New York A 2518: Provides an authorized police officer or peace officer the ability to request ambulance service

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A02518 Summary:

BILL NOA02518 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §9.45, Ment Hyg L

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Provides an authorized police officer or peace officer the ability to request ambulance service for certain individuals who need emergency admission for immediate observation, care and treatment.

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BILL NOA02518 

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01/17/2025referred to mental health

01/07/2026referred to mental health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2518

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Mental Health

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to providing an
 authorized police officer or peace officer the ability to request
 ambulance service

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

 1 Section 1. Section 9.45 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by
 2 section 6 of part AA of chapter 57 of the laws of 2021, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 § 9.45 Emergency assessment for immediate observation, care, and treat-
 5 ment; powers of directors of community services.
 6 (a) The director of community services or the director's designee
 7 shall have the power to direct the removal of any person, within [his or
 8 her] such director's jurisdiction, to a hospital approved by the commis-
 9 sioner pursuant to subdivision (a) of section 9.39 of this article, or
 10 to a comprehensive psychiatric emergency program pursuant to subdivision
 11 (a) of section 9.40 of this article, if the parent, adult sibling,
 12 spouse or child of the person, the committee or legal guardian of the
 13 person, a licensed psychologist, registered professional nurse or certi-
 14 fied social worker currently responsible for providing treatment
 15 services to the person, a supportive or intensive case manager currently
 16 assigned to the person by a case management program which program is
 17 approved by the office of mental health for the purpose of reporting
 18 under this section, a licensed physician, health officer, peace officer
 19 or police officer reports to [him or her] such director that such person
 20 has a mental illness for which immediate care and treatment is appropri-
 21 ate and which is likely to result in serious harm to [himself or
 22 herself] such person or others. It shall be the duty of peace officers,
 23 when acting pursuant to their special duties, or police officers, who
 24 are members of an authorized police department or force or of a sher-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06085-01-5

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 1 iff's department to assist representatives of such director to take into
 2 custody and transport any such person. [Upon the request of a director
 3 of community services or the director's designee an] An ambulance
 4 service, as defined in subdivision two of section three thousand one of
 5 the public health law, is authorized to transport any such person upon
 6 request of a director of community services, the director's designee, a
 7 peace officer acting pursuant to their special duties or an authorized
 8 police officer on behalf of the director of community services or the
 9 director's designee. Such person may then be retained in a hospital
 10 pursuant to the provisions of section 9.39 of this article or in a
 11 comprehensive psychiatric emergency program pursuant to the provisions
 12 of section 9.40 of this article.
 13 (b) A person otherwise determined to meet the criteria for an emergen-
 14 cy assessment pursuant to this section may voluntarily agree to be
 15 transported to a crisis stabilization center under section 36.01 of this
 16 chapter for care and treatment and, in accordance with this article, an
 17 assessment by the crisis stabilization center determines that they are
 18 able to meet the service needs of the person.
 19 § 2. Section 9.45 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 343
 20 of th