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NY A01459

Bill

Status

Engrossed

5/13/2015

Primary Sponsor

Michael Cusick

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Origin

Assembly

2015-2016 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Expands the mental hygiene legal service in each judicial department to serve patients or residents of residential healthcare facilities licensed under Article 28 of the Public Health Law
  • Limits eligibility to residents who were admitted directly from a mental hygiene facility and have a serious mental illness as defined in the Mental Hygiene Law
  • Requires eligible residents to be receiving services related to their serious mental illness at the residential healthcare facility
  • Maintains existing legal service provisions for patients in other facilities requiring operating certificates under Articles 16 or 31 of the Mental Hygiene Law
  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment

Legislative Description

Provides a mental hygiene legal service to patients or residents of residential healthcare facilities who have been admitted directly from a facility and who have a chronic mental illness and are receiving services related to such illness.

Last Action

REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

1/26/2016

Committee Referrals

Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities5/13/2015
Ways and Means2/9/2015
Mental Health1/12/2015

Full Bill Text

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