Bill Text: NY S05680 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to clinical records and confidentiality.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-16 - SUBSTITUTED BY A2143 [S05680 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05680-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5680
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 27, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
         mental Disabilities
       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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