Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 24, 2014 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jan 08, 2014 |
ordered to third reading cal.206 returned to assembly died in senate |
Apr 17, 2013 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction delivered to senate passed assembly |
Mar 20, 2013 |
advanced to third reading cal.113 |
Mar 19, 2013 |
reported |
Feb 06, 2013 |
referred to correction |
Assembly Bill A4583
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
O'DONNELL
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction 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
co-Sponsors
Jeffrion Aubry
2013-A4583 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A4583 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4583 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 6, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL, AUBRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to holding inmates that suffer from mental illness for emergency purposes THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 402 of the correction law, as amended by chapter 164 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows: 9. Except as provided in subdivision two OF THIS SECTION pertaining to prisoners confined in the city of New York, an inmate of a correctional facility or a county jail may be admitted on an emergency basis to the Central New York Psychiatric Center upon the certification by two exam- ining physicians, including physicians employed by the office of mental health and associated with the correctional facility in which such inmate is confined, that the inmate suffers from a mental illness which is likely to result in serious harm to himself or others as defined in subdivision (a) of section 9.39 of the mental hygiene law. Any person so committed shall be delivered by the superintendent within a twenty-four hour period, to the director of the appropriate hospital as designated in the rules and regulations of the office of mental health. Upon deliv- ery of such person to a hospital operated by the office of mental health, a proceeding under this section shall immediately be commenced, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AFTER SUCH EMERGENCY HAS RESOLVED SUCH PERSON MAY BE HELD WITHOUT COURT ORDER FOR FURTHER IN-PATIENT TREATMENT PURSU- ANT TO SECTIONS 9.13 AND 9.15 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW. S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08613-01-3
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