Senate Bill S6468

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of mental hygiene facilities

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S6468 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §550, Exec L; amd §488, Soc Serv L

2017-S6468 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the definition of mental hygiene facilities to not include facilities with security hospital treatment assistants.

2017-S6468 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6468 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6468
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
   mental Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive  law  and  the  social  services  law,  in
   relation to mental hygiene facilities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section  550  of  the  executive  law,  as
 amended  by  section  3 of part MM of chapter 58 of the laws of 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
   2. "Mental hygiene facility" shall  mean  a  facility  as  defined  in
 subdivision six of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law and facilities
 for the operation of which an operating certificate is required pursuant
 to article sixteen or thirty-one of the mental hygiene law and including
 family  care homes. "Mental hygiene facility" also means a secure treat-
 ment facility as defined by article ten of the mental hygiene law.  This
 term shall not include ANY PSYCHIATRIC CENTER AS SET FORTH  IN  SUBDIVI-
 SION (B) OF SECTION 7.17 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW WHICH EMPLOYS SECURI-
 TY  HOSPITAL TREATMENT ASSISTANTS NOR services defined in [subparagraph]
 PARAGRAPH four of subdivision (a) of section 16.03 of the mental hygiene
 law.
   § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4  of  section  488  of  the  social
 services  law,  as  amended by section 2 of part MM of chapter 58 of the
 laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) a facility or program in which services are provided and which  is
 operated,  licensed  or  certified  by  the office of mental health, the
 office for people with developmental disabilities or the office of alco-
 holism and substance  abuse  services,  including  but  not  limited  to
 psychiatric  centers, inpatient psychiatric units of a general hospital,
 developmental centers, intermediate  care  facilities,  community  resi-
 dences,  group homes and family care homes, provided, however, that such
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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