Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 03, 2022 |
committed to rules |
May 02, 2022 |
advanced to third reading |
Apr 27, 2022 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 26, 2022 |
1st report cal.894 |
Mar 17, 2022 |
notice of committee consideration - requested |
Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to judiciary |
Jun 10, 2021 |
committed to rules |
Apr 26, 2021 |
advanced to third reading |
Apr 21, 2021 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 20, 2021 |
1st report cal.692 |
Mar 03, 2021 |
notice of committee consideration - requested |
Jan 16, 2021 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S1945
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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
Votes
2021-S1945 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10179
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Civil Practice Law and Rules
- Laws Affected:
- Add §4508-a, CPLR
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2019-2020:
S5868, A8440
2023-2024: A1310
2021-S1945 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1945 SPONSOR: AKSHAR TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to provid- ing a testimonial privilege to critical incident stress management/crisis response/peer support team members concerning communi- cations made during critical incident stress management/crisis response services PURPOSE: Provides testimonial privilege to critical incident stress management/crisis response/peer support team members for communication from an individual who receives such services. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends the civil practice law and rulesòby adding a new section 4508.
2021-S1945 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1945 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 16, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to provid- ing a testimonial privilege to critical incident stress management/crisis response/peer support team members concerning commu- nications made during critical incident stress management/crisis response services THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new section 4508-a to read as follows: § 4508-A. CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT/CRISIS RESPONSE/PEER SUPPORT TEAM MEMBER. (A) DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: 1. "EMERGENCY SERVICES PROVIDER" MEANS ANY INDIVIDUAL WORKING OR VOLUNTEERING IN THE FOLLOWING SERVICE CAPACITIES; LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE- FIGHTING, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, COMMUNICATIONS/DISPATCH SERVICES, PUBLIC SAFETY, DISASTER/EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND DISASTER RESPONDERS. 2. "CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT/CRISIS RESPONSE SERVICES/PEER SUPPORT" MEANS CONTACT WITH A TRAINED MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZED EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM WHO PROVIDES INTERVENTION, SUPPORT, CONSULTATION, RISK ASSESSMENT, REFERRAL AND FOLLOW-UP SERVICES. 3. "A TRAINED MEMBER" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO RECEIVED SPECIALIZED TRAINING IN CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT/CRISIS RESPONSE/PEER SUPPORT AND OFFERS SERVICES AS PART OF AN ORGANIZED EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM. 4. "CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT/CRISIS RESPONSE/PEER SUPPORT" MEANS A COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED, STRATEGIC AND MULTI-COMPONENT APPROACH TO MANAGE CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DURING AND FOLLOWING INCI- DENTS AND/OR FOR ANY ISSUE THAT MAY IMPACT WORK AND FAMILY LIFE. CRIT- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04291-01-1
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