New York A 2719: Relates to fingerprinting and background checks of contracted service providers of student support services

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A02719 Summary:

BILL NOA02719B

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRajkumar

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Ment Hyg L, generally; amd §§43, 45 & 81, Soc Serv L; amd §§71-a, 201, 205, 273, 400, 401, 402 & 404,
rpld §72-a sub 6 ¶(c), Cor L; amd §5, Chap 554 of 1986; add Art 5-C §§178 - 178-d, Judy L; add Art 30-D
§§3080 - 3082, amd §602, Pub Health L; add §§21-335, 21-336 & 21-304.1, amd §§17-199.26, 21-314, 21-332 &
21-148, NYC Ad Cd; amd §§730.30 & 730.10, CP L; amd §220.00, Pen L

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Enacts the "empire state of mind act" relating to the treatment of mentally ill persons in the realm of treatment in mental health and addiction services facilities, the penal system and social services.

Go to top A02719 Actions:

BILL NOA02719B

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01/22/2025referred to mental health

02/21/2025amend (t) and recommit to mental health

02/21/2025print number 2719a

03/14/2025amend (t) and recommit to mental health

03/14/2025print number 2719b

01/07/2026referred to mental health

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Go to topA02719 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2719--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Mental Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again
 reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, the social services law, the
 correction law, the judiciary law, the criminal procedure law, the
 public health law and the administrative code of the city of New York,
 in relation to enacting the "empire state of mind act" to address the
 treatment of persons with mental illness; to amend chapter 554 of the
 laws of 1986, amending the correction law and the penal law relating
 to providing for community treatment facilities and establishing the
 crime of absconding from the community treatment facility, in
 relation to the effectiveness thereof; to amend the penal law, in
 relation to decriminalizing the possession of buprenorphine; and to
 repeal certain provisions of the correction law relating to certain
 limitations of community treatment facilities

 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 the "empire
 2 state of mind act".
 3 § 2. Subdivisions 3 and 20 of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law,
 4 subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 281 of the laws of 2019, subdivision
 5 20 as added by chapter 978 of the laws of 1977, are amended and a new
 6 subdivision 58-a is added to read as follows:
 7 3. "Mental disability" means mental illness, intellectual disability,
 8 or developmental disability[, or an addictive disorder as defined in
 9 this section].
 10 20. "Mental illness" means an affliction with a mental disease or
 11 mental condition which is manifested by a disorder or disturbance in
 12 behavior, feeling, thinking, or judgment to such an extent that the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06324-07-5

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 1 person afflicted requires care, treatment and rehabilitation; or an
 2 addictive disorder as defined in this section.
 3 58-a. "Behavioral health worker" means someone with expertise in
 4 behavioral health services as defined in this section.
 5 § 3. Section 9.01 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 723
 6 of the laws of 1989, the seventh undesignated paragraph as amended by
 7 chapter 595 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
 8 § 9.01 Definitions.
 9 As used in this article:
 10 (a) "in need of care and treatment" means that a person has a mental
 11 illness for which in-patient care and treatment in a hospital or other
 12 facility, or receipt of services pursuant to this chapter or the social
 13 services law, is appropriate. Such services shall include,