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S 2207: Provides for payment by the state of certain traveling costs and fees associated with the psychiatric examination of defendants to determine mental fitness.
What S 2207 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to reform the psychiatric examination process for defendants in New York. It introduces a new fee structure for psychiatric examiners, providing a flat rate of $50 for each examination and $50 for each court appearance. Additionally, examiners who work for the state of New York are entitled to reasonable traveling expenses, unless they conduct an examination outside their regular working hours in a county with a shortage of qualified psychiatrists. In such cases, examiners can claim the fees and expenses for sending the defendant to another location for examination, as well as for the defendant's maintenance and return. These costs will be borne by the county where the defendant is being tried. The bill takes effect immediately and applies to expenses incurred on or after the effective date.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO CODES (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 2207
- What is the current status of S 2207?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 2207 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 CODES".
- Did S 2207 pass?
- Not yet. S 2207 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 2207, and where is it now?
- S 2207 was authored by Sen. Robert Ortt with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Senate Codes.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO CODES |
| Jan. 15, 2025 | REFERRED TO CODES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 15, 2025 · 387 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2207 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to payment of certain costs associated with the psychiatric examination of defend- ants to determine mental fitness The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 730.20 of the criminal procedure 2 law, as amended by chapter 692 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 7. A psychiatric examiner is entitled to [his] reasonable traveling 5 expenses, a fee of fifty dollars for each examination of a defendant and 6 a fee of fifty dollars for each appearance at a court hearing or trial 7 but not exceeding two hundred dollars in fees for examination and testi- 8 mony in any one case; except that if such psychiatric examiner be an 9 employee of the state of New York [he] they shall be entitled only to 10 reasonable traveling expenses, unless such psychiatric examiner makes 11 the examination or appears at a court hearing or trial outside [his] 12 their hours of state employment in a county in which the director of 13 community mental health services certifies to the fiscal officer thereof 14 that there is a shortage of qualified psychiatrists available to conduct 15 examinations under the criminal procedure law in such county, in which 16 event [he] such examiner shall be entitled to the foregoing fees and 17 reasonable traveling expenses. Such fees and traveling expenses and the 18 costs of sending a defendant to another place of detention or to a 19 hospital for examination, of [his] their maintenance therein and of 20 returning [him] such defendant shall, when approved by the court, be a 21 charge of the [county in which the defendant is being tried] state. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to 23 expenses occurring on and after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04359-01-5
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