Requires written documentation of a mental health examination completed by a physician, psychologist or social worker licensed in this state that supports that a person is competent and not likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety prior to issuing a license to carry a firearm to such person.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
July 6, 2022
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Paulin) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to requiring proof of a
mental health examination prior to issuing a license to carry a
firearm
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraphs (m) and (n) of subdivision 1 of section 400.00
of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, are
amended and a new paragraph (o) is added to read as follows:
(m) who has not had a guardian appointed for him or her pursuant to
any provision of state law, based on a determination that as a result of
marked subnormal intelligence, mental illness, incapacity, condition or
disease, he or she lacks the mental capacity to contract or manage his
or her own affairs; [and] (n) concerning whom no good cause exists for
the denial of the license[.]; AND
(O) WHO SUBMITS WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION OF A MENTAL HEALTH EXAMINATION
COMPLETED BY A PHYSICIAN, PSYCHOLOGIST OR SOCIAL WORKER LICENSED IN THIS
STATE THAT SUPPORTS THAT SUCH PERSON IS COMPETENT AND NOT LIKELY TO ACT
IN A MANNER DANGEROUS TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16075-01-2
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