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A00994 Summary:

BILL NOA00994 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06116

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §9.42, Ment Hyg L

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Imposes a duty to protect upon mental health practitioners; requires reasonable efforts to modify aspects of treatment in order to reduce or eliminate the risk of harm, initiating procedures for hospitalization, notifying the intended victim or victims, or notifying law enforcement officials when a person directly communicates a threat of serious, imminent harm to self or against a readily identifiable person or persons, and the threat includes both a serious intent to act and the ability to carry out the threat; does not require a mental health practitioner to take any action which, in the exercise of reasonable professional judgment, would endanger such mental health practitioner or increase the danger to a potential victim or victims.

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BILL NOA00994 

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01/08/2025referred to mental health

01/07/2026referred to mental health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 994

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the protection of
 mental health practitioners

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

 1 Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
 2 9.42 to read as follows:
 3 § 9.42 Efforts by mental health practitioners to reduce or eliminate
 4 risks of harm.
 5 (a) For purposes of this section, the term "mental health practition-
 6 er" shall include any New York state licensed mental health practition-
 7 er, including physicians, psychologists, registered psychiatric nurses
 8 and nurse practitioners, and licensed clinical social workers.
 9 (b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, when a person to
 10 whom a mental health practitioner is currently providing treatment
 11 directly communicates a threat of serious, imminent harm to self or
 12 against a readily identifiable person or persons, and the threat
 13 includes both a serious intent to act and the ability to carry out the
 14 threat, the mental health practitioner may make timely and reasonable
 15 efforts to reduce or eliminate the risk of harm. For purposes of this
 16 section, reasonable efforts may include, but are not limited to: modify-
 17 ing aspects of the treatment in order to reduce or eliminate the risk of
 18 harm; initiating procedures for hospitalization; notifying the intended
 19 victim or victims; or notifying law enforcement officials.
 20 (c) Whenever a mental health practitioner is required to make timely
 21 and reasonable efforts pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section, such
 22 mental health practitioner shall also comply with the provisions of
 23 section 9.46 of this article.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03132-01-5

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 1 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a mental
 2 health practitioner to take any action which, in the exercise of reason-
 3 able professional judgment, would endanger such mental health practi-
 4 tioner or increase the danger to a potential victim or victims.
 5 (e) The decision of a mental health practitioner to disclose or not to
 6 disclose the patient's or client's confidential treatment information to
 7 others in accordance with this section, when made reasonably and in good
 8 faith, shall not be the basis for any civil or criminal liability of
 9 such mental health practitioner, including liability pursuant to unpro-
 10 fessional conduct as described in the rules of the board of regents of
 11 New York state, part 29.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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