N.Y. Mental Hyg. Law § 29.19

Current through 2024 NY Law Chapter 553

Section 29.19 - [Effective 6/30/2027] Powers and duties of peace officers acting pursuant to their special duties and police officers to apprehend, restrain, and transport persons to facilities

A person who has been committed or admitted to a department facility and who has been reported as escaped therefrom or from lawful custody, or who resists or evades lawful custody, may be apprehended, restrained, transported to, and returned to such school or hospital by any peace officer, acting pursuant to his special duties, or any police officer, and it shall be the duty of any such officer to assist any representative of a department facility to take into custody any such person upon the request of such representative.

N.Y. Mental Hyg. Law § 29.19

Amended by New York Laws 2022, ch. 56,Sec. UU-H-1, eff. 4/9/2022.

Amended by New York Laws 2017, ch. 67,Sec. 1, eff. 6/29/2017.

This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.