Assembly Actions -
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Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to ways and means |
Apr 30, 2019 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Feb 01, 2019 |
referred to correction |
Assembly Bill A4233
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WEPRIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
co-Sponsors
Daniel O'Donnell
Jeffrion Aubry
Carmen De La Rosa
2019-A4233 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A4233 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4233 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 1, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, 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. § 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. LBD07258-01-9
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