NYC Council bill requiring mental health services in shelters tweaked to include remote option amid staffing concerns
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Mental health services would be required in the city's family homeless shelters under a bill passed by the City Council on Thursday - but the legislation got tweaked ahead of the vote to make remote therapy an acceptable form of care.The original version of the bill, which was introduced last summer by Manhattan Councilman Erik Bottcher, would've mandated that in-person mental health counseling be provided at all city shelters housing families with children.
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