Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 15, 2022 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction delivered to senate passed assembly |
Mar 10, 2022 |
advanced to third reading cal.476 |
Mar 08, 2022 |
reported |
Mar 02, 2022 |
print number 8260a |
Mar 02, 2022 |
amend (t) and recommit to correction |
Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to correction |
Aug 25, 2021 |
referred to correction |
Assembly Bill A8260A
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WEPRIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction 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
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Daniel O'Donnell
2021-A8260 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
- Law Section:
- Correction Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §137, Cor L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2015-2016:
A9421
2017-2018: A4037
2019-2020: A3992
2023-2024: A7193
2021-A8260 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8260 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y August 25, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the removal of inmates diagnosed with mental illness to a residential mental health treatment unit THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph d of subdivision 6 of section 137 of the correction law, as amended by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows: (i) Except as set forth in clause (E) of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the department, in consultation with mental health clini- cians, shall divert or remove AN incarcerated [individuals] INDIVIDUAL WHO AT ANY TIME HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED with A serious mental illness, as defined in SUBPARAGRAPHS (I), (III), (IV) AND (V) OF paragraph (e) of this subdivision, from segregated confinement, where such confinement could potentially be for a period in excess of thirty days, to a resi- dential mental health treatment unit. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to prevent the disciplinary process from proceeding in accordance with department rules and regulations for disciplinary hearings. § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph d of subdivision 6 of section 137 of the correction law, as separately amended by chapters 93 and 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows: (i) Except as set forth in clause (E) of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the department, in consultation with mental health clini- cians, shall divert or remove AN incarcerated [individuals] INDIVIDUAL WHO AT ANY TIME HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED with A serious mental illness, as defined in SUBPARAGRAPHS (I), (III), (IV) AND (V) OF paragraph (e) of this subdivision, from segregated confinement or confinement in a resi- dential rehabilitation unit, where such confinement could potentially be for a period in excess of thirty days, to a residential mental health EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
Daniel O'Donnell
2021-A8260A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
- Law Section:
- Correction Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §137, Cor L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2015-2016:
A9421
2017-2018: A4037
2019-2020: A3992
2023-2024: A7193
2021-A8260A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8260--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y August 25, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction -- recommitted to the Committee on Correction in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the removal of incar- cerated individuals diagnosed with mental illness to a residential mental health treatment unit THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph d of subdivision 6 of section 137 of the correction law, as amended by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows: (i) Except as set forth in clause (E) of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the department, in consultation with mental health clini- cians, shall divert or remove AN incarcerated [individuals] INDIVIDUAL WHO AT ANY TIME HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED with A serious mental illness, as defined in SUBPARAGRAPHS (I), (III), (IV) AND (V) OF paragraph (e) of this subdivision, from segregated confinement, where such confinement could potentially be for a period in excess of thirty days, to a resi- dential mental health treatment unit. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to prevent the disciplinary process from proceeding in accordance with department rules and regulations for disciplinary hearings. § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph d of subdivision 6 of section 137 of the correction law, as separately amended by chapters 93 and 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows: (i) Except as set forth in clause (E) of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the department, in consultation with mental health clini- cians, shall divert or remove AN incarcerated [individuals] INDIVIDUAL WHO AT ANY TIME HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED with A serious mental illness, as defined in SUBPARAGRAPHS (I), (III), (IV) AND (V) OF paragraph (e) of EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04339-03-2
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