Senate Bill S4176

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for disclosure of sexual offender information related to a patient or client

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S4176 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§33.13, 29.16 & 29.17, Ment Hyg L; amd §§168-a, 168-b & 168-d, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S2593
2013-2014: S1691
2015-2016: S2090

2009-S4176 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for disclosure of sexual offender information related to a patient or client.

2009-S4176 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4176 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4176

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  FLANAGAN,  LARKIN, MAZIARZ, MORAHAN, RANZENHOFER,
  SKELOS, VOLKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed  to
  be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disa-
  bilities

AN  ACT  to  amend  the mental hygiene law, in relation to disclosure of
  sexual offender information related to a patient  or  client,  and  to
  amend  the correction law, in relation to inclusion of certain persons
  within the provisions of the sex offender registration  act  who  have
  had  pleas  accepted, or who have had verdicts entered with respect to
  them, of not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph  9  of  subdivision (c) of section 33.13 of the
mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (ix) to  read
as follows:
  (IX) APPROPRIATE PERSONS AND ENTITIES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SIX-C OF THE
CORRECTION  LAW, WHEN DISCLOSURE IS LIMITED TO SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRA-
TION INFORMATION NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE WELFARE AND SAFETY OF OTHERS.
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 168-a of the correction law, as added by
chapter 192 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  1. "Sex offender" includes any person who is convicted of any  of  the
offenses  set  forth  in  subdivision  two  or  three  of  this section.
Convictions that result from or are connected  with  the  same  act,  or
result  from  offenses  committed at the same time, shall be counted for
the purpose of this article as one conviction. Any conviction set  aside
pursuant  to  law  is not a conviction for purposes of this article. FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE TERM "SEX OFFENDER"  SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO
INCLUDE A PERSON WHO HAS HAD A CRIMINAL ACTION COMMENCED AGAINST THEM BY
THE FILING OF AN ACCUSATORY INSTRUMENT, A SUPERIOR COURT INFORMATION, OR
INDICTMENT  WHICH  INCLUDES  A  CHARGE  FOR THE COMMISSION OF ANY OF THE
OFFENSES SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OR THREE OF THIS SECTION AND, WITH

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06525-01-9
              

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