· NY legislature · 2025-2026

Relates to involuntary emergency admission of persons alleged to be mentally ill

Enacts "Jesse's law" to provide that a person subject to involuntary emergency admission for immediate observation, care, and treatment of mental illness shall have the right to select the hospital they are admitted to.

Sponsor

Samra Brouk (D-NY)

Introduced

2025-01-08

Latest action

REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH