New York S 8085: Relates to the timeframe for guardianship hearings

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S08085 Summary:

BILL NOS08085A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08561

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SPONSORPERSAUD

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COSPNSRCLEARE, SCARCELLA-SPANTON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd 81.07, Ment Hyg L

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Increases the timeframe for guardianship hearings to thirty-five days.

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BILL NOS08085A

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

05/22/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO MENTAL HEALTH

05/22/2025PRINT NUMBER 8085A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8085--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the timeframe for
 a hearing in guardianship proceedings

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (b) of section 81.07 of the
 2 mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 438 of the laws of 2004, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 1. set the date on which the order to show cause is heard no more than
 5 [twenty-eight] thirty-five days from the date of the signing of the
 6 order to show cause. The court may for good cause shown set a date less
 7 than [twenty-eight] thirty-five days from the date of the signing of the
 8 order to show cause. The date of the hearing may be adjourned only for
 9 good cause shown;
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13155-02-5

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