New York's governor David Paterson announced support for making access to mental health treatment permanent for kids by extending Timothy's Law. The law is named after Timothy O'Clair, a 12 year-old who committed suicide and whose family ran into insurance barriers for mental health treatment. Paterson announced his support on what would have been Timothy's 21st birthday and on the heels of a report citing how effective the temporary law had been in getting kids services. The state subsidizes businesses with fewer than 50 workers, more comprehensive than the Wellstone-Domenici federal parity law, and allows for 30 days of hospitalization and 20 out-patient visits. Cost estimates run in the neighborhood of $1.04 per person a month or about the cost of three capuccini from Starbucks a year. It has been widely endorsed in the press and by service agencies .
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