· NY legislature · 2025-2026

Requires probation, investigation and diagnostic assessment of certain juvenile delinquents with discernible handicapping conditions prior to dispositional hearings

Provides that prior to a dispositional hearing the judge shall order a probation investigation and a diagnostic assessment of a juvenile delinquent whom the court reasonably finds, on the record, to have a demonstrable need for a remediation of a discernible handicapping condition; allows judges to refer custody thr…

Sponsor

Alicia Hyndman (D-NY)

Introduced

2026-03-20

Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Latest action

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