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Senate Bill S9920

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the office of mental health to conduct a study on the mental health and prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among corrections officers and other prison workers

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2025-S9920 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6623
Current Committee:
Senate Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene

2025-S9920 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the office of mental health to conduct a study on the mental health and prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among corrections officers and other prison workers and to submit a report of the findings of such study to the governor and the legislature.

2025-S9920 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9920 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9920
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 16, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT directing the office of mental health to conduct a study  on  the
   mental  health  and prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among
   corrections officers and other prison workers; and providing  for  the
   repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. The office of mental health shall conduct a study on the
 mental health and prevalence of  post-traumatic  stress  disorder  among
 corrections officers and other prison workers in the state.
   2. Within one year after the effective date of this act, the office of
 mental  health  shall  prepare and submit to the governor, the temporary
 president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority lead-
 er of the senate and the  minority  leader  of  the  assembly  a  report
 containing  the  study's findings and recommendations for legislative or
 administrative action that can be undertaken in addressing post-traumat-
 ic stress disorder and other  mental  health  issues  among  corrections
 officers and other prison workers in the state.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed two years after such date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10409-01-5

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