Bill Text: NY A06529 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to examination of persons ordered to obtain assisted outpatient treatment in counties with a population of less than eighty thousand.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-10-26 - signed chap.382 [A06529 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A06529-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6529 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 26, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Mental Health AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to examination of persons ordered to obtain assisted outpatient treatment in counties with a population of less than eighty thousand 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 (e) of section 9.60 of the 2 mental hygiene law, as added by chapter 158 of the laws of 2005, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (4) In counties with a population of less than [seventy-five] EIGHTY 5 thousand, the affirmation or affidavit required by paragraph three of 6 this subdivision may be made by a physician who is an employee of the 7 office. The office is authorized to make available, at no cost to the 8 county, a qualified physician for the purpose of making such affirmation 9 or affidavit consistent with the provisions of such paragraph. 10 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 11 the amendments to paragraph 4 of subdivision (e) of section 9.60 of the 12 mental hygiene law made by section one of this act shall not affect the 13 repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09364-02-5