New York S 1814: Replaces the words addict and addicts with the words persons with substance use disorder or a variation thereof

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S01814 Summary:

BILL NOS01814 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02398

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSRROLISON, SALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §35, Judy L; amd §§32.05 & 32.09, Ment Hyg L; amd §§3302, 3331, 3350, 3351 & 3372, Art 33 Title V Title
Head, Pub Health L; amd §396-h, County L; amd §121, Gen City L

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Replaces the words addict or addicts with the words person with substance use disorder or a variation thereof.

Go to top S01814 Actions:

BILL NOS01814 

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

02/18/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

02/18/2025PRINT NUMBER 1814A

05/08/2025AMEND BY RESTORING TO ORIGINAL PRINT 1814

05/12/20251ST REPORT CAL.986

05/13/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/14/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/19/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A2398

&nbspA02398 AMEND= Gallagher

&nbsp01/16/2025referred to alcoholism and drug abuse

&nbsp02/11/2025reported 

&nbsp02/13/2025advanced to third reading cal.19

&nbsp02/25/2025passed assembly

&nbsp02/25/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp02/25/2025REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

&nbsp05/19/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S1814

&nbsp05/19/20253RD READING CAL.986

&nbsp05/19/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/19/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp11/17/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp11/21/2025signed chap.511

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1814

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, the mental hygiene law, the public
 health law, the county law, and the general city law, in relation to
 replacing the words addict and addicts with the words person with
 substance use disorder or variation thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 35 of the judiciary
 2 law, as amended by chapter 479 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 a. When a court orders a hearing in a proceeding upon a writ of habeas
 5 corpus to inquire into the cause of detention of a person in custody in
 6 a state institution, or when it orders a hearing in a civil proceeding
 7 to commit or transfer a person to or retain [him] a person in a state
 8 institution when such person is alleged to be mentally ill, mentally
 9 defective or a [narcotic addict] person with substance use disorder, or
 10 when it orders a hearing for the commitment of the guardianship and
 11 custody of a child to an authorized agency by reason of the mental
 12 illness or developmental disability of a parent, or when it orders a
 13 hearing to determine whether consent to the adoption of a child shall be
 14 required of a parent who is alleged to be mentally ill or develop-
 15 mentally disabled, or when it orders a hearing to determine the best
 16 interests of a child when the parent of the child revokes a consent to
 17 the adoption of such child and such revocation is opposed or in any
 18 adoption or custody proceeding if it determines that assignment of coun-
 19 sel in such cases is mandated by the constitution of this state or of
 20 the United States, the court may assign counsel to represent such person
 21 if it is satisfied that [he] such person is financially unable to obtain
 22 counsel. Upon an appeal taken from an order entered in any such proceed-
 23 ing, the appellate court may assign counsel to represent such person

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00782-01-5

 S. 1814 2

 1 upon the appeal if it is satisfied that [he] such person is financially
 2 unable to obtain counsel.
 3 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 35 of the judiciary law, as amended by
 4 section 3 of part GG of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
 5 read as follows:
 6 4. In any proceeding described in paragraph a of subdivision one of
 7 this section, when a person is alleged to be