Assembly Bill A8357

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits co-mingling of adolescent and adult patients in certain hospitals licensed by the office of mental health; repealer

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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-A8357 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5678
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §7.09 sub (k), amd §31.04, Ment Hyg L; amd §2, Chap of 2011 (as proposed in S.3745/A.4731)

2011-A8357 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits co-mingling of adolescent and adult patients in certain hospitals licensed by the office of mental health.

2011-A8357 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8357

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 14, 2011
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  mental  hygiene law, in relation to prohibiting
  co-mingling of adolescent and  adult  patients  in  certain  hospitals
  licensed by the office of mental health; and to amend a chapter of the
  laws  of 2011, amending the mental hygiene law relating to prohibiting
  co-mingling of adolescent and adult patients  in  residential  facili-
  ties,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S.3745 and A.4731, in
  relation to the effectiveness thereof; and to repeal  subdivision  (k)
  of section 7.09 of the mental hygiene law relating thereto

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

  Section 1. Subdivision (k) of section 7.09 of the mental hygiene  law,
as  added  by a chapter of the laws of 2011, amending the mental hygiene
law relating to prohibiting co-mingling of adolescent and adult patients
in residential facilities, as  proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers
S.3745 and A.4731, is REPEALED.
  S  2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2011, amending  the mental
hygiene law relating to prohibiting co-mingling of adolescent and  adult
patients  in  residential  facilities,  as proposed in legislative bills
numbers S.3745 and A.4731, is amended to read as follows:
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately[; provided, that any rules
and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of section one  of
this  act shall be promulgated within one hundred twenty days after this
act shall take effect and, provided further that 30 days prior  to  such
promulgation,  the  commissioner  of  mental  health  shall  submit  the
required rules and regulations to the governor, the temporary  president
of the senate and the speaker of the assembly for their review].
  S  3.  Section  31.04 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a
new subdivision (e) to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13043-01-1

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