A05287 Summary:

BILL NOA05287
 
SAME ASSAME AS S05179
 
SPONSORGunther
 
COSPNSRSantabarbara
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §9.42, Ment Hyg L
 
Enacts "Jesse's law" to provide that a person subject to involuntary emergency admission for immediate observation, care, and treatment of mental illness shall have the right to select the hospital they are admitted to.
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A05287 Actions:

BILL NOA05287
 
03/07/2023referred to mental health
01/03/2024referred to mental health
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A05287 Committee Votes:

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A05287 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A05287 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5287
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 7, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Mental Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to involuntary emer-
          gency admission of persons alleged to be mentally ill
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  "Jesse's law".
     3    § 2.  The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new  section  9.42
     4  to read as follows:
     5  § 9.42 Patient's  right  to  choose a qualified hospital for involuntary
     6           emergency admission.
     7    In the event that a police officer or peace officer  is  involuntarily
     8  removing  a person to a hospital under the provisions of section 9.41 of
     9  this article, that person may choose the hospital to which he or she  is
    10  admitted  as long as the hospital meets the criteria specified in subdi-
    11  vision (a) of section 9.39 of  this  article,  has  adequate  space  and
    12  staffing, and is no more than fifty miles from the location at which the
    13  person is taken into custody.
    14    §  3. Within 60 days of the effective date of this act, the department
    15  of mental hygiene shall distribute to each county sheriff a list of  all
    16  hospitals that meet the criteria specified in subdivision (a) of section
    17  9.39  of  the  mental  hygiene  law.  The department shall distribute an
    18  updated list any time a hospital gains or loses 9.39 certification.
    19    § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    20  have become a law.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09132-01-3
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