A 10490 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes Nicole's law, which provides for treatment of individuals with self-inflicted, life-threatening injuries

This bill, known as Nicole's law, creates new requirements for hospitals in the state to improve care for patients who have self-inflicted life-threatening injuries like suicide attempts or overdoses. It mandates that hospitals review a patient's medical history for past self-harm incidents and contact family members for additional context when admitting such patients. The law also requires longer hospital stays for those with previous similar injuries, provides 48-hour advance notice before discharge, and ensures patients receive referrals to outpatient support services. Additionally, clinical trial operators must offer crisis resources and supportive messages to individuals who are excluded from trials due to suicide risk.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 6, 2026 Last action Mar 12, 2026
Maddy AI version diff · 1 comparison

What changed between versions

A10490 A10490A · 2 edits
MINOR
This bill update changes the suicide crisis phone number from the old 1-800-273-8255 to the new 988 number, which is the nationwide suicide prevention and crisis lifeline. The bill also updates the bill number and committee status to reflect that it has been amended and reprinted.
REQUIREMENT

Updated the suicide crisis phone number from 1-800-273-8255 to 988 for clinical trial operators to provide to individuals with self-inflicted injuries

TECHNICAL

Updated bill number from A10490 to A10490-A and added committee discharge information

Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
3
Key actions
2
Committee
1
Amendments
2
Mar 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 10490A
lower
Mar 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO MENTAL HEALTH
lower
Mar 6, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Matt Slater
Matt Slater
RRepublican/Conservative
NY
94