New York A 7293: Relates to military voters and ballots for certain elections

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A07293 Summary:

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Amd §33.14, Ment Hyg L

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Authorizes former outpatients of mental health facilities to request a court of competent jurisdiction to render an order to have their files sealed when more than ten years have elapsed since the last treatment in such facility, they are not currently being treated for mental illness and it would be in the best interests of the petitioner and society to seal such record without the requirement of a special proceeding.

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03/25/2025referred to mental health

01/07/2026referred to mental health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7293

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 25, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Mental Health

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to directing courts
 of law, upon request, to seal the files of certain former outpatients
 of mental health facilities after ten years

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 33.14 of the mental hygiene law
 2 is relettered subdivision (c) and a new subdivision (b) is added to read
 3 as follows:
 4 (b) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, upon
 5 request by a person who has been admitted to receive inpatient or outpa-
 6 tient services for mental illness, a court of competent jurisdiction
 7 shall render an order directing the sealing of records held by the
 8 office of mental health, a facility, or any other individual or public
 9 or private entity, which identify a person as a recipient of services
 10 for mental illness, subject to such limitations or exceptions as the
 11 court may impose, upon a finding that competent medical evidence has
 12 demonstrated that the person identified in such records is not currently
 13 suffering from a mental illness, has not for a period of ten years
 14 received outpatient services for the treatment of a mental illness, and
 15 the interests of such person and society would best be served by sealing
 16 such person's records. It shall be presumed that it would be in the best
 17 interests of such person and society to seal any record of a person's
 18 receipt of services for the treatment of mental illness prior to such
 19 person's sixteenth birthday.
 20 (2) Such request shall be in a form prescribed by the court and shall
 21 include an affidavit executed by such petitioner and filed with the
 22 court along with competent medical evidence pursuant to paragraph one of
 23 this subdivision. A petitioner shall not be required to commence a
 24 special proceeding under this subdivision, provided, however, that this

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11026-01-5

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 1 subdivision shall not adversely affect a petitioner's right to a special
 2 proceeding, hearing or any other right under this chapter.
 3 (3) Except for such limitations as the court may impose, a court order
 4 directing the office of mental health, a facility, or other individual
 5 or entity to seal records shall require the office of mental health,
 6 facility or other individual or entity to respond to any official or
 7 unofficial inquiry concerning a person's history of mental illness,
 8 whose records have been sealed, as though the admission or receipt of
 9 services documented in the sealed records had never occurred.
 10 (4) A person who is the subject of an order directing that such
 11 person's records be sealed may respond to any official or unofficial
 12 inquiry by any person or agency concerning such person's history of
 13 mental illness as though the admission or receipt of services documented
 14 in the sealed records had never occurred.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 16 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amen