Assembly Bill A6927

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires certain facilities to have a staff member specifically trained in filing assisted outpatient treatment petitions

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  • 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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2021-A6927 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9.60, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10100
2023-2024: A5185

2021-A6927 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain hospitals and correctional facilities to have a staff member specifically trained in filing assisted outpatient treatment petitions.

2021-A6927 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6927
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  TANNOUSIS  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring certain
   facilities to have a  staff  member  specifically  trained  in  filing
   assisted outpatient treatment petitions

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 9.60 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision (s) to read as follows:
   (S) (1) THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
 HEALTH  AND  THE  COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION,
 SHALL REQUIRE HOSPITALS LICENSED OR OPERATED BY  THE  OFFICE  OF  MENTAL
 HEALTH  OPERATING A PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION,
 HOSPITALS SUBJECT TO THE  PROVISIONS  OF  ARTICLE  TWENTY-EIGHT  OF  THE
 PUBLIC  HEALTH LAW AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO
 OF THE CORRECTION LAW TO HAVE A STAFF  MEMBER  SPECIFICALLY  TRAINED  IN
 FILING ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PETITIONS.
   (2)  WHEN  AN  INDIVIDUAL BEING RELEASED FROM A MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL
 UNDER SECTION 7.17 OF THIS CHAPTER, A HOSPITAL SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS
 OF ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW,  OR  A  CORRECTIONAL
 FACILITY  AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE CORRECTION LAW, IF SUCH INDI-
 VIDUAL IS FOUND TO HAVE A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS, OR  THE  INDIVIDUAL
 IS DETERMINED DURING A COURT ORDERED MANDATORY EVALUATION TO SUFFER FROM
 MENTAL  ILLNESS,  SUCH  INDIVIDUAL SHALL NOT BE RELEASED UNTIL HE OR SHE
 HAS BEEN COUNSELED ON AND REGISTERED WITH SERVICES WHICH SHALL BE AVAIL-
 ABLE TO SUCH INDIVIDUAL ONCE HE OR SHE IS RELEASED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law; provided, however the amendments made to section 9.60
 of  the  mental  hygiene  law  made by section one of this act shall not
 affect the repeal of such section and shall be  deemed  repealed  there-
 with.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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