New York Assembly Bill A06514 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6514 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY April 12, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. J. A. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to authorizing a member of the community or a community ambassador to apply for invol- untary admission of a person alleged to be mentally ill 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 "Tony's law". 2 § 2. Subparagraph (b) of section 9.27 of the mental hygiene law is 3 amended by adding a new paragraph 12 to read as follows: 4 12. a member of the community in which the person dwells or resides 5 who is over the age of eighteen, or a community ambassador in counties 6 or localities that have an established community ambassador program. 7 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10550-01-3