Senate Bill S7812

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the issuance of guidance documents to certain state oversight agencies for meeting reporting requirements established by the justice center

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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-S7812 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10152
Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง553, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4774, S3661, A6144, A7313
2017-2018: S2943

2013-S7812 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the issuance of guidance documents to certain state oversight agencies for meeting reporting requirements established by the justice center.

2013-S7812 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7812 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7812

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 11, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
  mental Disabilities

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the powers and  duties
  of the justice center

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 26 and 27 of section 553 of the executive law,
as added by section 3 of part A of chapter 501 of the laws of 2012,  are
amended and a new subdivision 28 is added to read as follows:
  26.  To  review  the cost effectiveness of mental hygiene programs and
procedures provided for by law with particular attention to  efficiency,
effectiveness and economy in the management, supervision and delivery of
such programs. Such review may include but is not limited to: (a) deter-
mining  reasons for rising costs and possible means of controlling them;
(b) analyzing and comparing expenditures in mental hygiene to  determine
the  factors  associated with variations in costs; and (c) analyzing and
comparing achievements in selected  samples  to  determine  the  factors
associated  with variations in program success and their relationship to
mental hygiene costs; [and]
  27. In its discretion, to review the policies and  practices  relating
to  the  prevention  of abuse or neglect in facilities or provider agen-
cies, including staffing patterns of  various  service  models  and  the
supervision required to help ensure the safety of service recipients[.];
AND
  28.  TO  DEVELOP  GUIDANCE  DOCUMENTS  RELATING  TO THE PROCEDURES FOR
REVIEW OF REPORTABLE INCIDENTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE
OF THIS SECTION. ALL SUCH DOCUMENTS SHALL BE  ADDRESSED  TO  EACH  STATE
OVERSIGHT  AGENCY IDENTIFIED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED
FIFTY OF THIS ARTICLE AND SHALL CONTAIN A UNIQUE SET OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR
EACH SUCH AGENCY TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION EACH SUCH AGENCY'S PARTICULAR
MISSION AND CONSTITUENCY. EACH SUCH AGENCY SHALL, AT THE REQUEST OF  THE
JUSTICE  CENTER, PRODUCE FOR THE JUSTICE CENTER'S REVIEW, CURRENT PROCE-
DURES AND PRACTICES UTILIZED IN RECORDING AND REPORTING REPORTABLE INCI-

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

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