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S05680 Summary:

BILL NO	S05680
SAME AS	SAME AS A02143
SPONSOR	ORTT
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd S33.13, Ment Hyg L
Relates to clinical records and confidentiality.

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S05680 Actions:

BILL NO	S05680
05/27/2015	REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
06/03/2015	1ST REPORT CAL.1326
06/08/2015	2ND REPORT CAL.
06/09/2015	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
06/16/2015	SUBSTITUTED BY A2143
	A02143 AMEND= O'Donnell
	01/15/2015	referred to mental health
	05/05/2015	reported
	05/07/2015	advanced to third reading cal.300
	05/13/2015	passed assembly
	05/13/2015	delivered to senate
	05/13/2015	REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
	06/16/2015	SUBSTITUTED FOR S5680
	06/16/2015	PASSED SENATE
	06/16/2015	RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
	09/15/2015	delivered to governor
	09/25/2015	signed chap.247

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S05680 Committee Votes:

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S05680 Floor Votes:

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S05680 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5680
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 27, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
          mental Disabilities
 
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to clinical  records
          and confidentiality
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subdivision (c)  of  section  33.13  of  the
     2  mental  hygiene  law,  as amended by chapter 184 of the laws of 1986, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    4. to the [commission on quality of care for the mentally disabled and
     5  any person or agency under contract with the commission  which  provides
     6  protection  and  advocacy  services pursuant to the authorization of the
     7  commission to administer the protection and advocacy system as  provided
     8  for  by  federal  law]  justice center for the protection of people with
     9  special needs.
    10    § 2. Subdivision (c) of section 33.13 of the  mental  hygiene  law  is
    11  amended by adding a new paragraph 17 to read as follows:
    12    17.  to  the agency designated by the governor pursuant to subdivision
    13  (b) of section 558 of the executive law to provide protection and  advo-
    14  cacy  services  and  administer  the  protection  and advocacy system as
    15  provided for by federal law.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06001-01-5

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