A9549 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
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.
- Title
- Relates to involuntary emergency admission of persons alleged to be mentally ill
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-14
- In committee
- Mental Health
- Introduced
- 2026-01-14
- Same as
- S1000
- Law section
- Mental Hygiene Law
Sponsors
- Jo Anne Simon Assembly Member, District 52
Co-sponsors
- Maritza Davila Assembly Member, District 53
- Monique Chandler-Waterman Assembly Member, District 58
Heard in committee
- Mental Health NY State Assembly committee
Same as
- S1000 (2025-26 session) NY State bill