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Bill May 21, 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.

https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9549/
Jo Anne Simon Assemblymember Phil Steck Assemblymember Cosponsor Monique Chandler-Waterman Assemblymember Cosponsor Maritza Davila Assemblymember Cosponsor Samra Brouk State Senator Joe Addabbo State Senator Cosponsor
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