Bill Text: NY A10562 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10562 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the involuntary confinement of individuals afflicted with a communicable disease in certain situations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-07-06 - referred to health [A10562 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A10562-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10562

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      July 6, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced   by   COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  (at  request  of  M.  of  A.
          J. M. Giglio) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  the  involuntary
          confinement  of  individuals  afflicted with a communicable disease in
          certain situations

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

     1    Section  1. Section 2120 of the public health law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6. The provisions of this section shall  be  the  sole  and  exclusive
     4  procedure for the involuntary confinement of any individual afflicted or
     5  suspected of being afflicted with a communicable disease.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.








         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15476-01-2