NY A 994
in committeeRelates to the protection of mental health practitioners
New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did NY A 994 pass?
Not yet. NY A 994 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
What is NY A 994 about?
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.
Who sponsors NY A 994?
Phil Steck is the primary sponsor of NY A 994.
Description
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.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Phil Steckprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-01-08
REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
referral-committee
2026-01-07
REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
referral-committee
Versions
- A994Compare
Documents
Votes
Not provided by source.
Related bills
- Prior session: A 6849not in this corpus
- Prior session: A 4847not in this corpus
- Prior session: A 272not in this corpus
- Prior session: A 4377not in this corpus
- Companion bill: S 6116
Official source
Attribution
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