New York S 6244: Relates to patronage capital contributions, allocations and retirements

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S06244 Summary:

BILL NOS06244A

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SAME ASSAME AS A06721-A

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRASHBY, BORRELLO, BROUK, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, HELMING, MARTINEZ, MURRAY, RHOADS, ROLISON, RYAN C,
 SANDERS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §837-z, Exec L

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Enacts the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act" which establishes a law enforcement peer support program to provide confidentiality for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling; defines terms; provides exceptions for when a peer support communication may be disclosed.

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BILL NOS06244A

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03/07/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

03/25/20251ST REPORT CAL.597

03/26/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/27/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/29/2025PASSED SENATE

04/29/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/29/2025referred to judiciary

06/04/2025RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY

06/04/2025returned to senate

06/04/2025VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING

06/04/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6244A

06/10/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A6721A

&nbspA06721 AMEND=A Griffin

&nbsp03/11/2025referred to judiciary

&nbsp05/28/2025amend and recommit to judiciary

&nbsp05/28/2025print number 6721a

&nbsp06/04/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/06/2025reported 

&nbsp06/06/2025rules report cal.444

&nbsp06/06/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.444

&nbsp06/06/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/06/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/06/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/10/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S6244A

&nbsp06/10/20253RD READING CAL.597

&nbsp06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/10/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/08/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/18/2025signed chap.641

&nbsp12/18/2025approval memo.27

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6244--A
 Cal. No. 597

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 7, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, ASHBY, BORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK,
 HELMING, MARTINEZ, MURRAY, RHOADS, ROLISON, C. RYAN, SANDERS -- read
 twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
 Committee on Judiciary -- reported favorably from said committee,
 ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed
 by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered,
 restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
 its place in the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to providing confiden-
 tiality for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support
 counseling

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "Lieutenant Joseph Banish mental health act".
 3 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-z to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 837-z. Law enforcement peer support program. 1. Definitions. As
 6 used in this section the following terms shall have the following mean-
 7 ings:
 8 (a) "Law enforcement agency" means any department, division, agency,
 9 board, commission, or public authority of the state or any subdivision
 10 thereof that employs police officers.
 11 (b) "Police officer" means a police officer as defined in section 1.20
 12 of the criminal procedure law.
 13 (c) "Peer support communication" includes:
 14 (i) an oral or written communication made in the course of a peer
 15 support counseling session;
 16 (ii) a note or report arising out of a peer support counseling
 17 session; or
 18 (iii) a record of a peer support counseling session.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06860-05-5

 S. 6244--A 2

 1 (d) "Peer support counseling program" means a program provided by a
 2 law enforcement agency that provides counseling services from a peer
 3 support specialist to a police officer of the law enforcement agency.
 4 (e) "Peer support counseling session" means any counseling formally
 5 provided through a peer support counseling program between a peer
 6 support specialist a