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Assembly Bill A5431

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to providing confidential OMH records to attorneys representing patients or clients involuntarily placed in certain units

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2015-A5431 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง33.13, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A6531

2015-A5431 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing confidential OMH records to attorneys representing patients or clients involuntarily placed in correctional special housing or residential mental health treatment units.

2015-A5431 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5431

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 23, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. O'DONNELL, GUNTHER, ABINANTI -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of A.  GOTTFRIED, McDONALD -- read once and referred  to  the
  Committee on Mental Health

AN  ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to providing confi-
  dential office of mental health records to attorneys

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  3  of  subdivision (c) of section 33.13 of the
mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 158 of the laws  of  2005,  is
amended to read as follows:
  3.  to  attorneys  representing  patients or clients in proceedings in
which the patients' or clients' involuntary  hospitalization,  PLACEMENT
IN  A  CORRECTIONAL  SPECIAL  HOUSING  UNIT OR RESIDENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH
TREATMENT UNIT, or assisted outpatient treatment is at issue.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09312-01-5

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