Assembly Actions -
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Mar 21, 2024 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 20, 2024 |
2nd report cal. |
Mar 19, 2024 |
1st report cal.680 |
Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction returned to senate died in assembly |
May 30, 2023 |
referred to correction delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 22, 2023 |
ordered to third reading cal.1090 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Feb 13, 2023 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
Senate Bill S4621
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 32nd Senate District
Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- 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
Votes
2023-S4621 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S4621 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4621 SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the correction law, in relation to incarcerated individ- uals with a serious mental illness PURPOSE: This bill changes the definition of serious mental illness in the correction law to match the definition in the mental hygiene law. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subparagraph i of paragraph e of subdivision 6 of section 137 of the correction law. Section 2 provides an effective date. JUSTIFICATION:
2023-S4621 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4621 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 13, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to incarcerated individ- uals with a serious mental illness THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 6 of section 137 of the correction law, as amended by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows: (i) he or she [has a current diagnosis of, or is diagnosed at the initial or any subsequent assessment conducted during the incarcerated individual's segregated confinement with, one or more of the following types of Axis I diagnoses, as described in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and such diagnoses shall be made based upon all relevant clinical factors, including but not limited to symptoms related to such diagnoses: (A) schizophrenia (all sub-types), (B) delusional disorder, (C) schizophreniform disorder, (D) schizoaffective disorder, (E) brief psychotic disorder, (F) substance-induced psychotic disorder (excluding intoxication and withdrawal), (G) psychotic disorder not otherwise specified, (H) major depressive disorders, or (I) bipolar disorder I and II] IS A PERSON WITH A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FIFTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW; § 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. LBD03996-01-3
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