Senate Bill S5485B

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Replaces the word addict or addicts with the words persons with substance use disorder or a variation thereof

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2023-S5485 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A896
Current Committee:
Assembly Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §35, Judy L; amd §§32.05 & 32.09, Ment Hyg L; amd §§3302, 3331, 3350, 3351 & 3372, Art 33 Title V Title Head, Pub Health L; amd §396-h, County L; amd §121, Gen City L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8896

2023-S5485 - Summary

Replaces the words addict or addicts with the words person with substance use disorder or a variation thereof.

2023-S5485 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5485 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5485
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the judiciary law, the mental hygiene law, the public
   health law, the county law, and the general city law, in  relation  to
   replacing  the  words  addict  and  addicts with the words person with
   substance abuse disorder or variation thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 35 of the judiciary
 law,  as  amended by chapter 479 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read
 as follows:
   a. When a court orders a hearing in a proceeding upon a writ of habeas
 corpus to inquire into the cause of detention of a person in custody  in
 a  state  institution, or when it orders a hearing in a civil proceeding
 to commit or transfer a person to or retain him in a  state  institution
 when  such person is alleged to be mentally ill, mentally defective or a
 [narcotic addict] PERSON WITH  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  DISORDER,  or  when  it
 orders a hearing for the commitment of the guardianship and custody of a
 child  to an authorized agency by reason of the mental illness or devel-
 opmental disability of a parent, or when it orders a hearing  to  deter-
 mine  whether  consent to the adoption of a child shall be required of a
 parent who is alleged to be mentally ill or developmentally disabled, or
 when it orders a hearing to determine the best interests of a child when
 the parent of the child revokes a consent to the adoption of such  child
 and  such revocation is opposed or in any adoption or custody proceeding
 if it determines that assignment of counsel in such cases is mandated by
 the constitution of this state or of the United States,  the  court  may
 assign  counsel  to  represent such person if it is satisfied that he is
 financially unable to obtain counsel. Upon an appeal taken from an order
 entered in any such proceeding, the appellate court may  assign  counsel

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00243-01-3
 S. 5485                             2
              

2023-S5485A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A896
Current Committee:
Assembly Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §35, Judy L; amd §§32.05 & 32.09, Ment Hyg L; amd §§3302, 3331, 3350, 3351 & 3372, Art 33 Title V Title Head, Pub Health L; amd §396-h, County L; amd §121, Gen City L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8896

2023-S5485A - Summary

Replaces the words addict or addicts with the words person with substance use disorder or a variation thereof.

2023-S5485A - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5485A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5485--A
     Cal. No. 647
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed  to  be  committed  to  the Committee on Judiciary -- reported
   favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
   ordered  to  a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
   its place in the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, the mental hygiene  law,  the  public
   health  law,  the county law, and the general city law, in relation to
   replacing the words addict and addicts  with  the  words  person  with
   substance use disorder or variation thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 35 of the judiciary
 law, as amended by chapter 479 of the laws of 2022, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   a. When a court orders a hearing in a proceeding upon a writ of habeas
 corpus  to inquire into the cause of detention of a person in custody in
 a state institution, or when it orders a hearing in a  civil  proceeding
 to  commit  or transfer a person to or retain him in a state institution
 when such person is alleged to be mentally ill, mentally defective or  a
 [narcotic  addict] PERSON WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, or when it orders
 a hearing for the commitment of the guardianship and custody of a  child
 to an authorized agency by reason of the mental illness or developmental
 disability of a parent, or when it orders a hearing to determine whether
 consent  to the adoption of a child shall be required of a parent who is
 alleged to be mentally ill  or  developmentally  disabled,  or  when  it
 orders  a  hearing  to  determine the best interests of a child when the
 parent of the child revokes a consent to the adoption of such child  and
 such  revocation  is opposed or in any adoption or custody proceeding if
 it determines that assignment of counsel in such cases  is  mandated  by
 the  constitution  of  this state or of the United States, the court may
 assign counsel to represent such person if it is satisfied  that  he  is
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2023-S5485B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A896
Current Committee:
Assembly Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §35, Judy L; amd §§32.05 & 32.09, Ment Hyg L; amd §§3302, 3331, 3350, 3351 & 3372, Art 33 Title V Title Head, Pub Health L; amd §396-h, County L; amd §121, Gen City L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8896

2023-S5485B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Replaces the words addict or addicts with the words person with substance use disorder or a variation thereof.

2023-S5485B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5485B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5485--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed  to  be  committed  to  the Committee on Judiciary -- reported
   favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
   ordered  to  a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
   its place in the order of third reading -- recommitted to the  Commit-
   tee on Judiciary in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the judiciary law, the mental hygiene law, the public
   health law, the county law, and the general city law, in  relation  to
   replacing  the  words  addict  and  addicts with the words person with
   substance use disorder or variation thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 35 of the judiciary
 law,  as  amended by chapter 479 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read
 as follows:
   a. When a court orders a hearing in a proceeding upon a writ of habeas
 corpus to inquire into the cause of detention of a person in custody  in
 a  state  institution, or when it orders a hearing in a civil proceeding
 to commit or transfer a person to or retain him in a  state  institution
 when  such person is alleged to be mentally ill, mentally defective or a
 [narcotic addict] PERSON WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, or when it  orders
 a  hearing for the commitment of the guardianship and custody of a child
 to an authorized agency by reason of the mental illness or developmental
 disability of a parent, or when it orders a hearing to determine whether
 consent to the adoption of a child shall be required of a parent who  is
 alleged  to  be  mentally  ill  or  developmentally disabled, or when it
 orders a hearing to determine the best interests of  a  child  when  the
 parent  of the child revokes a consent to the adoption of such child and
 such revocation is opposed or in any adoption or custody  proceeding  if
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00243-05-4
              

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