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Senate Bill S4774

2015-2016 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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2015-S4774 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง553, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7812
2017-2018: S2943

2015-S4774 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2015-S4774 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4774 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4774

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- 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. Section 553 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 29 to read as follows:
  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  PRINCIPALS  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.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09008-02-5

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