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A 5941: Relates to the removal of incarcerated individuals diagnosed with mental illness to a residential mental health treatment unit.
What A 5941 does, verified February 25, 2026
The bill aims to improve the treatment of incarcerated individuals with mental illness. It requires the department to divert or remove individuals diagnosed with serious mental illness from segregated confinement or residential rehabilitation units to a residential mental health treatment unit, where they can receive proper care. This change is intended to prevent prolonged confinement and ensure the individual receives the necessary treatment. The disciplinary process can still proceed according to department rules and regulations. The bill takes effect 30 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to correction (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5941
- What is the current status of A 5941?
- As of February 25, 2026, A 5941 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to correction".
- Did A 5941 pass?
- Not yet. A 5941 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5941, and where is it now?
- A 5941 was authored by Asm. Erik Dilan with 3 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Correction.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to correction |
| Feb. 25, 2025 | referred to correction |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 25, 2025 · 286 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5941 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the removal of incar- cerated individuals diagnosed with mental illness to a residential mental health treatment unit The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph d of subdivision 6 of section 2 137 of the correction law, as separately amended by chapters 93 and 322 3 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows: 4 (i) Except as set forth in clause (E) of subparagraph (ii) of this 5 paragraph, the department, in consultation with mental health clini- 6 cians, shall divert or remove an incarcerated [individuals] individual 7 who at any time has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness, as 8 defined in subparagraphs (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) of paragraph (e) of 9 this subdivision, from segregated confinement or confinement in a resi- 10 dential rehabilitation unit, where such confinement could potentially be 11 for a period in excess of thirty days, to a residential mental health 12 treatment unit. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to prevent the 13 disciplinary process from proceeding in accordance with department rules 14 and regulations for disciplinary hearings. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 16 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10073-01-5
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