Gandolfo, Angelino, Manktelow, Blankenbush, McDonough, DeStefano, Brown K
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Directs the office of mental health to conduct a study on the mental health and prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among corrections officers and other prison workers and to submit a report of the findings of such study to the governor and the legislature.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6623
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 6, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. DURSO -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Mental Health
AN ACT directing the office of mental health to conduct a study on the
mental health and prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among
corrections officers and other prison workers; and providing for the
repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. 1. The office of mental health shall conduct a study on the
2 mental health and prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among
3 corrections officers and other prison workers in the state.
4 2. Within one year after the effective date of this act, the office of
5 mental health shall prepare and submit to the governor, the temporary
6 president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority lead-
7 er of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly a report
8 containing the study's findings and recommendations for legislative or
9 administrative action that can be undertaken in addressing post-traumat-
10 ic stress disorder and other mental health issues among corrections
11 officers and other prison workers in the state.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
13 deemed repealed two years after such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10409-01-5
