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NY State Senate Bill S4881B
senate Bill S4881B
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Jun 07, 2012 print number 4881b
Jun 07, 2012 amend and recommit to mental health and developmental disabilities
May 03, 2012 print number 4881a
May 03, 2012 amend (t) and recommit to mental health and developmental disabilities
S4881 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-2014: S2225, A1544
S4881 (ACTIVE) - Summary
S4881 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4881
to amend the mental hygiene law and the correction law, in relation to
enhancing the assisted outpatient treatment program
AOT program coordinators: monitor local programs to ensure that
renewal; to ensure transition of the AOT information to other
jurisdictions should the patient relocate and monitor local needs for
training of judges and court personnel to ensure that the office of
mental health adequately provides such training.
Section 2 amends MHL § 9.47 (b) to clarify that a director of
community services' responsibility to investigate reports of persons
who may be in need of AOT applies to reports received from family and
community members, as well as to written reports received from
Section 3 amends MHL § 9.48 to require that AOT program directors'
whether to petition for renewal, the basis for such determination,
and the court's
disposition of the renewal petition, if any.
Section 4 amends MHL § 9.60 to add to the treatment team services
provided: medication and symptom management training or education;
appointment of a representative payee; random tests for alcohol or
drugs. Also provides that the parties to the treatment order may
stipulate upon mutual consent that an examining physician need not
Also, provides that the appointed physician shall make a reasonable
effort to gather relevant information for the development of a
treatment plan from a member of the patient's family or significant
This section also provides that if the patient relocates to a location
within the state of New York not served by the current community
services program, the director of the current program will transmit a
copy of the AOT court order and treatment plan to the director of
community services of the local government unit in which the patient
has relocated or is believed to have relocated.
This section also provides that a Director who finds that the assisted
outpatient continues to meet AOT criteria within 30 days of the
expiration of an order for AOT, such director shall file a petition
for continued treatment. Likewise, if such assisted outpatient no
longer meets the criteria, the director is required to give notice
that the petition for continued AOT is no longer necessary.
This provision clarifies that any other person authorized to petition
for continued AOT may bring such petition in the event that the
appropriate director or current petitioner does not petition for
Section 5 amends MHL §29.15: if the director of the hospital does not
petition for AOT upon the discharge of an inpatient or upon the
expiration of a period of conditional release for such inpatient,
such director shall report the discharge in writing to the director
of community services of the local government unit where the
inpatient is expected to reside.
Section 6 amends subdivision 2 of section 404 of the correction law to
require that prior to discharging an inmate who is still mentally
ill, the director shall report in writing to the director of
community services of the local government unit in which the inmate
is expected to reside and to the Commissioner of mental health. This
report shall include a recommendation as to whether the patient
prisoner meets the criteria for AOT and state the basis for this
statewide court-ordered assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) program
to improve outcomes for persons with severe mental illness who, in
view of their treatment history and present circumstances, are likely
to have difficulty living safely in the community. At the approach of
the law's original 2005 expiration date, the legislature took note of
Office of Mental Health (OMR) research documenting declines in rates
perceptions. In 2005, the legislature opted to extend Kendra's Law
for an additional five years to further evaluate the program.
studies on the AOT program. These reports confirm the earlier OMIT
treatment who were more violent to begin with - were nevertheless
four times less likely than members of the control group to
perpetrate serious violence after undergoing treatment and found less
frequent psychiatric hospitalizations, shorter length of
hospitalizations, reduction in the likelihood of arrest, higher
social functioning, slightly less stigma and no
increase in perceived coercion. AOT stimulates service providers
efforts to prioritize care for AOT recipients; judges hearing AOT
cases could benefit from additional AOT training; counties favored
increasing the availability of stipulations to reduce the court
burden, costs, and transportation burdens; recipients are far more
likely than other patients to consistently receive psychotropic
medications appropriate to their psychiatric condition; that those
who receive AOT for periods of at least one year are more likely than
those who receive AOT for shorter periods to sustain gains after
leaving the program; that the law has been applied in a
families who have utilized Kendra's Law since 1999, point to several
those who stand to benefit from it. The amendments included in this
act are intended to reflect these findings and maximize the unique
potential of this legislation to simultaneously serve the goals of
compassionate care, fiscal responsibility, and public safety.
S4881 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
Introduced by Sens. YOUNG, DeFRANCISCO, GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered
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S4881A (ACTIVE) - Details
S4881A (ACTIVE) - Summary
S4881A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4881A
enhancing the assisted outpatient treatment program; and to amend
Kendra's Law, in relation to making the provisions thereof permanent
and monitor local needs for training of judges and court personnel to
ensure that the office of mental health adequately provides such
Section 2 clarifies that directors of community services shall be
responsible for ensuring that reports of persons who may be in need
of continued AOT orders are subject to a timely investigation.
and the court's disposition of the renewal petition, if any.
Section 4 amends MHL § 9.60 to clarify that assisted outpatient
treatment services provided may include:
medication education or symptom management education;
appointment of a representative payee; and that tests for alcohol or
drugs may be random. Also provides that the parties to the treatment
order may stipulate, upon mutual consent, that an examining physician
need not testify in court. Also, provides that the appointed
physician shall make a reasonable effort to gather relevant
information for the development of a treatment plan from a member or
members of the patient's family or significant other.
This section also provides that the Commissioner will establish a
warranted, investigated in a timely manner, and that AOT petitions
regulations to require that prior to a assisted outpatient relocating
to within the state of New York to a location not served by his or
her current director of community services, that patient or other
petition for continued AOT may use to bring such petition in the
event that the appropriate director or current petitioner does not
petition for continued AOT prior to the expiration of the court order.
petition for AOT upon the discharge of an involuntarily committed
inpatient or upon the expiration of a period of conditional release
for such inpatient, such director shall report the discharge in
unit where the inpatient is expected to reside.
Section 6 amends subdivision 1 of section 404 of the correction law to
ill, the director shall, where appropriate either apply for a
person's admission to a hospital for care and treatment, or initiate
a petition for an order authorizing assisted outpatient treatment, or
Section 7 would repeal the current sunset date to make the provisions
of Kendra's Law permanent.
Section 8 Severability.
Section 9 states that this act shall take effect immediately.
original 2005 expiration date, the legislature took note of Office of
Mental Health (OMR) research documenting declines in rates of
homelessness, hospitalization, substance abuse, alcoholism, violence,
arrest and incarceration, and documented increases in treatment
compliance, service engagement and positive consumer perceptions. In
2005, the legislature opted to extend Kendra's Law for an additional
five years to further evaluate the program.
perpetrate serious violence after undergoing assisted outpatient
treatment and found less frequent psychiatric hospitalizations,
shorter length of hospitalizations, reduction in the likelihood of
arrest, higher social functioning, slightly less stigma and no
receive AOT for shorter periods to sustain gains after leaving the
program; that the law has been applied in a non-discriminatory
manner; and that the court order itself, in addition to high quality
services, is a significant factor in the program's success.
S4881A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
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Introduced  by  Sens. YOUNG, ALESI, BONACIC, DeFRANCISCO, GOLDEN, LANZA,
LARKIN, LIBOUS, MAZIARZ, McDONALD, PARKER -- read  twice  and  ordered
Health and Developmental Disabilities -- recommitted to the  Committee
on  Mental  Health  and  Developmental Disabilities in accordance with
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S  2.  Subdivision  (b)  of section 9.47 of the mental hygiene law, as
tient  treatment PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH TWO OF SUBDIVISION (F) OF SECTION
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reasonably be predicted to result in suicide or the need for  hospitali-
(6) "subject of the petition" or "subject" shall mean the  person  who
is  alleged  in  a  petition,  filed  pursuant to the provisions of this
(7) "correctional facility" and "local  correctional  facility"  shall
(8)  "health  care  proxy" and "health care agent" shall have the same
(9) "program coordinator" shall mean an individual  appointed  by  the
commissioner  [of mental health], pursuant to subdivision (f) of section
7.17 of this chapter, who is responsible for the oversight and  monitor-
mental  unit  shall operate, direct and supervise an assisted outpatient
treatment program. The director of a hospital licensed  or  operated  by
the  office  [of  mental  health]  may  operate, direct and supervise an
assisted outpatient treatment program, upon approval by the  commission-
er.  Directors  of  community services shall be permitted to satisfy the
provisions of this subdivision through the operation of  joint  assisted
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talization  in a hospital, or receipt of services in a forensic or other
mental health unit of a correctional facility or  a  local  correctional
facility,  not including any current period, or period ending within the
last six months, during which the  person  was  or  is  hospitalized  or
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davit of a physician, who shall not be the  petitioner,  stating  either
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S4881B (ACTIVE) - Details
S4881B (ACTIVE) - Summary
S4881B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4881B
amend Kendra's Law, in relation to making the provisions thereof perma-
program coordinators: monitor local programs to ensure that expiring AOT
orders are adequately reviewed to consider the need for renewal; and
that the office of mental health adequately provides such training.
Section 2 provides that an educational pamphlet on AOT shall be devel-
oped and distributed to family members of persons who may be in need of
Section 3 clarifies that directors of community services shall be
responsible for ensuring that reports of persons who may be in need of
continued AOT orders are subject to a timely investigation. It also
provides that directors of community services shall notify program coor-
dinators when AOT patients cannot be located or are believed to have
taken residence outside of the local governmental unit served.
AOT court orders, including the determination made as to whether to
petition for renewal, the basis for such determination, and the court's
Section 5 amends MHL § 9.60 to clarify that assisted outpatient treat-
ment services provided may include:  medication education or symptom
tests for alcohol or drugs may be random. Also provides that the parties
to the treatment order may stipulate, upon mutual consent, that an exam-
ining physician need not testify in court. Also, provides that the
appointed physician shall make a reasonable effort to gather relevant
This section also clarifies that directors of hospitals or superinten-
dents of correctional facilities may initiate a petition.
This section also provides that the Commissioner will establish a proce-
dure to ensure that reports of persons who may be in need of AOT that
are made by family and community members of such person are, if
lations to require that prior to a assisted outpatient relocating to
within the state of New York to a location not served by his or her
also provides that when a patient is missing upon expiration date of
order, that the order shall be extended until sixty days after such
Section 6 amends MHL §29.15: if the director of the hospital does not
petition for AOT upon the discharge of an involuntarily committed inpa-
tient or upon the expiration of a period of conditional release for such
inpatient, such director shall report the discharge in writing to the
director of community services of the local government unit where the
Section 8 would repeal the current sunset date to make the provisions of
Kendra's Law permanent.
Mental Health (OMR) research documenting declines in rates of homeless-
ness, hospitalization, substance abuse, alcoholism, violence, arrest and
incarceration, and documented increases in treatment compliance, service
engagement and positive consumer perceptions. In 2005, the legislature
opted to extend Kendra's Law for an additional five years to further
more violent to begin with - were nevertheless four times less likely
undergoing assisted outpatient treatment and found less frequent psychi-
atric hospitalizations, shorter length of hospitalizations, reduction in
the likelihood of arrest, higher social functioning, slightly less stig-
ma and no increase in perceived coercion. AOT stimulates service provid-
ers efforts to prioritize care for AOT recipients; judges hearing AOT
increasing the availability of stipulations to reduce the court burden,
costs, and transportation burdens; recipients are far more likely than
other patients to consistently receive psychotropic medications appro-
priate to their psychiatric condition; that those who receive AOT for
periods of at least one year are more likely than those who receive AOT
for shorter periods to sustain gains after leaving the program; that the
law has been applied in a non-discriminatory manner; and that the court
order itself, in addition to high quality services, is a significant
factor in the program's success.
lies who have utilized Kendra's Law since 1999, point to several areas
stand to benefit from it. The amendments included in this act are
intended to reflect these findings and maximize the unique potential of
this legislation to simultaneously serve the goals of compassionate
care, fiscal responsibility, and public safety.
S4881B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
4881--B
Introduced by Sens. YOUNG, ADDABBO, ALESI, AVELLA, BONACIC, DeFRANCISCO,
GOLDEN, LANZA, LARKIN, LIBOUS, MAZIARZ, McDONALD, PARKER -- read twice
on  Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities -- recommitted to the
LBD10473-11-2
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(i)  [prior  to the filing of the petition,] at least twice within the
[last] thirty-six months PRIOR TO THE FILING  OF  THE  PETITION  been  a
significant  factor  in  necessitating hospitalization in a hospital, or
receipt of services in a forensic or  other  mental  health  unit  of  a
PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH  THIRTY-SIX  MONTH  PERIOD SHALL BE EXTENDED BY THE
LENGTH OF any current period[, or period ending] OF  HOSPITALIZATION  OR
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1. Whenever an inmate committed to a hospital  in  the  department  of
mental  hygiene or whenever an inmate is examined in anticipation of his
or her conditional release, release to parole supervision, or  when  his
or  her sentence to a term of imprisonment expires and such inmate shall
continue to be mentally ill and in need of care  and  treatment  at  the
time  of  his or her conditional release, release to parole supervision,
or when his or her sentence to  a  term  of  imprisonment  expires,  the
ty  [may] SHALL, WHERE APPROPRIATE, EITHER apply for the person's admis-
department of mental hygiene pursuant to  article  nine  of  the  mental
hygiene  law[,]  or  [alternatively]  INITIATE  A  PETITION FOR AN ORDER
AUTHORIZING ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT, PURSUANT TO SECTION  9.60  OF
THE  MENTAL  HYGIENE LAW, OR the commissioner may apply for the person's
admission to a secure treatment facility pursuant to article ten of  the