NYC Council Introduction 1240

intro.nyc/1240-2025 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Holistic clinical assessments for incarcerated individuals.
Status: Laid Over in Committee Committee on Criminal Justice
Sponsored by Rita C. Joseph
Introduced: April 10, 2025

This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ), upon request of a person in custody or their attorney, to conduct a holistic needs assessment when one is required for acceptance into a court-based alternative to incarceration program. These clinical asssements are to include information on a person’s mental health, physical health, intellectual disabilities, history of trauma, and other psychosocial conditions or circumstances at the time of a person’s arrest.