NY A05287 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on March 7 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-03 - referred to mental health
Pending: Assembly Mental Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Enacts "Jesse's law" to provide that a person subject to involuntary emergency admission for immediate observation, care, and treatment of mental illness shall have the right to select the hospital they are admitted to.

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Title

Enacts "Jesse's law" to provide that a person subject to involuntary emergency admission for immediate observation, care, and treatment of mental illness shall have the right to select the hospital they are admitted to.

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History

DateChamberAction
2024-01-03Assemblyreferred to mental health
2023-03-07Assemblyreferred to mental health

Same As/Similar To

S05179 (Same As) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

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