New York A 10490: Relates to the Inmates Responsibility and Fair Wages Act

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A10490 Summary:

BILL NOA10490A

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SAME ASSAME AS S05296-A

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SPONSORSlater

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COSPNSR

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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 NOA10490A

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03/06/2026referred to mental health

03/12/2026amend and recommit to mental health

03/12/2026print number 10490a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10490--A

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Mental Health -- 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
 22 treat the person's mental illness and to assist the person in living and
 23 functioning in the community, or to attempt to prevent a relapse or
 24 deterioration that may reasonably be predicted to result in suicide or
 25 the need for hospitalization.
 26 (c) "assisted outpatient services provider" shall mean any organiza-
 27 tion which provides assisted outpatient services.
 28 2. All hospitals operating in this state shall, with regard to intake
 29 practices, ensure the following when admitting patients with self-in-
 30 flicted, life-threatening injuries:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09896-04-6

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 1 (a) examine each such patient's medical history to determine whether
 2 such patient has had any previous incidents of self-inflicted, life-
 3 threatening injuries; and
 4 (b) reach out to any known family or caretaker of such patient for
 5 information about any previous instances of self-inflicted, life-threat-
 6 ening injuries.
 7 3. Where a patient admitted with self-inflicted, life-threatening
 8 injuries is identified as having previous instances of self-inflicted,
 9 life-threatening injuries, the hospital shall:
 10 (a) obtain such patient's previous hospital records to verify such
 11 previous instances of self-inflicted, life-threatening injuries;
 12 (b) examine such patient's previous hospital records to determine
 13 which treatments were previously used in order to avoid repeating prac-
 14 tices which failed such patient and led to repeated episodes of self-in-
 15 flicted, life-threatening injuries;
 16 (c) increase the minimum inpatient stay by an amount which shall be
 17 directed by the commissioner of health by rule and/or regulati