New York Senate Bill S08754 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8754  IN SENATE March 7, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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