Bill Text: NY S03928 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to releasing individuals charged with a crime under non-monetary bail conditions in order to receive mental health screening or be admitted to a hospital as a result of a mental illness which is likely to result in harm to such individual or others.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-30 - REFERRED TO CODES [S03928 Detail]
Download: New_York-2025-S03928-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3928 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MYRIE, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to releasing individuals charged with a crime under non-monetary bail conditions in order to receive mental health screening or be admitted to a hospital as a result of a mental illness which is likely to result in harm to such individual or others; and to repeal subdivision 3-c of section 500.10 of the criminal procedure law relating to the release for mental health assessment and evaluation and involuntary commitment pending release The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3-c of section 500.10 of the criminal procedure 2 law is REPEALED. 3 § 2. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 3-a of section 500.10 of the crimi- 4 nal procedure law, as amended by section 1 of subpart A of part VV of 5 chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 6 (f) that the principal be referred to a pretrial services agency for 7 placement in mandatory programming, including: 8 (i) counseling[,]; 9 (ii) treatment, including but not limited to [mental health and] chem- 10 ical dependence treatment[, and]; 11 (iii) intimate partner violence intervention programs[.]; and 12 (iv) mental health treatment. The court may expeditiously employ 13 available resources for mental health screening including but not limit- 14 ed to a mobile crisis response provider or similar entity in the court- 15 house. With regard to mental health treatment: 16 (1) Where applicable, the court may refer the principal to a crisis 17 stabilization center or direct that the principal be removed to a hospi- 18 tal pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of section 9.43 of the mental 19 hygiene law[;]. For purposes of this subparagraph, where the court EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02681-01-5S. 3928 2 1 proceeds pursuant to subdivision (a) of section 9.43 of the mental 2 hygiene law, the court is not required to and shall not make a determi- 3 nation with respect to whether the crime has been committed or whether 4 there is sufficient cause to believe the principal is guilty thereof. 5 (2) If it appears to the court on the basis of evidence presented to 6 it that the person has or may have a mental illness which is likely to 7 result in serious harm to such person or others, the court may either 8 (A) permit the person to present themself to any hospital specified in 9 subdivision (a) of section 9.39 of the mental hygiene law or any compre- 10 hensive psychiatric emergency program specified in subdivision (a) of 11 section 9.40 of the mental hygiene law, for the person to make an appli- 12 cation for admission to the hospital as a voluntary patient pursuant to 13 section 9.13 of the mental hygiene law; or (B) issue a civil order 14 directing their removal to any hospital specified in subdivision (a) of 15 section 9.39 of the mental hygiene law or any comprehensive psychiatric 16 emergency program specified in subdivision (a) of section 9.40 of the 17 mental hygiene law, that is willing to receive such person for a deter- 18 mination, by the director of such hospital or program, whether such 19 person should be retained therein pursuant to section 9.39 or section 20 9.40 of the mental hygiene law, as appropriate. 21 (3) If the court orders removal to a hospital for immediate psychiat- 22 ric assessment, the principal may be taken by an entity, including but 23 not limited to, an ambulance service, as defined in subdivision two of 24 section three thousand one of the public health law, any peace officer, 25 when acting pursuant to their special duties, or police officer who is a 26 member of the state police or of an authorized police department or 27 force, or of a sheriff's department, to any hospital specified in subdi- 28 vision (a) of section 9.39 of the mental hygiene law or any comprehen- 29 sive psychiatric emergency program specified in subdivision (a) of 30 section 9.40 of the mental hygiene law. 31 (4) Discharge and aftercare planning, including supportive housing 32 referrals, shall be provided consistent with federal and state law, 33 including but not limited to subdivision (g) of section 29.15 of the 34 mental hygiene law and to the extent that it has the ability to, the 35 hospital will take appropriate steps so that community placement 36 services are provided consistent with federal and state law. Discharge 37 planning shall begin at admission and continue throughout the course of 38 the principal's hospitalization until the principal is discharged. 39 (5) If the principal has met the discharge criteria they shall be 40 discharged and offered a clinically appropriate discharge plan in 41 accordance with, but not limited to subdivision (g) of section 29.15 of 42 the mental hygiene law. 43 (6) If the principal is a child, then any order for voluntary or 44 involuntary assessment shall be done in accordance with section two 45 hundred fifty-one of the family court act. 46 (7) The court can, as a condition of release, adjourn to a treatment 47 court for the possibility of evaluation. 48 (8) Conditions of release may not be revoked solely based on noncom- 49 pliance with treatment or clinically appropriate discharge plan or 50 aftercare plan; 51 § 3. Paragraphs (i) and (j) of subdivision 3-a of section 500.10 of 52 the criminal procedure law, paragraph (i) as added and paragraph (j) as 53 amended by section 1 of part UU of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, are 54 amended and a new paragraph (k) is added to read as follows: 55 (i) that the principal obey conditions set by the court addressed to 56 the safety of a victim of a family offense as defined in section 530.11S. 3928 3 1 of this title including conditions that may be requested by or on behalf 2 of the victim; [and] 3 (j) that, when it is shown pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 four of section 510.40 of this title that no other realistic non-mone- 5 tary condition or set of non-monetary conditions will suffice to reason- 6 ably assure the principal's return to court, the principal's location be 7 monitored with an approved electronic monitoring device, in accordance 8 with such subdivision four of section 510.40 of this title[.]; and 9 (k) any clinical record or clinical information produced as a part of 10 the assessment, service or treatment plans required pursuant to subpara- 11 graph (iv) of paragraph (f) of this subdivision, or any clinical record 12 or clinical information used or produced in a proceeding conducted under 13 subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (f) of this subdivision, shall be consid- 14 ered confidential and shall not be considered part of the public record, 15 and access to such records shall be limited in accordance with applica- 16 ble federal and state privacy laws. Such information shall not be used 17 as part of the criminal proceeding and shall be expunged upon resolution 18 of the case. 19 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
