Assembly Bill A9536

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts "Stephen's law"; requires certified treatment programs to notify patients of their right to name an emergency contact

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S4741 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A9536 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4741
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §32.17-a, Ment Hyg L

2019-A9536 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Stephen's law"; requires certified treatment programs to notify patients of their right to name an emergency contact.

2019-A9536 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9536
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
 AN  ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring certi-
   fied treatment programs to notify patients of their right to  name  an
   emergency contact
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. This act shall be known and  may  be  cited  as  "Stephen's
 law".
   § 2. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 32.17-a
 to read as follows:
 § 32.17-A NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY CONTACT.
   EVERY  CERTIFIED TREATMENT PROGRAM SHALL NOTIFY EVERY PATIENT OF THEIR
 RIGHT TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS WHO SHOULD BE CONTACTED IN CASE  OF  EMER-
 GENCY, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   §  3.  The  office  of  addiction  services and supports shall develop
 guidelines to  encourage  certified  treatment  programs  to  work  with
 patients  to  identify individuals who can assist in their treatment and
 recovery, and to identify those individuals who can serve as an emergen-
 cy contact person  for  such  patient.  Such  guidelines  shall  provide
 instruction to certified treatment programs regarding recommended proto-
 cols for communicating with emergency contacts.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall  have  become a law. Effective immediately, the development of
 guidelines necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
 date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05434-10-0

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