As used in this title: 1. 'Office' means the office of mental health. 2. 'Commissioner' means the head of the office of mental health. 3. 'Mental health peer' or 'MHP' means an individual with lived-experience who is actively in recovery from a mental health condition and has self-disclosed their mental health journey. 4. 'Family peer advocate' or 'FPA' means an individual with lived-experience as the biological, foster, or adoptive parent or primary caregiver of a child or youth with a social, emotional, behavioral, mental health, or developmental disability. 5. 'Youth peer advocate' or 'YPA' means an individual who self-identifies as a person with first-hand experience with mental health and/or co-occurring behavioral challenges as a young person or has received services in any one of the child-serving systems or programs pursuant to this chapter. 6. 'New York state certified peer specialist' or 'NYCPS' means a mental health peer who has specialized training and holds a credential from a certifying authority recognized by the commissioner. 7. 'Credentialed family peer advocate' or 'CFPA' means an individual verified to have met the criteria for a family peer holds a credential from a certifying authority recognized by the commissioner. 7. 'Credentialed family peer advocate' or 'CFPA' means an individual verified to have met the criteria for a family peer advocate as defined in subdivision four of this section and who holds a credential from a certifying authority recognized by the commissioner. 8. 'Credentialed youth peer advocate' or 'CYPA' means an individual verified to have met the criteria for a youth peer advocate as defined in subdivision five of this section and who holds a credential from a certifying authority recognized by the commissioner.
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