New York A 10275: Relates to designating members of the security force of Rochester general hospital as peace officers

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A10275 Summary:

BILL NOA10275 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09916

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SPONSORDilan

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §30, Cor L

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Establishes an employee mental health services program for all employees who work for the department of corrections and community supervision and all employees of the office of mental health who deliver services to incarcerated individuals overseen by the department of corrections and community supervision.

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BILL NOA10275 

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02/20/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10275

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 20, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to employee mental
 health services

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

 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 30 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 30. Mental health assistance program. 1. The superintendent, in
 4 consultation with the commissioner of mental health, shall establish and
 5 make available a confidential mental health counseling program for all
 6 employees who work for the department and all employees of the office of
 7 mental health who deliver services to incarcerated individuals overseen
 8 by the department.
 9 2. The provisions of subdivision (b) of section 9.46 of the mental
 10 hygiene law shall not apply to any employee receiving assistance pursu-
 11 ant to this section, unless the mental health professional counseling
 12 such employee determines, based on reasonable professional judgment,
 13 that the employee is likely to engage in conduct that would result in
 14 immediate and serious harm to self or others in which instance the
 15 mental health professional shall inform the division of criminal justice
 16 services and the superintendent as soon as practicable and provided,
 17 further, however, that the superintendent shall be prohibited from
 18 taking any punitive administrative action against any employee seeking
 19 mental health counseling under this section.
 20 3. The counseling program established pursuant to this section shall
 21 be free of charge for employees and shall be confidential in nature
 22 except as otherwise prescribed in subdivision two of this section.
 23 4. Any mental health professional who renders treatment to any employ-
 24 ee eligible for mental health counseling under this section shall be
 25 prohibited from sharing any information about such employee's treatment
 26 except as otherwise prescribed by subdivision two of this section.
 27 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14798-02-6

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