Assembly Actions -
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Apr 18, 2018 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to mental health and developmental disabilities |
Mar 08, 2017 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 11, 2017 |
referred to mental health and developmental disabilities |
Senate Bill S1912
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance 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
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2017-S1912 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3254
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §43.03, Ment Hyg L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S3883, A6147
2013-2014: S6226, A6512
2015-2016: S2465, A5846
2019-2020: S1218, A3116
2021-2022: S1159
2017-S1912 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1912 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to fees for services rendered to patients held in state inpatient facilities pursuant to court orders PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To relieve counties of fiscal responsibility for services rendered to patients held in state inpatient facilities pursuant to court order in excess of thirty days. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1 amends subdivision (c) of section 43.03 of the mental hygiene law by placing a 30 day limit on the fiscal responsibility of county governments for Department of Mental Health (DMH) services to certain persons being held pursuant to the order of a criminal court. Section 2 is the effective date. EXISTING LAW : Currently, Section 43.03 (c) of the Mental Hygiene Law provides that persons receiving mental hygiene services while being held pursuant to the order of a criminal court shall not be liable to DMH for such
2017-S1912 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1912 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 11, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RITCHIE, BONACIC, MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to fees for services rendered to patients held in state inpatient facilities pursuant to court orders THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 43.03 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: (c) Patients receiving services while being held pursuant to order of a criminal court, other than patients committed to the department pursu- ant to section 330.20 of the criminal procedure law, or for examination pursuant to an order of the family court shall not be liable to the department for such services. Fees due the department for such services shall be paid by the county in which such court is located [except that counties] FOR UP TO AND INCLUDING ONLY THE FIRST THIRTY DAYS OF SERVICES. COUNTIES shall not be responsible for the cost of services rendered patients committed to the department pursuant to section 330.20 of the criminal procedure law or patients committed to the department pursuant to article ten of this chapter. § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07438-01-7
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