Senate Bill S3484

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the review of criminal history information of certain persons rendering community based services to individuals with mental illness or mental retardation

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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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2009-S3484 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §31.35, Mental Health L; amd §845-b, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S3016

2009-S3484 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the review of criminal history information of certain persons rendering community based services to individuals with mental illness or mental retardation and developmental disabilities.

2009-S3484 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3484 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3484

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 20, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  HUNTLEY  --  (at  request  of the Office of Mental
  Health) -- read twice and ordered printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
  committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disabil-
  ities

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  mental  hygiene  law  and the executive law, in
  relation to the review of  criminal  history  information  of  certain
  persons  rendering community based services to individuals with mental
  illness or mental retardation and developmental disabilities

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

  Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 31.35 of the mental hygiene law,
as  amended  by  chapter  575 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as
follows:
  (a) Every provider of services  who  contracts  with,  RECEIVES  FUNDS
FROM,  or is LICENSED, CERTIFIED, approved or IS otherwise authorized by
the office to provide services, except (1) a department facility, (2)  a
hospital as defined in article twenty-eight of the public health law, or
(3)  a  licensed professional under title eight of the education law who
does not have employees or volunteers who will have regular and substan-
tial unsupervised or unrestricted physical contact with the  clients  of
such  provider,  and  every  applicant to be such a provider of services
except (i) a department facility, (ii) a hospital as defined in  article
twenty-eight  of the public health law, or (iii) a licensed professional
under title eight of the education law who does not  have  employees  or
volunteers  who  will have regular and substantial unsupervised or unre-
stricted physical contact with  the  clients  of  such  provider,  shall
request  that  the  office check, and upon such request the office shall
request and shall be authorized to receive from the division of criminal
justice services criminal history information, as such phrase is defined
in  paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision  one  of   section   eight   hundred
forty-five-b of the executive law, concerning each (A) prospective oper-
ator,  employee  or volunteer of such provider who will have regular and
substantial unsupervised  or  unrestricted  physical  contact  with  the
clients  of  such provider, OR (B) OTHER PERSON OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN

              

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