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A06514 Summary:

BILL NO	A06514
SAME AS	SAME AS S08754
SPONSOR	Giglio JA
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §9.27, Ment Hyg L
Authorizes a community member or community ambassador to apply for involuntary admission of a person alleged to be mentally ill.

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A06514 Actions:

BILL NO	A06514
04/12/2023	referred to mental health
01/03/2024	referred to mental health

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A06514 Committee Votes:

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A06514 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6514
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 12, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. J. A. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Mental Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in  relation  to  authorizing  a
          member  of the community or a community ambassador to apply for invol-
          untary admission of a person 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. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Tony's law".
     2    §  2.  Subparagraph  (b)  of section 9.27 of the mental hygiene law is
     3  amended by adding a new paragraph 12 to read as follows:
     4    12. a member of the community in which the person  dwells  or  resides
     5  who  is  over the age of eighteen, or a community ambassador in counties
     6  or localities that have an established community ambassador program.
     7    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10550-01-3

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