Bill Commons

NY S 6177

in committee

Relates to establishing emergency mental health units

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 6177 pass?

Not yet. NY S 6177 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 S 6177 about?

Relates to establishing emergency mental health units; provides for certification of all emergency mental health units, the creation of regional emergency mental health unit councils, and a New York state emergency mental health unit council to develop minimum training standards for certified emergency mental health units and minimum equipment and communication standards for emergency mental health units.

Who sponsors NY S 6177?

Kevin S. Parker is the primary sponsor of NY S 6177.

Description

Relates to establishing emergency mental health units; provides for certification of all emergency mental health units, the creation of regional emergency mental health unit councils, and a New York state emergency mental health unit council to develop minimum training standards for certified emergency mental health units and minimum equipment and communication standards for emergency mental health units.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Kevin S. Parkerprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-06

    REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8597not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5978not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 7267not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S6177?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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