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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S09916 Summary: BILL NO S09916 &nbsp SAME AS SAME AS A10275

&nbsp SPONSOR JACKSON &nbsp COSPNSR CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, GALLIVAN, MURRAY &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Add §30, Cor L &nbsp Establishes an employee mental health services program for all employees who work for the department of corrections and community supervision and all employees of the office of mental health who deliver services to incarcerated individuals overseen by the department of corrections and community supervision.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

9916

IN SENATE

April 14, 2026 ___________

Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to employee mental health services

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:

1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 30 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 30. Mental health assistance program. 1. The superintendent, in 4 consultation with the commissioner of mental health, shall establish and 5 make available a confidential mental health counseling program for all 6 employees who work for the department and all employees of the office of 7 mental health who deliver services to incarcerated individuals overseen 8 by the department. 9 2. The provisions of subdivision (b) of section 9.46 of the mental 10 hygiene law shall not apply to any employee receiving assistance pursu- 11 ant to this section, unless the mental health professional counseling 12 such employee determines, based on reasonable professional judgment, 13 that the employee is likely to engage in conduct that would result in 14 immediate and serious harm to self or others in which instance the 15 mental health professional shall inform the division of criminal justice 16 services and the superintendent as soon as practicable and provided, 17 further, however, that the superintendent shall be prohibited from 18 taking any punitive administrative action against any employee seeking 19 mental health counseling under this section. 20 3. The counseling program established pursuant to this section shall 21 be free of charge for employees and shall be confidential in nature 22 except as otherwise prescribed in subdivision two of this section. 23 4. Any mental health professional who renders treatment to any employ- 24 ee eligible for mental health counseling under this section shall be 25 prohibited from sharing any information about such employee's treatment 26 except as otherwise prescribed by subdivision two of this section. 27 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14798-02-6

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