assembly Bill A6505

Vetoed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the collocation of certain facilities

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Current Bill Status Via S4630 - Vetoed by Governor

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Vetoed by Governor

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 29, 2017 vetoed memo.195
Nov 22, 2017 delivered to governor
Jun 15, 2017 returned to senate
passed assembly
ordered to third reading rules cal.292
substituted for a6505
Jun 15, 2017 substituted by s4630
Jun 14, 2017 ordered to third reading rules cal.292
rules report cal.292
reported
Jun 12, 2017 reported referred to rules
Jun 05, 2017 reported referred to ways and means
Mar 07, 2017 referred to mental health

Votes

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Jun 5, 2017 - floor Vote

S4630
62
0
floor
62
Aye
0
Nay
0
Absent
1
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: Jun 5, 2017

aye (62)
excused (1)

May 16, 2017 - Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities committee Vote

S4630
10
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committee
10
Aye
0
Nay
1
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Committee Vote: May 16, 2017

aye (10)
aye wr (1)

Co-Sponsors

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A6505 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4630
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7.17, Ment Hyg L

A6505 - Summary

Relates to prohibiting the collocation of certain facilities; prohibits the Western New York Children's Psychiatric Center from being collocated or merged with any other facility.

A6505 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6505

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 7, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. KEARNS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Mental Health

AN  ACT  to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to prohibiting the
  collocation of certain facilities

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

  Section  1. Subdivision (c) of section 7.17 of the mental hygiene law,
as added by chapter 978 of the laws of  1977,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (c)  The  commissioner  shall  establish the areas which each facility
under his jurisdiction shall serve and the categories of patients  which
each  such  facility shall receive, retain, or treat; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT THE WESTERN NEW YORK CHILDREN'S PSYCHIATRIC CENTER SHALL  BE  MAIN-
TAINED  IN  A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION BETWEEN NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND
ONE MILLION PEOPLE AS A SEPARATE  AND  DISTINCT  ENTITY  BOTH  ORGANIZA-
TIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY WITHIN THE OFFICE AND SHALL NOT BE COLLOCATED OR
MERGED WITH ANY OTHER FACILITY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10021-01-7

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