{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-mental-hygiene-law-7.03","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 7.03","heading":"Definitions","body":"§ 7.03 Definitions.\n  As used in this title:\n  1. \"Office\" means the office of mental health.\n  2. \"Commissioner\" means the head of the office of mental health.\n  3. \"Mental health peer\" or \"MHP\" means an individual with\nlived-experience who is actively in recovery from a mental health\ncondition and has self-disclosed their mental health journey.\n  4. \"Family peer advocate\" or \"FPA\" means an individual with\nlived-experience as the biological, foster, or adoptive parent or\nprimary caregiver of a child or youth with a social, emotional,\nbehavioral, mental health, or developmental disability.\n  5. \"Youth peer advocate\" or \"YPA\" means an individual who\nself-identifies as a person with first-hand experience with mental\nhealth and/or co-occurring behavioral challenges as a young person or\nhas received services in any one of the child-serving systems or\nprograms pursuant to this chapter.\n  6. \"New York state certified peer specialist\" or \"NYCPS\" means a\nmental health peer who has specialized training and holds a credential\nfrom a certifying authority recognized by the commissioner.\n  7. \"Credentialed family peer advocate\" or \"CFPA\" means an individual\nverified to have met the criteria for a family peer advocate as defined\nin subdivision four of this section and who holds a credential from a\ncertifying authority recognized by the commissioner.\n  8. \"Credentialed youth peer advocate\" or \"CYPA\" means an individual\nverified to have met the criteria for a youth peer advocate as defined\nin subdivision five of this section and who holds a credential from a\ncertifying authority recognized by the commissioner.","path":["Mental Hygiene Law","Title B. Mental Health Act","Article 7. Office of Mental Health"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/MHY/7.03","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"3c17ac372f1e98d184bb9409a341d64afa4a397d18a223431c80f5dbe483ed84","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-mental-hygiene-law-7.01","next":"us-ny/n.y.-mental-hygiene-law-7.07"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}