Assembly Actions -
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Apr 11, 2014 |
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Senate Bill S7014
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Alcoholism And Drug Abuse 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
2013-S7014 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §22.09, Ment Hyg L
2013-S7014 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7014 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requests for emergency services for persons intoxicated, impaired or incapacitated by alcohol or substances Purpose of Bill: This legislation would authorize certain persons to make application to a local governmental unit's director of community services for the emergency admission and assessment of a person intoxicated, impaired or incapacitated as a result of alcohol or substance abuse, and to set the maximum stabilization period at 72 hours. Summary of Provisions: Section 1 would amend Mental Hygiene Law § 22.09, relating to emergency services for persons intoxicated, impaired or incapacitated by alcohol and/or substances, to provide a means for certain persons (e.g. doctor, spouse, parent, guardian) who can document their concerns about a person's safety or the safety of those around him/her because of such person's impairment due to abuse of alcohol or substances, to apply to the local director of community services to transport such impaired person to an approved treatment facility for assessment and stabilization. The bill extends the maximum time to reach stabilization from 48 hours to 72 hours.
2013-S7014 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7014 I N S E N A T E April 11, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- (at request of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requests for emergency services for persons intoxicated, impaired or incapacitated by alcohol or substances THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 22.09 of the mental hygiene law, as added by chap- ter 558 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows: S 22.09 Emergency services for persons intoxicated, impaired, or inca- pacitated by alcohol and/or substances. (a) As used in this article: 1. "Intoxicated or impaired person" means a person whose mental or physical functioning is substantially impaired as a result of the pres- ence of alcohol and/or substances in his or her body. 2. "Incapacitated" means that a person, as a result of the use of alcohol and/or substances, is unconscious or has his or her judgment otherwise so impaired that he or she is incapable of realizing and making a rational decision with respect to his or her need for treat- ment. 3. "Likelihood to result in harm" or "likely to result in harm" means (i) a substantial risk of physical harm to the person as manifested by threats of or attempts at suicide or serious bodily harm or other conduct demonstrating that the person is dangerous to himself or herself, or (ii) a substantial risk of physical harm to other persons as manifested by homicidal or other violent behavior by which others are placed in reasonable fear of serious physical harm. 4. ["Hospital" means a general hospital as defined in article twenty- eight of the public health law] "EMERGENCY SERVICES" MEANS IMMEDIATE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION, ASSESSMENT, CARE AND EMERGENCY TREATMENT TO ACHIEVE STABILIZATION, AND EVALUATION OR REFERRAL FOR FURTHER TREATMENT. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13917-02-4
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