S02399 Summary:
BILL NO | S02399 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A02733 |
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SPONSOR | GRIFFO |
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COSPNSR | RANZENHOFER |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd SS10.09 & 10.11, Ment Hyg L | |
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Provides additional discharge planning for persons being released from civil confinement including supervision, electronic monitoring, appropriate clothing, transportation, medication and a service plan. |
S02399 Actions:
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01/17/2013 | REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/24/2013 | REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CODES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/05/2013 | REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2014 | REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES |
S02399 Floor Votes:
There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
Go to topS02399 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2399 2013-2014 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 17, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to providing addi- tional discharge planning for persons being released from civil confinement The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 10.09 of the mental hygiene law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision (i) to read as follows: 3 (i) If the court discharges the respondent from confinement then the 4 court shall order the director of the secure treatment facility to 5 prepare a discharge plan. Such plan shall ensure that the respondent is 6 discharged to his or her county of residence prior to the conviction or 7 commitment, as appropriate, with supervision which shall include the use 8 of electronic monitoring or global positioning satellite tracking for an 9 appropriate period of time to be determined by the court. The respondent 10 shall be provided suitable clothing adapted to the season in which he or 11 she is discharged and such clothing shall not exceed sixty-five dollars 12 in value. Such plan shall also provide for transportation to such resi- 13 dence and include referral to any services which the commissioner deems 14 appropriate in the community of residence, including medication, after- 15 care services and assistance in finding employment following discharge 16 as provided in section 29.15 of this chapter. 17 § 2. Section 10.11 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a 18 new subdivision (i) to read as follows: 19 (i) If the court discharges the respondent from the regimen of strict 20 and intensive supervision then the court shall order the director of the 21 secure treatment facility to prepare a discharge plan. Such plan shall 22 ensure that the respondent is discharged to his or her county of resi- 23 dence prior to the conviction or commitment, as appropriate, with super- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06448-01-3S. 2399 2 1 vision which shall include the use of electronic monitoring or global 2 positioning satellite tracking for an appropriate period of time to be 3 determined by the court. The respondent shall be provided suitable 4 clothing adapted to the season in which he or she is discharged and such 5 clothing shall not exceed sixty-five dollars in value. Such plan shall 6 also provide for transportation to such residence and include referral 7 to any services which the commissioner deems appropriate in the communi- 8 ty of residence, including medication, aftercare services and assistance 9 in finding employment following discharge as provided in section 29.15 10 of this chapter. 11 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 12 it shall have become a law.