What's happening
This bill limits county responsibility for fees to only the first thirty days for court-ordered patients in state mental health facilities.
Why it matters
Shifts long-term financial responsibility for court-ordered mental health patients from counties to the state after 30 days, potentially reducing local tax burdens and altering county budgeting priorities.
May increase state-level oversight or influence over patient care, since the state will bear the extended costs, potentially impacting the quality and continuity of mental health services.
Could incentivize counties to expedite court processes or transfers to minimize their financial exposure, possibly affecting how quickly patients move through the legal and mental health systems.
Alters the financial dynamics between counties and the state, which could have downstream effects on local mental health infrastructure and the allocation of resources for other public services.
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History
- Referred to ways and means
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- Referred to mental health
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Limit County Mental Health Fees
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Patty Ritchie
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3254
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 27, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, BARCLAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to fees for services rendered to patients held in state inpatient facilities pursuant to court orders
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 43.03 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
(c) Patients receiving services while being held pursuant to order of a criminal court, other than patients committed to the department pursuant to section 330.20 of the criminal procedure law, or for examination pursuant to an order of the family court shall not be liable to the department for such services. Fees due the department for such services shall be paid by the county in which such court is located [except that counties] for up to and including only the first thirty days of services. Counties shall not be responsible for the cost of services rendered patients committed to the department pursuant to section 330.20 of the criminal procedure law or patients committed to the department pursuant to article ten of this chapter.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07438-01-7
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