A 6849 New York Assembly · 2017 Regular Session

Relates to the protection of mental health practitioners

Summary
Imposes a duty to protect upon mental health practitioners; requires reasonable efforts to modify aspects of treatment in order to reduce or eliminate the risk of harm, initiating procedures for hospitalization, notifying the intended victim or victims, or notifying law enforcement officials when a person directly communicates a threat of serious, imminent harm to self or against a readily identifiable person or persons, and the threat includes both a serious intent to act and the ability to carry out the threat; does not require a mental health practitioner to take any action which, in the exercise of reasonable professional judgment, would endanger such mental health practitioner or increase the danger to a potential victim or victims.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Mar 2017
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Introduced Mar 22, 2017 Last action Jan 3, 2018
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Jan 3, 2018
Assembly · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Mar 22, 2017
Assembly · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
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