Bill Text: NY A01507 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the court to require a mental health evaluation when a person is convicted of certain crimes pertaining to animal fighting and aggravated cruelty to animals; requires the convicted person to assume the costs of any evaluation and continued therapy; makes related provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to agriculture [A01507 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01507-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1507

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 17, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Agriculture

        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  requir-
          ing  the  court to require a mental health evaluation when a person is
          convicted of certain crimes pertaining to animal fighting  and  aggra-
          vated cruelty to animals

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

     1    Section 1. Section 351 of the agriculture and markets law  is  amended
     2  by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
     3    7.  The  court  shall  order  any  person convicted of this section to
     4  receive a mental health evaluation by a licensed psychologist or  thera-
     5  pist  named  by  the  court, and subsequent mental health counseling, if
     6  warranted by the evaluation, for a period of time to  be  prescribed  by
     7  the  licensed  psychologist  or therapist. The cost of the mental health
     8  evaluation and any required mental health counseling shall  be  paid  by
     9  such  convicted  person. The court shall order such person to submit the
    10  results of the mental health evaluation to the court, and if  subsequent
    11  counseling  is  ordered,  the  court  may  order  such person to provide
    12  documentation of attendance to the court.
    13    § 2. Section 353-a of the agriculture and markets law  is  amended  by
    14  adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
    15    4.  The  court  shall  order  any  person convicted of this section to
    16  receive a mental health evaluation by a licensed psychologist or  thera-
    17  pist  named  by  the  court, and subsequent mental health counseling, if
    18  warranted by the evaluation, for a period of time to  be  prescribed  by
    19  the  licensed  psychologist  or therapist. The cost of the mental health
    20  evaluation and any required mental health counseling shall  be  paid  by
    21  such  convicted  person. The court shall order such person to submit the
    22  results of the mental health evaluation to the court, and if  subsequent

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  counseling  is  ordered,  the  court  may  order  such person to provide
     2  documentation of attendance to the court.
     3    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     4  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
     5  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
     6  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
     7  completed on or before such effective date.