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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 16, 2016
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Introduced  by M. of A. AUBRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to inmates with a  seri-
  ous mental illness

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

  Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of  paragraph  (e)  of  subdivision  6  of
section  137 of the correction law, as added by chapter 1 of the laws of
2008, is amended to read as follows:
  (i) he or she [has a current diagnosis of,  or  is  diagnosed  at  the
initial  or  any  subsequent  assessment  conducted  during the inmate's
segregated confinement with, one or more of the following types of  Axis
I  diagnoses,  as described in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and such diagnoses shall  be
made based upon all relevant clinical factors, including but not limited
to symptoms related to such diagnoses:
  (A) schizophrenia (all sub-types),
  (B) delusional disorder,
  (C) schizophreniform disorder,
  (D) schizoaffective disorder,
  (E) brief psychotic disorder,
  (F)  substance-induced  psychotic disorder (excluding intoxication and
withdrawal),
  (G) psychotic disorder not otherwise specified,
  (H) major depressive disorders, or
  (I) bipolar disorder I and II] IS  A  PERSON  WITH  A  SERIOUS  MENTAL
ILLNESS,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  FIFTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE
MENTAL HYGIENE LAW;
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.


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