Assembly Actions -
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Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to mental health and developmental disabilities |
Aug 17, 2011 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S5871
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities 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
2011-S5871 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8599
- Current Committee:
- Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง31.37, Ment Hyg L
2011-S5871 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5871 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring the service providers to provide notice to local law enforcement agencies of the presence of violent mentally disabled residents in community residences and supportive living facilities PURPOSE OF BILL: Requires service providers for the mentally ill or developmentally disabled to provide written notice to police of any violent residents in community residences. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF BILL: Section 1 adds a new section 31.37 to the mental hygiene law requiring that providers of community services or not-for-profit community organizations which operate community residences, or place persons with a mental illness or developmental disability in supportive living arrangements in residential apartment buildings containing 15 or more units, to provide written notice to local law enforcement agencies of the placement therein of any resident who has been certified by a mental health professional as either likely to cause physical harm to other persons or likely to cause harm to others if he or she ceases to undergo necessary treatments or therapies. Such notice shall be provided upon the admittance to the community
2011-S5871 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5871 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E August 17, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KLEIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring the service providers to provide notice to local law enforcement agencies of the presence of violent mentally disabled residents in community residences and supportive living facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 31.37 to read as follows: S 31.37 COMMUNITY RESIDENCES AND SUPPORTIVE LIVING FACILITIES; NOTICE OF VIOLENT RESIDENTS. (A) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: 1. "COMMUNITY RESIDENCE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-EIGHT OF SECTION 1.03 OF THIS CHAPTER, AND SHALL ALSO MEAN ANY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING THAT CONTAINS FIFTEEN OR MORE RESIDENTIAL UNITS, IN WHICH SUCH BUILDING A PROVIDER OF COMMUNITY SERVICES OR A NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATION HAS PLACED PERSONS WHO SUFFER FROM A MENTAL ILLNESS OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT SUCH RESIDENTIAL BUILDING SHALL BE CONSIDERED A COMMUNITY RESIDENCE ONLY IF MORE THAN TWENTY PERCENT OF THE RENTAL UNITS OF THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ARE LEASED TO PERSONS WHO SUFFER FROM A MENTAL ILLNESS OR A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A PROVIDER OF COMMUNITY SERVICES OR A NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZA- TION, AND/OR ARE LEASED TO PROVIDERS OF COMMUNITY SERVICES OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS THAT LEASE RESIDENTIAL UNITS ON BEHALF OF PERSONS WHO SUFFER FROM A MENTAL ILLNESS OR A DEVEL- OPMENTAL DISABILITY. 2. "MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL" MEANS A PHYSICIAN LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW WHO IS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11588-03-1
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