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A05853 Summary:

A05853 Actions:

A05853 Committee Votes:

Committee:MENTAL HEALTH   Chair:Gunther      
DATE:05/14/2024AYE/NAY:12/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Gunther
Aye
Gandolfo
Aye
Santabarbara
Aye
Walsh
Aye
Jackson
Aye
Blumencranz
Aye
Kelles
Aye
Maher
Aye
Gibbs
Excused
De Los Santos
Aye
Eachus
Aye
Berger
Aye
Chandler-Waterm
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Pretlow      
DATE:05/20/2024AYE/NAY:27/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Glick
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Excused
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Excused
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Excused
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye

A05853 Floor Votes:

A05853 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5853--A
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 23, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. WEPRIN, AUBRY, COOK, HYNDMAN, MORINELLO, TAYLOR
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health --  recom-
          mitted  to  the Committee on Mental Health 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 mental hygiene law, in relation to certain persons
          authorized to visit inmate-patient facilities
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  29.27  of  the  mental hygiene law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision (k) to read as follows:
     3    (k) The following persons shall be authorized to visit at pleasure any
     4  facility designated by the commissioner for  care  and  treatment  under
     5  this  section,  provided that such persons shall make a concerted effort
     6  to notify the director of any facility, as soon as practicable,  that  a
     7  visit  will occur: the governor and lieutenant-governor, commissioner of
     8  general services, secretary of state, comptroller, attorney general, and
     9  members of the legislature.  The director of a facility shall be author-
    10  ized to deny any visit, if the director determines that the visit  would
    11  interfere  with  the regularly scheduled therapeutic activities or there
    12  would be an impact upon the ability to manage such facility.   No  other
    13  person  not  otherwise  authorized  by law shall be permitted to enter a
    14  facility of the office except by authority  of  the  commissioner  under
    15  such regulations, as the commissioner shall prescribe.
    16    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    17  have become a law.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00099-02-4