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A01733 Summary:

BILL NOA01733 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02406

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Amd §7.18, Ment Hyg L

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Establishes residential treatment facilities as an alternative to incarceration designated by the commissioner for the care and treatment of persons with serious mental illness who are accused of at least one felony level crime.

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BILL NOA01733 

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01/14/2025referred to mental health

01/07/2026referred to mental health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1733

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing
 residential treatment facilities

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

 1 Section 1. Section 7.18 of the mental hygiene law, as added by chapter
 2 7 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 7.18 Secure treatment facilities in the office.
 4 (a) 1. There shall be in the office secure treatment facilities, as
 5 defined in subdivision (o) of section 10.03 of this title, as designated
 6 by the commissioner for the care and treatment of dangerous sex offen-
 7 ders requiring confinement, as described in article ten of this title.
 8 [(b)] 2. Such secure treatment facilities may be created on the former
 9 grounds of hospitals operated by the office, but shall be considered
 10 separate and distinct facilities and shall not be considered or defined
 11 as hospitals.
 12 (b) 1. There shall be in the office residential treatment facilities
 13 as an alternative to incarceration designated by the commissioner and
 14 licensed by the office of mental health for the care and treatment of
 15 persons with serious mental illness, as defined in subdivision fifty-two
 16 of section 1.03 of this chapter who are also accused of at least one
 17 felony level crime. Such facilities may be operated by a public or
 18 private non-profit organization as set forth in subdivision (d) of
 19 section 7.17 of this article.
 20 2. Admission to such facility will require voluntary and informed
 21 consent of persons living with such serious mental illness to reside at
 22 said facility and to abide by all facility rules including, but not
 23 limited to, a voluntary agreement not to leave the facility without
 24 wearing a global positioning system device and accompanied by staff,
 25 unless otherwise authorized by the facility director. Such informed

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03677-01-5

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 1 consent shall be memorialized in an agreement entered into by the
 2 presiding judge in the criminal matter involving such felony level
 3 crime, the person living with such serious mental illness alleged to
 4 have committed such felony level crime who shall be represented by coun-
 5 sel, and the county prosecutor, and shall further require such person
 6 living with a serious mental illness to voluntarily and knowingly
 7 request the imposition of bail in a nominal amount, pursuant to subdivi-
 8 sion five of section 510.10 of the criminal procedure law. To ensure
 9 that consent is informed and voluntary, such presiding judge shall
 10 appoint counsel if such person with a serious mental illness is not
 11 otherwise represented by counsel. Such agreement shall also include an
 12 agreement by the prosecuting agency that where such person successfully
 13 completes the period of treatment outlined in said agreement such person
 14 will not be subject to incarceration for the alleged crimes which were
 15 the subject of, or which were agreed to in the agreement or which may be
 16 thereafter substituted at the time of sentencing for any alleged crimes
 17 related to the alleged incidents which were the subject of said agree-
 18 ment.
 19 3. Programs operated pursuant to this section shall provide the
 20 following as needed: medication