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Int 0793-2022

Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to report on referrals to assisted outpatient treatment programs.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addictionintroduced 2022-10-27

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2022-10-27Passed: 2023-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report how many times city agencies and hospitals submit referrals for individuals to assisted outpatient treatment programs under the state law known as Kendra’s Law, including the number of petitions filed for such referrals and the number of resulting court orders.

Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction — Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (issues of mental health, developmental disability and addiction services) and Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities.

How it compares

48% of similar bills passed

24 passed · 26 died

This bill: 430 days in committee

Similar bills: median 307 days · 106 days when passed

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Sponsors (9)

Robert F. Holden(prime)
Farah N. Louis
Kristin Richardson Jordan
James F. Gennaro
Kevin C. Riley
Lynn C. Schulman
Joann Ariola
Vickie Paladino
Inna Vernikov

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2022-10-27 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2022-10-27 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2023-09-15 · Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2023-09-15 · Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2023-09-15 · Committee on Veterans
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2023-09-15 · Committee on Veterans
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2023-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (3)

Committee on Veterans · 2023-09-15 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction · 2023-09-15 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2022-10-27 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (8)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 17-200.1 to read as follows: � 17-200.1 Report on referrals to an assisted outpatient treatment program. a. No later than February 1, 2023, and quarterly thereafter, the commissioner shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council and shall post conspicuously on the department's website a report regarding the number of times any agency or hospital initiated a petition to assisted outpatient treatment pursuant to paragraph (e) of section 9.60 of the mental hygiene law. b. The report required by subdivision a of this section shall include: 1. The list of agencies and hospitals that referred any individual to an assisted outpatient treatment program; 2. The number of petitions filed and petitions granted for each entity that appears on the list required by paragraph 1 of this subdivision. � 2. This local law takes effect 30 days after it becomes law. JGP LS #7238 10/24/22 10:00a 1 1