Bill Text: NY A02143 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to clinical records and confidentiality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-09-25 - signed chap.247 [A02143 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A02143-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2143
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 15, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Mental Health
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to clinical records
and confidentiality
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subdivision (c) of section 33.13 of the
2 mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 184 of the laws of 1986, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 4. to the [commission on quality of care for the mentally disabled and
5 any person or agency under contract with the commission which provides
6 protection and advocacy services pursuant to the authorization of the
7 commission to administer the protection and advocacy system as provided
8 for by federal law] JUSTICE CENTER FOR THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE WITH
9 SPECIAL NEEDS.
10 S 2. Subdivision (c) of section 33.13 of the mental hygiene law is
11 amended by adding a new paragraph 17 to read as follows:
12 17. TO THE AGENCY DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
13 (B) OF SECTION 558 OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW TO PROVIDE PROTECTION AND ADVO-
14 CACY SERVICES AND ADMINISTER THE PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SYSTEM AS
15 PROVIDED FOR BY FEDERAL LAW.
16 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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