Assembly Bill A8260A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the removal of incarcerated individuals diagnosed with mental illness to a residential mental health treatment unit

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee


  • 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-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:
2015-2016: A9421
2017-2018: A4037
2019-2020: A3992
2023-2024: A7193

2021-A8260 - Summary

Relates to the removal of incarcerated individuals diagnosed with mental illness to a residential mental health treatment unit.

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.
              

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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) - Summary

Relates to the removal of incarcerated individuals diagnosed with mental illness to a residential mental health treatment unit.

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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