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Introduced Session

Mental illness impacts approximately 44 million people, but many people with mental illness do not get professional help or delay getting professional help. Directors in a workplace are in a unique position to provide assistance to those dealing with mental illness, and the State, as an employer, should provide its directors with the necessary training to recognize and help those dealing with mental illness. This bill requires the Civil Service Commission to ensure that every State employee with director status receives mental health first aid training. The commission will establish appropriate requirements for the training, and each employer will provide a list of directors in need of training to the commission. The training will include, at a minimum, information regarding common mental health disorders that may arise, information to assist in recognizing early signs of mental health problems and who may need professional mental health services, and information on appropriate intervention and referral strategies.

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Raj Mukherji (D)*,  Carol Murphy (D)*,  Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D)*,  Andrew Zwicker (D), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee (on 06/24/2019)

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