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NY A01005
Bill
Status
11/8/2021
Primary Sponsor
Amy Paulin
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AI Summary
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Amends Mental Hygiene Law Section 29.15 to require written service plans for patient discharge or conditional release to include material about extreme risk protection orders under Civil Practice Law Article 63-A.
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Information about extreme risk protection orders may be provided to the patient or, with patient consent, to an authorized representative who actively participated in the treatment plan.
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Facility director and clinical staff must first evaluate and assess whether the patient has a mental health diagnosis or symptoms indicating substantial risk of physical harm to themselves or has made threats of or attempted suicide before providing this information.
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Clinical staff determination and the basis for it must be documented in the written clinical record.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Relates to providing information about extreme risk protection orders upon conditional release or discharge of patients to the community; allows information to be provided to the patient or, upon consent of the patient, to an authorized representative who has actively participated in the patient's treatment plan, if the director of the facility and such facility's clinical staff who worked directly with the patient determine through an evaluation and assessment, that there is the presence of a mental health diagnosis or symptoms of a mental illness exhibited by the patient, which indicates the patient may be at substantial risk of physical harm to himself or herself, or has made threats of or attempts at suicide.
Last Action
signed chap.586
11/8/2021