S5508 (2023-24 session)
NY State bill
Relates to involuntary in-patient mental health treatment where care and treatment in a hospital is essential to a person's welfare if, in the absence of such care and treatment, the person's mental illness is likely to result in serious harm.
- Title
- Relates to clarifying the standards for involuntary in-patient care and treatment
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2023-24 session
- Status
- In Senate Committee
- Latest action date
- 2024-01-03
- In committee
- Mental Health
- Introduced
- 2023-03-06
- Same as
- A812
- Law section
- Mental Hygiene Law
Sponsors
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton State Senator, District 23
Co-sponsors
Heard in committee
- Mental Health NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A812 (2023-24 session) NY State bill