Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 30, 2012 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to mental health and developmental disabilities |
Jun 16, 2011 |
print number 3423a |
Jun 16, 2011 |
amend and recommit to judiciary |
May 04, 2011 |
reported and committed to judiciary |
Feb 22, 2011 |
referred to mental health and developmental disabilities |
Senate Bill S3423
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
2011-S3423 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §47.01, Ment Hyg L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
S801
2015-2016: S1907
2017-2018: S2441
2019-2020: S3766
2011-S3423 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3423 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to providing a mental hygiene legal service to certain patients or residents of residential healthcare facilities PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill provides mental hygiene legal services with authority to provide legal assistance to patients or residents of residential health care facilities including nursing homes who have been admitted directly from a psychiatric facility or a psychiatric ward of a hospital and who have a serious mental illness for which they are receiving services related to such illness. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Sections 1 of the bill amends section 47.01 subdivision (a) of the mental hygiene law to include patients and residents of residential healthcare facilities including nursing homes who have been directly admitted from a facility licensed by the Office of Mental Health and who have a serious mental illness and are receiving services for such illness. Section 2 of the bill provides for an immediate effective date.
2011-S3423 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3423 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 22, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. McDONALD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop- mental Disabilities AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to providing a mental hygiene legal service to certain patients or residents of resi- dential healthcare facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 47.01 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: (a) There shall be a mental hygiene legal service of the state in each judicial department. The service shall provide legal assistance to patients or residents of a facility as defined in section 1.03 of this chapter, PATIENTS OR RESIDENTS OF RESIDENTIAL HEALTHCARE FACILITIES INCLUDING NURSING HOMES LICENSED AND OPERATING PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWEN- TY-EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW WHO HAVE BEEN ADMITTED DIRECTLY FROM A FACILITY AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1.03 OF THIS CHAPTER AND WHO HAVE A SERI- OUS MENTAL ILLNESS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1.03 OF THIS CHAPTER AND ARE RECEIVING SERVICES RELATED TO SUCH ILLNESS, or any other place or facil- ity which is required to have an operating certificate pursuant to arti- cle sixteen or thirty-one of this chapter, and to persons alleged to be in need of care and treatment in such facilities or places, and to persons entitled to such legal assistance as provided by article ten of this chapter. The head of such service in each judicial department and such assistants and such staff as may be necessary shall be appointed and may be removed by the presiding justice of the appellate division of the judicial department. Appointments and transfers to the service shall comply with the provisions of the civil service law. Standards for qualifications of the personnel in the service shall be established by the presiding justice of the appellate division of the judicial depart- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00579-01-1
2011-S3423A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §47.01, Ment Hyg L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2013-2014:
S801
2015-2016: S1907
2017-2018: S2441
2019-2020: S3766
2011-S3423A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3423A TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to providing a mental hygiene legal service to certain patients or residents of residential healthcare facilities PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill provides mental hygiene legal services with authority to provide legal assistance to patients or residents of residential health care facilities including nursing homes who have been admitted directly from a psychiatric facility or a psychiatric ward of a hospital and who have a serious mental illness for which they are receiving services related to such illness. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Sections 1 of the bill amends section 47.01 subdivision (a) of the mental hygiene law to include patients and residents of residential healthcare facilities including nursing homes who have been directly admitted from a facility licensed by the Office of Mental Health and who have a serious mental illness and are receiving services for such illness. Section 2 of the bill provides for an immediate effective date.
2011-S3423A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3423--A 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 22, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. McDONALD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop- mental Disabilities -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to providing a mental hygiene legal service to certain patients or residents of resi- dential healthcare facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 47.01 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: (a) There shall be a mental hygiene legal service of the state in each judicial department. The service shall provide legal assistance to patients or residents of a facility as defined in section 1.03 of this chapter, PATIENTS OR RESIDENTS OF RESIDENTIAL HEALTHCARE FACILITIES LICENSED AND OPERATING PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW WHO HAVE BEEN ADMITTED DIRECTLY FROM A FACILITY AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1.03 OF THIS CHAPTER AND WHO HAVE A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1.03 OF THIS CHAPTER AND ARE RECEIVING SERVICES RELATED TO SUCH ILLNESS, or any other place or facility which is required to have an operating certificate pursuant to article sixteen or thirty-one of this chapter, and to persons alleged to be in need of care and treatment in such facilities or places, and to persons entitled to such legal assistance as provided by article ten of this chapter. The head of such service in each judicial department and such assistants and such staff as may be necessary shall be appointed and may be removed by the presiding justice of the appellate division of the judicial depart- ment. Appointments and transfers to the service shall comply with the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00579-03-1
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