New York S 7039: Establishes the class C felony of assault of a patient in a mental health or developmental disability facility

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S07039 Summary:

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Establishes the class C felony of assault of a patient in a mental health or developmental disability facility, for the intentional causation of physical injury to a patient residing in a facility operated, licensed or certified by the office of mental health or the office for people with developmental disabilities.

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BILL NOS07039 

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03/31/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7039

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 31, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the class C
 felony of assault of a patient in a mental health or developmental
 disability facility

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

 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.05-a
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 120.05-a Assault of a patient in a mental health or developmental
 4 disability facility.
 5 A person is guilty of assault of a patient in a mental health or
 6 developmental disability facility when with intent to cause physical
 7 injury to a patient residing in a facility operated, licensed or certi-
 8 fied by the office of mental health or the office for people with devel-
 9 opmental disabilities, such person causes such injury to such person.
 10 Assault of a patient in a mental health or developmental disability
 11 facility is a class C felony.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 13 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11321-01-5

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