New York S 5296: Authorizes physicians and pharmacists to enter into comprehensive medication management protocols for their patients

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S05296 Summary:

BILL NOS05296A

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SAME ASSAME AS A10490-A

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSRHARCKHAM, LANZA, PALUMBO, RYAN C, SKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §9.61, Ment Hyg L

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Establishes Nicole's law, which provides for intake and discharge procedures regarding individuals with self-inflicted, life-threatening injuries.

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BILL NOS05296A

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02/20/2025REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

02/27/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO MENTAL HEALTH

02/27/2026PRINT NUMBER 5296A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5296--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 20, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, HARCKHAM, LANZA, PALUMBO, C. RYAN, SKOUF-
 IS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed
 to the Committee on Mental Health -- recommitted to the Committee on
 Mental Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing
 Nicole's law

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Nicole's law".
 2 § 2. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 9.61 to
 3 read as follows:
 4 § 9.61 Patients with self-inflicted, life-threatening injuries.
 5 1. For the purposes of this section the following terms shall have the
 6 following meanings:
 7 (a) "self-inflicted, life-threatening injuries" shall include suicide
 8 attempts, drug overdoses, and other self-harm injuries including but not
 9 limited to cutting oneself.
 10 (b) "assisted outpatient services" shall mean categories of outpatient
 11 services including, but not limited to, case management services or
 12 assertive community treatment team services to provide care coordi-
 13 nation, and may also include any of the following categories of
 14 services: medication; periodic blood tests or urinalysis to determine
 15 compliance with prescribed medications; individual or group therapy; day
 16 or partial day programming activities; educational and vocational train-
 17 ing or activities; alcohol or substance abuse treatment and counseling
 18 and periodic tests for the presence of alcohol or illegal drugs for
 19 persons with a history of alcohol or substance abuse; supervision of
 20 living arrangements; and any other services within a local services plan
 21 developed pursuant to article forty-one of this chapter, prescribed to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09896-02-6

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 1 treat the person's mental illness and to assist the person in living and
 2 functioning in the community, or to attempt to prevent a relapse or
 3 deterioration that may reasonably be predicted to result in suicide or
 4 the need for hospitalization.
 5 (c) "assisted outpatient services provider" shall mean any organiza-
 6 tion which provides assisted outpatient services.
 7 2. All hospitals operating in this state shall, with regard to intake
 8 practices, ensure the following when admitting patients with self-in-
 9 flicted, life-threatening injuries:
 10 (a) examine each such patient's medical history to determine whether
 11 such patient has had any previous incidents of self-inflicted, life-
 12 threatening injuries; and
 13 (b) reach out to any known family or caretaker of such patient for
 14 information about any previous instances of self-inflicted, life-threat-
 15 ening injuries.
 16 3. Where a patient admitted with self-inflicted, life-threatening
 17 injuries is identified as having previous instances of self-inflicted,
 18 life-threatening injuries, the hospital shall:
 19 (a) obtain such patient's previous hospital records to verify such
 20 previous instances of self-inflicted, life-threatening injuries;
 21 (b) examine such patient's previous hospital records to determine
 22 which treatments were previously used