Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to mental health and developmental disabilities |
Sep 25, 2019 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6752
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 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
2019-S6752 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§7.37-a & 13.37-a, Ment Hyg L
2019-S6752 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6752 SPONSOR: LITTLE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to authorizing the office of mental health and the office for people with developmental disabilities to provide transitional care for certain persons PURPOSE: Authorizes the office of mental health and the office for people with developmental disabilities to provide transitional care for certain persons. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Paragraph 6 and paragraph 5 (laws of 1998) of subdivision (a) of section 7.37-a of the mental hygiene law is amended Paragraph 6 and paragraph 5 (laws of 2015) of subdivision (a) of section 13.37-a of the mental hygiene law is amended.
2019-S6752 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6752 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E September 25, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- 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 authorizing the office of mental health and the office for people with developmental disabilities to provide transitional care for certain persons THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 6 of subdivision (a) of section 7.37-a of the mental hygiene law is renumbered paragraph 7. § 2. Paragraph 5 of subdivision (a) of section 7.37-a of the mental hygiene law, as added by chapter 405 of the laws of 1998, is amended and a new paragraph 6 is added to read as follows: 5. whose residential needs can be met by the facility in which the persons resided prior to becoming age twenty-one or becoming ineligible for free educational services; [and] 6. WHO WERE DISABLED AND IN NEED OF RESIDENTIAL EDUCATIONAL PLACEMENT PRIOR TO BECOMING TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON WAS ABANDONED AND THAT SUCH TRANSITIONAL CARE SHALL ONLY BE PROVIDED UNTIL RESIDENTIAL EDUCATIONAL PLACEMENT IS FOUND FOR SUCH PERSON; AND § 3. Paragraph 6 of subdivision (a) of section 13.37-a of the mental hygiene law is renumbered paragraph 7. § 4. Paragraph 5 of subdivision (a) of section 13.37-a of the mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 106 of the laws of 2015, is amended and a new paragraph 6 is added to read as follows: 5. whose residential needs can be met by the facility in which the persons resided prior to becoming age twenty-one or becoming ineligible for free educational services; [and] 6. WHO WERE DISABLED AND IN NEED OF RESIDENTIAL EDUCATIONAL PLACEMENT PRIOR TO BECOMING TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON WAS ABANDONED AND THAT SUCH TRANSITIONAL CARE SHALL ONLY BE PROVIDED UNTIL RESIDENTIAL EDUCATIONAL PLACEMENT IS FOUND FOR SUCH PERSONS; AND § 5. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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