New York S 728: Relates to persons authorized to visit inmate-patient facilities of the department of mental hygiene

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S00728 Summary:

BILL NOS00728 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01519

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SPONSORGALLIVAN

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, OBERACKER, RHOADS, SALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §29.27, Ment Hyg L

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Authorizes the governor and lieutenant-governor, commissioner of general services, secretary of state, comptroller, attorney general, and members of the legislature, provided that such request does not impact upon the department's ability to manage its facilities as determined by the director of the facility, to visit any facility designated by the commissioner of mental health for care and treatment.

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BILL NOS00728 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

03/10/2026NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 728

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. GALLIVAN, BORRELLO, OBERACKER, RHOADS, SALAZAR --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Mental Health

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to certain persons
 authorized to visit inmate-patient facilities

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

 1 Section 1. Section 29.27 of the mental hygiene law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision (k) to read as follows:
 3 (k) The following persons shall be authorized to visit at pleasure any
 4 facility designated by the commissioner for care and treatment under
 5 this section, provided that such persons shall make a concerted effort
 6 to notify the director of any facility, as soon as practicable, that a
 7 visit will occur: the governor and lieutenant-governor, commissioner of
 8 general services, secretary of state, comptroller, attorney general, and
 9 members of the legislature. The director of a facility shall be author-
 10 ized to deny any visit, if the director determines that the visit would
 11 interfere with the regularly scheduled therapeutic activities or there
 12 would be an impact upon the ability to manage such facility. No other
 13 person not otherwise authorized by law shall be permitted to enter a
 14 facility of the office except by authority of the commissioner under
 15 such regulations, as the commissioner shall prescribe.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 17 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02817-01-5

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