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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Apr 29, 2011 |
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Assembly Bill A7317
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MCDONOUGH
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- 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
co-Sponsors
Andrew Raia
Thomas McKevitt
Joseph Saladino
multi-Sponsors
Clifford Crouch
Gary Finch
Stephen Hawley
Dean Murray
2011-A7317 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A7317 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires providers of non-emergency, clinical outpatient treatment to patients on a continuing basis to determine whether they are sex offenders; treatment to sex offenders shall be provided during those times when patients, who are not sex offenders, are not present in the facility.
2011-A7317 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7317 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 29, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONOUGH, RAIA, McKEVITT, SALADINO -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, FINCH, HAWLEY, MURRAY, PALMESANO, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law and the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring providers of non-emergency, clinical outpatient treatment to check whether patients are sex offenders and to segregate sex offender patients from other patients THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 22 to read as follows: S 22. REQUIREMENT TO CHECK SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY; CONTINUING CLINICAL OUTPATIENT TREATMENT. 1. EVERY PERSON AND ENTITY WHICH PROVIDES A NON-EMERGENCY, CLINICAL OUTPATIENT COURSE OF TREATMENT TO A PATIENT, WHICH REQUIRES THREE OR MORE VISITS DURING ANY CALENDAR YEAR, SHALL REQUIRE EACH SUCH PATIENT TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER ADDRESS AND DATE OF BIRTH, AND INQUIRE WHETHER SUCH PATIENT IS A SEX OFFENDER, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-A OF THE CORRECTION LAW. IN ADDITION, SUCH PERSON OR ENTITY SHALL CALL THE SPECIAL TELE- PHONE NUMBER OPERATED BY THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-P OF THE CORRECTION LAW, TO DETERMINE WHETHER EACH SUCH PATIENT IS A SEX OFFENDER. 2. EVERY PERSON AND ENTITY WHICH PROVIDES A NON-EMERGENCY, CLINICAL OUTPATIENT COURSE OF TREATMENT TO A PATIENT, WHICH REQUIRES THREE OR MORE VISITS DURING ANY CALENDAR YEAR, SHALL SCHEDULE AND TREAT PATIENTS WHO ARE SEX OFFENDERS DURING AND AT SUCH TIMES AS NO PATIENTS WHO ARE NOT SEX OFFENDERS ARE WITHIN ANY PORTION OF THE FACILITY IN WHICH TREAT- MENT IS PROVIDED. S 2. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 33.27 to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02938-01-1
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