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

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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.

Chamber: House
Introduced: Jan 14, 2026
Last action: Jan 14, 2026 — REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
Session: 2025-2026
Momentum: 32 · Low

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 5%, measured from NY's completed sessions
Momentum -4 32/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 279 days quiet

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