| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to aging |
| Apr 28, 2015 |
reported and committed to finance |
| Jan 22, 2015 |
referred to aging |
Senate Bill S2289
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Aging Committee
Actions
Votes
2015-S2289 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Aging
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §473-b, Soc Serv L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2013-2014:
S6291
2017-2018: S4204
2015-S2289 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2289
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing a
statewide toll-free elderly abuse hotline for purposes of reporting of
endangered adults
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Establishes a single statewide toll-free telephone number which people
may call to report any abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment of
an elderly person.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
A statewide toll-free telephone number will be in operation
twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, for the sole purpose of
reporting the known or suspected abuse of an elderly person. This
abuse shall include, but not be limited to: physical and/or mental
mistreatment, neglect, exploitation or abandonment.
EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER:
Subdivision 1 of section 473-b of the social services law is
remunerated subdivision 2 and a new subdivision 1 is added.
2015-S2289 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2289
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 22, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sen. DILAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing a
statewide toll-free elderly abuse hotline for purposes of reporting of
endangered adults
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 473-b of the social
services law, as added by chapter 523 of the laws of 1984, is amended to
read as follows:
1. THE OFFICE SHALL ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A SINGLE STATEWIDE
TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING TELEPHONE CALLS
ALLEGING ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT OF AN ELDERLY PERSON, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO ABUSE, NEGLECT OR FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION AS DEFINED IN THIS
ARTICLE.
2. Any person who in good faith believes that a person eighteen years
of age or older may be an endangered adult or in need of protective or
other services, pursuant to this article, and who, based on such belief
either:
S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law, except that any rules and regulations neces-
sary for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date may
be promulgated on or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06890-01-5
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