Assembly Bill A5284

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Enhances the assisted outpatient treatment program and eliminates the expiration and repeal of Kendra's Law

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  • 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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2021-A5284 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2614
Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7.17, 9.47, 9.48, 9.60 & 29.15, Ment Hyg L; amd §404, Cor L; amd §18, Chap 408 of 1999
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4881
2013-2014: S2225
2015-2016: A1275, S4722
2017-2018: A604, S516
2019-2020: A2414, S919, S4728
2023-2024: A4451, S3483

2021-A5284 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enhances the assisted outpatient treatment program; eliminates the expiration and repeal of Kendra's Law.

2021-A5284 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5284
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, ZEBROWSKI, PAULIN, THIELE, ENGLEBRIGHT,
   COOK, WEPRIN, OTIS, STECK, WILLIAMS, CUSICK, COLTON, WALLACE, MONTESA-
   NO -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  ABBATE,  ABINANTI,  DINOWITZ,
   GOODELL,   HAWLEY,  LUPARDO,  McDONOUGH,  PALMESANO,  PERRY,  PRETLOW,
   J. RIVERA, WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Mental
   Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  mental  hygiene  law and the correction law, in
   relation to enhancing the assisted outpatient treatment  program;  and
   to  amend  Kendra's  Law, in relation to making the provisions thereof
   permanent
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  2  of  subdivision  (f) of section 7.17 of the
 mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 158 of the laws  of  2005,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (2)  The  oversight  and monitoring role of the program coordinator of
 the assisted outpatient treatment program  shall  include  each  of  the
 following:
   (i)  that each assisted outpatient receives the treatment provided for
 in the court order issued pursuant to section  9.60  of  this  [chapter]
 TITLE;
   (ii)  that  existing  services  located  in  the assisted outpatient's
 community are utilized whenever practicable;
   (iii) that a case manager or assertive  community  treatment  team  is
 designated for each assisted outpatient;
   (iv)  that  a  mechanism  exists  for  such case manager, or assertive
 community treatment team, to regularly report the assisted  outpatient's
 compliance, or lack of compliance with treatment, to the director of the
 assisted outpatient treatment program;
   (v)  that directors of community services establish procedures [which]
 THAT provide that reports of persons who may  be  in  need  of  assisted
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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