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Mental Health Committee, New York State Senate
The Mental Health Committee (formerly the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee) is a standing committee of the New York State Senate.
Per Senate Rules, committees of the New York State Senate are assigned by the president pro tempore.[1][2] Committees are assigned annually.[3] The president pro tempore appoints the chair and vice-chair of each committee and subcommittee.[1] The president pro tempore, the Senate minority leader, and their deputies are nonvoting ex officio members of all standing committees of which they are not members.[4]
See rules: Rules of the Senate for the State of New York 2019-2020
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
Senate Mental Health Committee, 2025-2026 |
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Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
Senate Mental Health Committee, 2021-2022 |
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Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
Senate Mental Health Committee, 2019-2020 |
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Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (7) | Republican members (4) | |||
• John E. Brooks | • Robert Ortt, Chair | |||
• Jamaal Bailey | • Kemp Hannon | |||
• David Carlucci | • Terrence P. Murphy | |||
• Simcha Felder | • Susan J. Serino | |||
• Jesse Hamilton | ||||
• Liz Krueger | ||||
• J. Gustavo Rivera |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (6) | Republican members (5) | |||
• David Carlucci | • Robert Ortt, Chair | |||
• Simcha Felder | • Kemp Hannon | |||
• Jesse Hamilton | • Terrence P. Murphy | |||
• Liz Krueger | • Susan J. Serino | |||
• J. Gustavo Rivera | • James L. Seward | |||
• Jose M. Serrano |
2013-2014
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (6) | Republican members (5) | |||
• David Carlucci, Chair | • Greg Ball | |||
• Eric Adams | • John Bonacic | |||
• Simcha Felder | • Kemp Hannon | |||
• Liz Krueger | • James Seward | |||
• George Latimer | • Lee Zeldin | |||
• Cecilia Tkaczyk |
2011-2012
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (4) | Republican members (6) | |||
• Jeffrey Klein | • Roy McDonald, Chair | |||
• Jose Peralta | • Greg Ball | |||
• Thomas Duane | • John Bonacic | |||
• Shirley Huntley | • Lee Zeldin | |||
• James L. Seward | ||||
• Kemp Hannon |
2009-2010
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Members, 2009 | ||||
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Democratic members (3) | Republican members (3) | |||
• Eric Adams | • Kemp Hannon | |||
• Thomas Duane | • Roy McDonald | |||
• Velmanette Montgomery | • Dale Volker |
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 New York State Legislature, "Rules of the Senate of the State of New York 2019-2020," accessed February 24, 2021(Rule 2.2)
- ↑ New York State Legislature, "Providing for the adoption of the Rules of the Assembly for 2021-2022," accessed February 24, 2021
- ↑ New York State Legislature, "Rules of the Senate of the State of New York 2019-2020," accessed February 24, 2021(Rule 7.1)
- ↑ New York State Legislature, "Rules of the Senate of the State of New York 2019-2020," accessed February 24, 2021(Rule 7.1 (a))