Bill Text: NY A10250 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10250 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires the Commissioner of the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities to provide care for certain persons with developmental disabilities who have been admitted to hospitals or psychiatric facilities on an emergency basis.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-13 - referred to people with disabilities [A10250 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A10250-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10250

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 13, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Abinanti) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on People with Disabilities

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring the
          Commissioner of the Office for People with Developmental  Disabilities
          to  provide  care  for certain persons with developmental disabilities
          who have been admitted to hospitals or psychiatric  facilities  on  an
          emergency basis

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 13.09 of the  mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
     3    (i)  If  a person is examined pursuant to section 9.39 or 9.40 of this
     4  chapter and is determined not to be mentally ill but  is  determined  to
     5  have  an  a developmental disability, the commissioner shall be notified
     6  and such person shall be turned over to the  custody  and  care  of  the
     7  commissioner  who shall, pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (c) of section
     8  13.07 of this article,  immediately  accept  custody  and  provide  such
     9  person with appropriate services including care and treatment and, imme-
    10  diately  thereafter,  shall  develop  comprehensive plans, programs, and
    11  services for such person.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15703-01-2