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NY S05434
Bill
Status
5/11/2021
Primary Sponsor
Peter Harckham
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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 include information about extreme risk protection orders under Civil Practice Law and Rules Article 63-A.
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Permits information about extreme risk protection orders to be provided to the patient or, with patient consent, to an authorized representative actively involved in the patient's treatment plan.
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Requires facility director and clinical staff to evaluate whether the patient has a mental health diagnosis or mental illness symptoms indicating substantial risk of physical harm to themselves, or has made threats of or attempts at suicide before providing such information.
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Mandates the clinical determination and its basis be documented in the patient's 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
SUBSTITUTED BY A1005A
6/8/2021