New York Consolidated Laws, Public Health Law - PBH § 207-a. Tick-borne diseases and blood-borne pathogen impact study

(a) Considerations of how Lyme, tick-borne illnesses, and other blood-borne pathogens or vector-borne diseases may have correlations with mental illness in infected individuals;

(b) Populations at-risk including those individuals with occupations outdoors and/or increased exposure to vectors;

(c) Diagnostic indicators of mental illness that can be used as guidance for healthcare providers and mental health practitioners;

(d) Historical considerations of infection rates and mental illness indicators that may have gone undiagnosed or misdiagnosed in endemic areas;  and

(e) Recommendations for intervention and coordinated care for individuals who exhibit mental illness symptoms as well as those who have both physical and mental health indicators.