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Help the mentally ill in New York: Make Kendra's Law Permanent
  1. Signatures
    200 out of 200
    Petitioning
    1. The Governor of NY (+ 4 others)
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      • The Governor of NY
      • The NY State Senate
      • The NY State House
      • State Rep. Sheldon Silver (NY-064)
      • State Sen. John Sampson (NY-019)
  2. Created By
    DJ Jaffe
    New York, NY
About this Petition Petition Letter

PLEASE DO NOT SIGN IF YOU ARE NOT A NYS RESIDENT. THANK YOU.

If you have a residence in New York State, please add your name and address on the right (It can be kept confidential) and an email will be sent to your NYS representative asking them to make Kendra's Law Permanent.  To learn more about the law, go to http://www.kendraslaw.org  (If you are not NYS resident, don't sign, visit treatmentadvocacycenter.org )

Please email this to anyone you know in New York State, be they friends, family, business associates, whatever.  At right, you can click to put this on Facebook, Twitter, or email link to your friends.

This is important for NYS and will make a real difference in the lives of people who need our help. Thank you.

(Note: If you don't have a residence in NY go to treatmentadvocacycenter.org )

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Make Kendra's Law Permanent: Co-sponsor A10421/S7596

To my Albany Representive:

As a constituent of yours, I want to thank you for all you've done to help people with serious mental illness.

As someone who cares about the seriously mentally, public safety, and saving money, I urge you to Co-sponsor and support A10421/S7596: a bill to make Kendra's Law Permanent and enhance it. Research shows the law accomplishes three objectives:

• Helps the mentally ill by reducing homelessness (74%); suicide attempts (55%); and substance abuse (48%);
• Keeps the public safer by reducing physical harm to others (47%) and property destruction (43%).
• Saves money by reducing hospitalization (77%); arrests (83%); and incarceration (87%).
• Results in beneficial structural changes to local mental health service delivery including enhanced accountability and improved access to services; improved treatment plan development, discharge planning, and coordination of services.

OMH has used 'cost' as a reason not to make permanent. But their bill costs no less than these bills over the next five years. Please make Kendra's Law Permanent.

Thank you very much

[Your name]

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