New York S 506: Authorizes a community member or community ambassador to apply for involuntary admission of a person alleged to be mentally ill

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S00506 Summary:

BILL NOS00506 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05769

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SPONSORPALUMBO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §9.27, Ment Hyg L

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Authorizes a community member who resides in the community, or a community ambassador, to apply for involuntary admission of a person alleged to be mentally ill.

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BILL NOS00506 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 506

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to authorizing a
 member of the community or a community ambassador to apply for invol-
 untary admission of a person alleged to be mentally ill

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Tony's law".
 2 § 2. Subdivision (b) of section 9.27 of the mental hygiene law is
 3 amended by adding a new paragraph 12 to read as follows:
 4 12. a member of the community in which the person dwells or resides
 5 who is over the age of eighteen, or a community ambassador in counties
 6 or localities that have an established community ambassador program.
 7 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02158-01-5

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