Assembly Bill A6147

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to fees for services rendered patients in state inpatient facilities pursuant to court orders

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A6147 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3883
Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §43.03, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6512, S6226
2015-2016: A5846, S2465
2017-2018: A3254, S1912
2019-2020: A3116, S1218
2021-2022: S1159

2011-A6147 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for fees for services rendered patients in state inpatient facilities pursuant to court orders to be paid by the county in which the court is located for the first thirty days.

2011-A6147 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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    S. 3883                                                  A. 6147

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                              March 8, 2011
                               ___________

IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sen.  McDONALD -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Mental
  Health and Developmental Disabilities

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Mental Health

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to fees for services
  rendered patients held in state inpatient facilities pursuant to court
  orders

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 43.03 of the mental hygiene law,
as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of  2007,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (c)  Patients receiving services while being held pursuant to order of
a criminal court, other than patients committed to the department pursu-
ant to section 330.20 of the criminal procedure law, or for  examination
pursuant  to  an  order  of  the family court shall not be liable to the
department for such services. Fees due the department for such  services
shall  be paid by the county in which such court is located [except that
counties] FOR UP  TO  AND  INCLUDING  ONLY  THE  FIRST  THIRTY  DAYS  OF
SERVICES.  COUNTIES  shall  not  be responsible for the cost of services
rendered patients committed to the department pursuant to section 330.20
of the criminal procedure law or patients committed  to  the  department
pursuant to article ten of this chapter.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09913-01-1


              

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