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NY A09027
Bill
Status
2/5/2024
Primary Sponsor
Nikki Lucas
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AI Summary
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Requires coroners, coroner's physicians, or medical examiners to conduct a mental health assessment for deaths in their jurisdiction, including a thorough evaluation of the deceased's medical and psychiatric history.
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Mandates acquisition of necessary medical, psychiatric, and therapy records to perform the mental health assessment, with all records kept confidential and protected under applicable privacy laws.
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Requires findings be documented on a form prescribed by the commissioner of health, including any indications of mental distress, illness, or specific mental health disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, PTSD, and bipolar disorder.
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Restricts use of assessment documents and records to research and prevention efforts only, with all materials kept confidential and protected under privacy laws.
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Effective date is 180 days after the bill becomes law, with authority granted to promulgate necessary rules and regulations before that date.
Legislative Description
Enacts the mental health assessment and record keeping for the coroner's office act; requires the coroner or coroner and coroner's physician, or the medical examiner, to conduct a mental health assessment when a death occurs in such person's jurisdiction.
Last Action
referred to local governments
2/5/2024