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Assembly Bill A5187

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the community guardianship program

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2013-A5187 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง473-d, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8308
2015-2016: A2986
2017-2018: A6614
2019-2020: A4109

2013-A5187 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides the community guardian program shall obtain annually a statement prepared by a physician, psychologist, nurse clinician, social worker, or other person, evaluating the condition and current functional level of the person for whom the community guardian program serves as guardian.

2013-A5187 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5187

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 21, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Mental Health

AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to the community
  guardianship program

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (g)  of  subdivision 3 of section 473-d of the
social services law, as added by chapter 846 of the  laws  of  1986  and
such  section  as  renumbered  by  chapter  395  of the laws of 1995, is
amended to read as follows:
  (g) the community guardian program shall  obtain  [annual  assessments
from  two  qualified psychiatrists or one qualified psychiatrist and one
qualified psychologist who are independent  of  the  community  guardian
program  of  persons  for  whom it serves as committee or conservator to
determine whether continuation of the guardianship is necessary, and the
appointing court shall be informed of the results  of  such  assessments
and  may  discharge  the  community  guardian  program as conservator or
committee pursuant to sections 77.35 and 78.27  of  the  mental  hygiene
law]  ANNUALLY  A STATEMENT PREPARED BY A PHYSICIAN, PSYCHOLOGIST, NURSE
CLINICIAN, OR SOCIAL WORKER, OR OTHER PERSON  EVALUATING  THE  CONDITION
AND FUNCTIONAL LEVEL OF A PERSON FOR WHOM THE COMMUNITY GUARDIAN PROGRAM
SERVES  AS  GUARDIAN  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH FIVE OF SUBDIVISION (B) OF
SECTION 81.31 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW;
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04001-01-3

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