NY State Senate Bill S6922

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 09, 2016	referred to aging delivered to assembly passed senate
Jun 07, 2016	ordered to third reading cal.1505 committee discharged and committed to rules
Mar 15, 2016	reported and committed to finance
Mar 07, 2016	referred to aging

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Mar 15, 2016 - Aging committee Vote

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S6922 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Aging
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 9-B Title 4 §473-m, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S2160

S6922 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to investigating reports of suspected elder abuse or maltreatment.

S6922 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 BILL NUMBER:  S6922

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to investigating
reports of suspected elder abuse or maltreatment

 PURPOSE :

This bill establishes a program that allows social services districts
to develop multidisciplinary investigative team or teams for the
purpose of investigating reports of suspected elder abuse or
maltreatment

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends Article 9-B of the Social Services law and adds a new
Title 4 to authorize the Commissioner to establish a program for the
development of a multidisciplinary team or teams for the purpose of
investigating suspected elder abuse. Social Services districts may
investigate reports of elder abuse through the use of
multidisciplinary teams which shall include representatives from adult
protective services, law enforcement, the district attorney's office,
banks and financial institutions, as well as forensic accountants,
physicians or medical providers, mental health professionals and
victim advocacy personnel.

Section 2 sets an immediate effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

As part of the Elder Abuse Prevention Interventions grant initiative,
two pilot programs in New York City and in the Finger Lakes (Monroe,
Cayuga, Livingston, Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates counties) were
established with the chief aims of improving systems collaboration and
awareness of investigating and intervening in complex cases of elder
financial exploitation and elder abuse.

Initial reports from the federal programs in the Finger Lakes and New
York City regions have shown significant results in preventing the
exploitation of older adults and the successful prosecution of
criminal cases. The Finger Lakes site alone has reported $514,000 has
been directed to be repaid by a court, or agreed upon in repayment
plans, and over $130,000 has been repaid to victims to date.
Coordinators noted that the multidisciplinary teams were "key to
facilitating the work, and the meetings (conducted by the
multi-disciplinary teams) enable cross-systems collaboration to
address needs of vulnerable older adults who are victims of financial
exploitation and other abuse."

Addressing financial exploitation is only one of the many components
investigated by multidisciplinary teams whose work can be credited as
literally life-saving at times.

Elder abuse has unfortunately emerged as a national epidemic that has
significant consequences throughout our state. Given the proven record
of the multidisciplinary teams, we have a model in place to build on
their current work, as well as past experience, to continue efforts
that aggressively target these crimes and build strong systems of
intervention across our state.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
Nominal cost to the state which may result in financial recovery for
victims

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediate.

S6922 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6922

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 7, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- 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  investigating
  reports of suspected elder abuse or maltreatment

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

  Section 1. Article 9-B of the social services law is amended by adding
a new title 4 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 4
                               ELDER ABUSE
SECTION 473-M. ELDER ABUSE REPORTING.
  S 473-M. ELDER ABUSE REPORTING. 1. WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED  THERE-
FOR, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
MULTIDISCIPLINARY  INVESTIGATIVE TEAM OR TEAMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF INVES-
TIGATING REPORTS OF SUSPECTED ELDER ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT.
  (A) THE PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE THAT THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT  SHALL
HAVE  DISCRETION  WITH REGARD TO THE CATEGORY OR CATEGORIES OF SUSPECTED
ELDER  ABUSE  OR  MALTREATMENT  SUCH  TEAM  OR  TEAMS  MAY  INVESTIGATE,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL PLACE PARTIC-
ULAR EMPHASIS ON CASES INVOLVING PHYSICAL ABUSE, SEXUAL ABUSE, EMOTIONAL
ABUSE,  ACTIVE,  PASSIVE  OR SELF NEGLECT, AND FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION AS
DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE OF  THE
SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
  (B) MEMBERS OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMIT-
ED  TO  REPRESENTATIVES  FROM  THE  FOLLOWING AGENCIES: ADULT PROTECTIVE
SERVICES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE DISTRICT  ATTORNEY'S  OFFICE,  BANKS  AND
FINANCIAL  INSTITUTIONS,  AS  WELL AS FORENSIC ACCOUNTANTS, PHYSICIAN OR
MEDICAL PROVIDERS TRAINED IN ELDER ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT, MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS, AND VICTIM ADVOCACY PERSONNEL. MEMBERS OF THE MULTIDISCI-
PLINARY TEAM PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF ELDER  ABUSE
AND  MALTREATMENT  REPORTS,  INCLUDING  THOSE REPRESENTATIVES FROM ADULT
PROTECTIVE  SERVICES,  LAW  ENFORCEMENT,  AND  THE  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE,  SHALL PARTICIPATE IN JOINT INTERVIEWS AND CONDUCT INVESTIGATIVE
FUNCTIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE MISSION OF THE  PARTICULAR  AGENCY  MEMBER

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

                                                           LBD14543-01-6

S. 6922                             2

INVOLVED.  IT  SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED THAT MEMBERS OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY
TEAM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INVESTIGATION  OF  REPORTS  PARTICIPATE  IN
EVERY  INVESTIGATION.  SUCH OTHER MEMBERS SHALL PROVIDE VICTIM ADVOCACY,
EMOTIONAL  SUPPORT,  AND ACCESS TO MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE, WHERE
APPLICABLE.
  (C) ALL MEMBERS, CONSISTENT WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENCY MISSIONS  AND
PROFESSIONS,  SHALL FACILITATE EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO VICTIMS
AND APPROPRIATE DISPOSITION OF CASES THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
IN A COLLABORATIVE MANNER.    HOWEVER,  NON-INVESTIGATIVE  TEAM  MEMBERS
SHALL  NOTE  THEIR SPECIFIC ROLE IN THE TEAM FOR REPORTS COVERED BY THIS
SECTION.
  (D) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,
MEMBERS  OF  A MULTIDISCIPLINARY INVESTIGATIVE TEAM MAY SHARE WITH OTHER
TEAM MEMBERS CLIENT-IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION CONCERNING  THE  VICTIM  OR
THE  VICTIM'S  FAMILY TO FACILITATE THE INVESTIGATION OF SUSPECTED ELDER
ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT. NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION  SHALL  PRECLUDE  THE
CREATION  OF  MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS WHICH INCLUDE MORE THAN ONE SOCIAL
SERVICES DISTRICT. EACH TEAM SHALL DEVELOP A WRITTEN PROTOCOL FOR INVES-
TIGATION OF ELDER ABUSE AND  MALTREATMENT  CASES  AND  FOR  INTERVIEWING
ELDER ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT VICTIMS.
  2.  APPROVED  PROJECTS  SHALL  SUBMIT  A REPORT TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE
STATE OFFICE FOR THE AGING, WHO SHALL MAKE SUCH REPORTS AVAILABLE TO THE
MAJORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY,  AND  THE
CHAIRS  OF  THE AGING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, BY NOVEMBER
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, DOCUMENTING INITIAL FINDINGS OF THE  MULTI-
DISCIPLINARY TEAM INVESTIGATIONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
  (A)  FINAL  DISPOSITIONS  OF CRIMINAL CASES THAT WERE INVESTIGATED AND
ASSISTED BY THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM, WITH APPROPRIATE CONFIDENTIALITY
MEASURES TAKEN TO PROTECT THE IDENTITIES OF VICTIMS AND THE ACCUSED;
  (B) PHYSICAL AND MENTAL  HEALTH  OUTCOMES  OF  VICTIMS  WHO  WERE  THE
SUBJECTS OF ELDER ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT CASES;
  (C)  FINANCIAL JUDGMENTS AND REPAYMENTS MADE AS A RESULT OF THE INVES-
TIGATION AND INTERVENTION OF THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM;
  (D) NECESSARY MEASURES  TAKEN  TO  ENSURE  CROSS-COLLABORATION  ACROSS
AGENCIES AND PROVIDERS; AND
  (E)  NECESSARY  TRAINING  THAT  EACH  SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT TOOK TO
TRAIN MEMBERS INCLUDING APPROPRIATE WAYS TO ASSESS RISK, IDENTIFY  INDI-
CATORS  OF  ELDER ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT, AND CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INTER-
VIEWS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Jun 9, 2016 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 9, 2016

Jun 7, 2016 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jun 7, 2016

Mar 15, 2016 - Aging committee Vote

Aging Committee Vote: Mar 15, 2016

S6922 (ACTIVE) - Details

S6922 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S6922 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S6922 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Jun 9, 2016 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 9, 2016

Jun 7, 2016 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jun 7, 2016

Mar 15, 2016 - Aging committee Vote

Aging Committee Vote: Mar 15, 2016

S6922 (ACTIVE) - Details

S6922 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S6922 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S6922 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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