Bill Text: NY A01481 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes a certified psychologist or a certified nurse practitioner, in addition to other authorized individuals, to make a recommendation of the type of residence in which a patient is to live upon release into the community.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-12 - held for consideration in mental health [A01481 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A01481-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        1481--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 10, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Mental Health -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Mental
         Health  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2 -- committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the discharge and
         release of patients into the community
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  2  of  subdivision (g) of section 29.15 of the
    2  mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 433 of the laws  of  1976,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    2.  a  specific  recommendation  of the type of residence in which the
    5  patient is to live and a  listing  of  the  services  available  to  the
    6  patient  in such residence MADE BY THE CERTIFIED PSYCHOLOGIST, CERTIFIED
    7  NURSE PRACTITIONER OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZED TO MAKE SUCH RECOMMEN-
    8  DATION.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   10  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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