Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 17, 2016 |
committed to rules |
Jun 07, 2016 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 06, 2016 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 02, 2016 |
1st report cal.1366 |
Mar 15, 2016 |
committee discharged and committed to mental health and developmental disabilities |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to social services |
Jun 25, 2015 |
recommitted to rules ordered to third reading cal.1904 |
Jun 22, 2015 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6010
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) 24th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S6010 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8307
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §491, Soc Serv L
- Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
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S4736, A6477, A6830
2015-S6010 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6010 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to duty to report incidents to 9-1-1 and the county district attorney's office PURPOSE: The bill mandates that all state and private agencies dealing with the people who are vulnerable, ill or disabled have to report incidents of injury to a 9-1-1 operator, the district attorney's office and the vulnerable person's central register. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The bill amends section 491 of the social services law, subsection 1 (a) and subsection 1 (b) is amended to include the that incidents of injury have to be reported to a 9-1-1 operator and the local district attorney's office. The bill is further amended to read that subsection 3 (a) is amended to read that human services employees of said state agencies are required to report suspected abuse to a 9-1-1 operator, the district attorney's office and the vulnerable person's central register and willful failure to do so will result in the person being charged with
2015-S6010 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6010 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 22, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to duty to report incidents to 9-1-1 and the county district attorney's office THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 491 of the social services law, as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 501 of the laws of 2012 and subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 126 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: S 491. Duty to report incidents. 1. (a) Mandated reporters shall report allegations of reportable incidents to A 9-1-1 OPERATOR, THE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND the vulnerable persons' central register as established by section four hundred ninety-two of this arti- cle and in accordance with the requirements set forth therein. (b) Allegations of reportable incidents shall be reported immediately to A 9-1-1 OPERATOR, THE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND the vulnerable persons' central register upon discovery. For purposes of this article, "discovery" occurs when the mandated reporter witnesses a suspected reportable incident or when another person, including the vulnerable person, comes before the mandated reporter in the mandated reporter's professional or official capacity and provides the mandated reporter with reasonable cause to suspect that the vulnerable person has been subjected to a reportable incident. A report to the register shall include the name, title and contact information of every person known to the mandated reporter to have the same information as the mandated reporter concerning the reportable incident. [Nothing in this subdivi- sion shall be construed to prohibit a mandated reporter from contacting or reporting to law enforcement or emergency services before or after reporting to the vulnerable persons' central register.] EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11697-01-5
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