New York S01744 mandates institutions housing defendants due to mental disease or defect to assign a care management team and make a referral before.

New York S01744 requires institutions housing defendants due to mental disease or defect to assign a critical time intervention care management team to each defendant and make a single point of access referral prior to discharge. The local criminal court must order the institution to make the referral with the appropriate agency closest to the defendant's last known county of residence. The court must also dismiss the accusatory instrument against the defendant, barring further prosecution.

New York S01744 mandates institutions housing defendants due to mental disease or defect to assign a care management team and make a referral before.

New York S01744 requires institutions housing defendants due to mental disease or defect to assign a critical time intervention care management team to each defendant and make a single point of access referral prior to discharge. The local criminal court must order the institution to make the referral with the appropriate agency closest to the defendant's last known county of residence. The court must also dismiss the accusatory instrument against the defendant, barring further prosecution.