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The son of disgraced state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos has been ordered to undergo mental health evaluation and treatment, new court papers revealed.

Adam Skelos — who faces a retrial in June alongside his dad on corruption charges — had his bail conditions modified to include mental health treatment, according to an order issued by Manhattan federal judge Kimba Wood on Monday.

Christopher Conniff, Adam’s former lawyer, requested that Skelos only receive community service with drug and alcohol treatment and counseling, in a sentencing letter from March 2016.

“Adam struggled with substance abuse and behavioral issues throughout his teenage years,” Conniff wrote noting that Adam had been in rehab several times in high school and even got kicked out of college for one semester because of substance abuse problems.

Conniff also added that the trial took a huge toll on Adam, the father of two autistic sons and whose marriage recently collapsed.

The father-son duo was convicted in 2015 for a corruption scheme in which the elder Skelos used his influence to strong-arm companies into giving Adam no-show jobs.

The current lawyer for Adam Skelos could not immediately be reached for comment.

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