-A) May 30, 2006 Timothy's Law Day, Medicaid Update, legislative debate on sex offender civil commitment law, erasing stigma, and more. May 23, 2006 News items on parity, policy, grief and a community dedication. May 16, 2006 Insurance Bill Defeated in Senate, Budget Stalled in House Grassroots Efforts Preserve Parity Laws May 3, 2006 News Item - "The time is now to pass Timothy's Law" April 28, 2006 News Items on Vetoe overrides, timothy's Law rally and Medicare Rule Guarantees Continuity of Drugs April 26, 2006 More Vetoes, Timothy's Law Rally in Binghamton, Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter visits Albany. April 13, 2006 VETOES, LOTS OF VETOES April 10, 2006 MHANYS Art Exhibit; Mental health agency blasts city leader; Solitary confinement of mentally ill inmates; More on Timothy's Law April 4, 2006 Budget standoff between the Governor and the Legislature; Timothy's Law Campaign is "Takin' It to the Streets" March 31, 2006 Further budget updates March 28, 2006 Budget update includes spending to benefit adult home residents March 27, 2006 Report on the Health Sub-Committee's budget proposal March 23, 2006 Time remains to influence budget discussions with the Health and Education Sub-Committees; Call-in to protect Medicaid recipients, and NMHA calls for action to save state parity laws from Federal legislation March 22, 2006 Details on how the mental hygiene committees in the Senate and Assembly will spend $20 million in additional funding for mental hygiene March 16, 2006 Additional budget information to update the March 15 issue of Mental Health Update March 15, 2006 The impact of the NYS Assembly's and Senate's budget proposals on mental health issues March 10, 2006 NYS Assembly passes Timothy's Law (A.2912-A) March 8, 2006 MHANYS' Legislative Agenda and details about MHANYS Legislative Conference including directions March 7, 2006 MHANYS joins other advocates in opposing civil confinement of sex offenders, and statements by Dr. Richard Hamill, NYS Alliance of Sex Offender Service Providers and Anne Liske, NYS Coalition Against Sexual Assault March 3, 2006 Call-In Day March 7 for a $10 million Rate Adjustment for Community Recovery and Rehabilitation Services, Mental Health Alternatives to Solitary Confinement meets to strategize about Special Housing Unit (SHU) legislation, MHANYS and others call for permanent Medicaid wrap around for dual eligibles under Medicare Part D February 28, 2006 Reminder: MHANYS Legislative Conference will take place on March 13 February 23, 2006 MHANYS Legislative Conference will take place on March 13; the latest issue of Community Connections is available; and a parish in Louisiana devastated by Hurricanes Katrins and Rita seeks post-traumatic stress counseling February 17, 2006 Text of MHANYS' letter to NYS Dept. of Education Commissioner Mills regarding transitional issues of high school students with mental health needs February 16, 2006 Discussion continues on sex offender legislation in NYS Legislature, and the Third Annual Adult Home Resident "Speak Out" February 10, 2006 - MHANYS testifies at Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Health and Medicaid February 7, 2006 - Assembly and Senate override Gov. Pataki's veto of legislation to cover medications for dual eligibles, NYS legislature convenes committee to address civil confinement of sex offenders February 7, 2006 - Gov. Pataki vetoes legislation to cover medications for dual eligibles, but the Medicare Part D transition period is extended, and a tally of the results of the Federal budget reconciliation vote January 31, 2006 - NYS Assembly and Senate pass legislation to cover co-pays for dual eligibles under Part D, and NMHA is holding Call-In Day to protest Federal cuts to Medicaid January 26, 2006 - MHANYS' testimony to the State Education Department's Commissioner's Advisory Panel on Special Education January 25, 2006 - MHANYS' testimony to the Joint Budget Hearings of the New York State Senate and Assembly January 23, 2006 - Correction to Jan. 18, 2006 budget analysis, emergency Medicaid coverage for dual eligibles on Medicare Part D extended a week, and advocates call for ban on solitary confinement for individuals with mental illness January 18, 2006 - MHANYS' analysis of the mental health aspects of Gov. Pataki's 2006 proposed budget January 13, 2006 - Correction: Pharsalia in Chenango County, not Chemung County. Also reactions in the press to Gov. Pataki's proposed facility to house sex offenders January 10, 2006 - MHANYS and others express concerns with plans to use NYS's mental health system to confine sexual offenders post-incarceration January 5, 2006 - Text of Gov. Pataki's press release on his 5-point plan to address sexual offenders January 4, 2006 - MHANYS introduces MHANYS Mental Health Update to replace the Friday Fax from Albany; also civil committment of sexual offenders in Gov. Pataki's State of State address
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