Senate Bill S1662

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to penalties for violations relating to residential care programs for adults

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S1662 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5201
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §460-d, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S6278, A8862

2013-S1662 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing penalties for violations relating to residential care programs for adults and children; and amends provisions relating to determination of violations.

2013-S1662 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S1662 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1662

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  penalties  for
  violations relating to residential care programs for adults

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 7 and paragraphs (a) and (b) of  subdivision  9
of  section 460-d of the social services law, subdivision 7  as added by
chapter 669 of the laws of 1977,  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  7  as
amended by chapter 719 of the laws of 1989, paragraph (b) of subdivision
7 as amended by chapter 524 of the laws of 1984, subparagraph 2 of para-
graph  (b)  of  subdivision  7  as amended by chapter 733 of the laws of
1994, paragraph (a) of subdivision 9 as amended by chapter  558  of  the
laws  of 1999 and paragraph (b) of subdivision 9 as added by chapter 848
of the laws of 1992, are amended to read as follows:
  7. (a) The  department  shall  adopt  regulations  establishing  civil
penalties  of up to [one] FIVE thousand dollars PER VIOLATION per day to
be assessed against all adult care facilities except facilities operated
by a social services district for violations of (i) regulations  of  the
department  pertaining to the care of residents in such facilities, (ii)
paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section four  hundred  sixty-one-a
of this [chapter] ARTICLE, or (iii) an order issued pursuant to subdivi-
sion eight of this section. The regulations shall specify the violations
subject  to  penalty  and  the  amount  of the penalty to be assessed in
connection with each such violation and shall specify  that  only  civil
penalties  of  up  to  [one] FIVE thousand dollars PER VIOLATION per day
[per violation] shall be assessed pursuant to this paragraph against  an
adult  care  facility  found  responsible  for  an act of retaliation or
reprisal against any resident, employee,  or  other  person  for  having
filed  a  complaint with or having provided information to any long term

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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