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Jan 06, 2016 |
ordered to third reading cal.95 returned to assembly died in senate |
Jun 11, 2015 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jun 10, 2015 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.211 rules report cal.211 reported |
Jun 02, 2015 |
reported referred to rules |
Jan 13, 2015 |
referred to correction |
Assembly Bill A2009
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
O'DONNELL
Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- 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
Felix Ortiz
Luis R. Sepúlveda
2015-A2009 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A2009 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2009 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 13, 2015 ___________ 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. LBD01048-01-5
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