New York Assembly Bill 5853

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: Introduced on March 23 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-03 - referred to mental health
Pending: Assembly Mental Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Authorizes the governor and lieutenant-governor, commissioner of general services, secretary of state, comptroller and attorney-general, members of the legislature and any employee of the inmate-patient facility as requested by the member of the legislature if the member requests to be so accompanied, provided that such request does not impact upon the department's ability to manage its facilities as determined by the commissioner, judges of the court of appeals, supreme court and county judges, district attorneys and county sheriffs to visit inmate-patient facilities of the department of mental hygiene.

Authorizes the governor and lieutenant-governor, commissioner of general services, secretary of state, comptroller and attorney-general, members of the legislature and any employee of the inmate-patient facility as requested by the member of the legislature if the member requests to be so accompanied, provided that such request does not impact upon the department's ability to manage its facilities as determined by the commissioner, judges of the court of appeals, supreme court and county judges, district attorneys and county sheriffs to visit inmate-patient facilities of the department of mental hygiene.

Asm. David Weprin [D]	Asm. Jeffrion Aubry [D]	Asm. Vivian Cook [D]	Asm. Alicia Hyndman [D]
Asm. Latoya Joyner [D]	Asm. Angelo Morinello [R]	Asm. Alfred Taylor [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-03	Assembly	referred to mental health
2023-03-23	Assembly	referred to mental health

S00231 (Same As) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5853
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A05853&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A05853