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A04482 Summary:

A04482 Actions:

A04482 Committee Votes:

Committee:MENTAL HEALTH   Chair:Gunther      
DATE:03/06/2019AYE/NAY:11/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Gunther
Aye
Miller
Excused
Jaffee
Aye
Walsh
Aye
Rodriguez
Excused
Mikulin
Aye
Barrett
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye
Richardson
Aye
Santabarbara
Aye
De La Rosa
Aye
Fernandez
Aye
Frontus
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:05/21/2019AYE/NAY:32/0  Action: Favorable         
Weinstein
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Hawley
Aye
Glick
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Nolan
Excused
Montesano
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Ra
Aye
Perry
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Cook
Aye
Norris
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Excused
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Simotas
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Miller
Aye

A04482 Floor Votes:

A04482 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4482
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 4, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. CUSICK, ABINANTI, M. G. MILLER -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Mental Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene  law,  in  relation  to  providing  a
          mental hygiene legal service to certain patients or residents of resi-
          dential healthcare facilities

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 47.01 of the mental hygiene law,
     2  as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of  2007,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    (a) There shall be a mental hygiene legal service of the state in each
     5  judicial  department.  The  service  shall  provide  legal assistance to
     6  patients or residents of a facility as defined in section 1.03  of  this
     7  chapter,    patients  or  residents of residential healthcare facilities
     8  licensed and operating pursuant to article twenty-eight  of  the  public
     9  health law who have been admitted directly from a facility as defined in
    10  section  1.03  of  this chapter and who have a serious mental illness as
    11  defined in section 1.03 of  this  chapter  and  are  receiving  services
    12  related  to  such  illness,  or  any  other  place  or facility which is
    13  required to have an operating certificate pursuant to article sixteen or
    14  thirty-one of this chapter, and to persons alleged to be in need of care
    15  and treatment in such facilities or places, and to persons  entitled  to
    16  such  legal  assistance  as provided by article ten of this chapter. The
    17  head of such service in each judicial department and such assistants and
    18  such staff as may be necessary shall be appointed and may be removed  by
    19  the  presiding justice of the appellate division of the judicial depart-
    20  ment.  Appointments and transfers to the service shall comply  with  the
    21  provisions of the civil service law. Standards for qualifications of the
    22  personnel  in  the service shall be established by the presiding justice
    23  of the appellate division of  the  judicial  department.  The  presiding
    24  justice  of  the  appellate  division  of  the judicial department shall
    25  promulgate such rules or regulations as may be necessary  to  effectuate
    26  the purposes of this article.
    27    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00109-01-9