Bill Text: NY A00609 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for intervention by certain campus security personnel in relation to reportedly mentally ill students and notification to person or persons to be contacted in case of such mental health emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to higher education [A00609 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A00609-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           609
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 9, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to safe school or college
          campuses
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6435-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  6435-a.  Safe  campus  intervention.  1.  If a person alleged to be
     4  mentally ill is a student residing, or in attendance,  at  a  school  or
     5  college at the time that such person is observed exhibiting said mental-
     6  ly  ill  behavior, any teacher, administrator or student may report such
     7  behavior to the chief of safety and security, or other officer responsi-
     8  ble for campus safety and security or a designee, and such personnel may
     9  exercise the authorized powers  given  to  peace  officers  pursuant  to
    10  section  9.41 of the mental hygiene law. In such instances, the institu-
    11  tion shall, upon removal of said student alleged  to  be  mentally  ill,
    12  immediately  notify  the  appropriate  person or persons so listed to be
    13  notified in case of emergency involving alleged  mental  health  illness
    14  intervention  or  treatment  on  the  student's admission application or
    15  student records.
    16    2. All schools and colleges shall inform and advise  all  students  of
    17  this  provision of law at the time of acceptance and entry to the insti-
    18  tution.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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