By Susan Arbetter Albany/Capital Region PUBLISHED 6:45 PM ET May. 07, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:45 PM EDT May. 07, 2021
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According to experts in the field, the need for mental health services in New York has never been greater, but the funding for mental health services has remained almost flat.
It’s one of the reasons that two lawmakers are pushing for a change to the state’s constitution.
Assemblymember Didi Barrett and Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick are sponsoring this small change to the constitution that they hope has a big impact (A.5238/S.3995). As my colleague Nick Reisman reported, the proposed change would make both mental and physical health matters of public concern, and provision, therefore shall be made by the state and by such of its subdivisions.
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