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Assembly Bill A3568

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to access to mental health care services for emergency dispatchers

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2025-A3568 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §155, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A5041

2025-A3568 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a collective bargaining agreement or employment contract shall not require that an emergency dispatcher employed by a municipality obtain approval from, or provide notice to, a supervisor to access mental or behavioral health care services.

2025-A3568 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3568
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to access  to  mental
   health care services for emergency dispatchers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 155 to read as follows:
   §  155. ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES. NO COLLEC-
 TIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT OR EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT ENTERED INTO BY A MUNI-
 CIPALITY AND AN EMPLOYEE OR AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING  EMER-
 GENCY  DISPATCHERS  EMPLOYED  BY SUCH MUNICIPALITY SHALL REQUIRE THAT AN
 EMERGENCY DISPATCHER OBTAIN APPROVAL  FROM,  OR  PROVIDE  NOTICE  TO,  A
 SUPERVISOR  TO  ACCESS  MENTAL  OR  BEHAVIORAL  HEALTH CARE SERVICES. NO
 MENTAL OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES REQUESTED OR  RECEIVED  BY  AN
 EMERGENCY DISPATCHER SHALL BE DISCLOSED TO A MUNICIPAL EMPLOYER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06662-01-5

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