Bill Sponsors: NY S05179 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly

Bill Title: Enacts "Jesse's law" to provide that a person subject to involuntary emergency admission for immediate observation, care, and treatment of mental illness shall have the right to select the hospital they are admitted to.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH [S05179 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Sponsors

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Senator Samra Brouk [D]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-055FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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