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A07604 Summary:

A07604 Actions:

A07604 Committee Votes:

Committee:MENTAL HEALTH   Chair:Gunther      
DATE:06/05/2017AYE/NAY:11/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Gunther
Aye
Miller ML
Aye
Jaffee
Aye
Errigo
Aye
Rodriguez
Excused
Walsh
Aye
Barrett
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye
Richardson
Absent
Sepulveda
Aye
Santabarbara
Aye
Miller MG
Aye
De La Rosa
Aye

Committee:CODES   Chair:Lentol      
DATE:06/14/2017AYE/NAY:20/1  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Lentol
Aye
Graf
Nay
Schimminger
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
McKevitt
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Cook
Absent
Ra
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Titus
Aye
O'Donnell
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Perry
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Mosley
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Fahy
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:06/15/2017AYE/NAY:30/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Butler
Aye
Farrell
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Finch
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Raia
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Cook
Excused
Glick
Aye
Morelle
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Galef
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye

A07604 Floor Votes:

A07604 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7604
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       May 3, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. GUNTHER -- (at request of the Office for People
          with Developmental Disabilities) -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Mental Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the definition of
          "in need of involuntary care and treatment" and to whom an application
          for such admission is made

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The third undesignated paragraph of section  15.01  of  the
     2  mental hygiene law, as renumbered by chapter 978 of the laws of 1977, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    "in  need of involuntary care and treatment" means that a person is in
     5  need of in-patient care and treatment as a resident in  a  school,  that
     6  such care and treatment is essential to his or her welfare, and that his
     7  or  her  judgment  is so impaired that he or she is unable to understand
     8  the need for such care and treatment and that he or she poses a real and
     9  present risk of substantial physical  harm  to  himself  or  herself  or
    10  others.
    11    §  2.  Subsection  (a)  of section 15.27 of the mental hygiene law, as
    12  amended by chapter 37 of the  laws  of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
    13  follows:
    14    (a) [The director of a school] The commissioner may receive and retain
    15  [therein] in a school, as a resident any person alleged to have a devel-
    16  opmental  disability  and  be  in need of involuntary care and treatment
    17  upon the certificates of two examining physicians or  of  one  examining
    18  physician  and one certified psychologist, accompanied by an application
    19  for the admission of such  person.  The  examination  may  be  conducted
    20  jointly but each examiner shall execute a separate certificate.
    21    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10120-02-7