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Assembly Bill A4240

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting admission of sex offenders to state operated psychiatric centers which share facilities with a children's psychiatric center

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2021-A4240 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §9.65, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9881
2019-2020: A4817
2023-2024: A2081
2025-2026: A2477

2021-A4240 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits admission of sex offenders to state operated psychiatric centers which share facilities with a children's psychiatric center.

2021-A4240 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4240
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. COLTON, STECK -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to treatment of  sex
   offenders in certain facilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
 9.65 to read as follows:
 § 9.65 TREATMENT OF SEX OFFENDERS IN CERTAIN FACILITIES.
   ANY  FACILITY  OPERATED  BY  THE  STATE, WHICH PROVIDES NON-EMERGENCY,
 CLINICAL OUTPATIENT OR INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT AND  WHICH  OPER-
 ATES IN THE SAME BUILDING AS A CHILDREN'S PSYCHIATRIC CENTER OPERATED BY
 THE  STATE  SHALL  DETERMINE, PRIOR TO THE TREATMENT OR ADMISSION OF ANY
 PERSON, WHETHER SUCH PERSON IS A SEX OFFENDER, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION
 ONE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED  SIXTY-EIGHT-A  OF  THE  CORRECTION  LAW.  NO
 FACILITY WHICH OPERATES IN THE SAME BUILDING AS A CHILDREN'S PSYCHIATRIC
 CENTER SHALL ADMIT OR TREAT A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER AT SUCH LOCATION.
   §  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.
                                                            LBD05983-01-1

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