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                                  3661

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 13, 2015
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Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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, 27 and paragraph (c) of subdivision 28  of
section  553  of  the  executive law, subdivisions 26 and 27 as added by
section 3 of part A of chapter 501 of the laws of 2012 and paragraph (c)
of subdivision 28 as added by chapter 394  of  the  laws  of  2014,  are
amended and a new subdivision 29 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[.];
  (c) Procedures to facilitate the preparation of pertinent information,
including  clinical information, necessary to safely conduct an investi-
gation pursuant to this section, including timely  notification  by  the
justice center to the appropriate administrative personnel of the agency
serving  such  vulnerable person that such information will be required.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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Such information shall be readily available to the justice center  on  a
form  it  prescribes prior to any contact between the justice center and
such individual[.]; AND
  29.  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-
DENTS. TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY ACROSS STATE AGENCIES, THE  JUSTICE  CENTER
SHALL  DEVELOP  OR  IDENTIFY  A  UNIFORM  SET  OF  CORE PRINCIPLES TO BE
INCLUDED IN ANY GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS PRODUCED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.