Senate Bill S6329

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to designated caretakers and the office for people with developmental disabilities

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S6329 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3360 & 3368, Pub Health L

2017-S6329 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to designated caretakers and the office for people with developmental disabilities.

2017-S6329 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6329 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6329
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  designated  care-
   givers and the office for people with developmental disabilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 3360 of the public health law,  as
 added by chapter 90 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  "Designated caregiver" means the individual designated by a certi-
 fied patient in a registry application. A certified patient  may  desig-
 nate  up to two designated caregivers. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, IN
 ADDITION TO THE TWO DESIGNATED CAREGIVERS LISTED IN A REGISTRY  APPLICA-
 TION, ANY EMPLOYEE OF THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILI-
 TIES,  A  VOLUNTARY  AGENCY  PROVIDING SERVICES AT A FACILITY OR PROGRAM
 CERTIFIED OR FUNDED BY THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABIL-
 ITIES AS PART OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT CAN BE CONSIDERED A  DESIGNATED  CARE-
 GIVER,  WITHOUT  REGISTRATION  AS  PROVIDED  FOR  IN THIS SECTION, FOR A
 CERTIFIED PATIENT WHO  IS  A  SERVICE  RECIPIENT  IN  SAID  FACILITY  OR
 PROGRAM.  ANY EMPLOYEE OF THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISA-
 BILITIES OR A VOLUNTARY AGENCY  PROVIDING  SERVICES  AT  A  FACILITY  OR
 PROGRAM  CERTIFIED OR FUNDED BY THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
 DISABILITIES MAY ACT AS A DESIGNATED CAREGIVER FOR A  CERTIFIED  PATIENT
 WHO  IS  A  SERVICE RECIPIENT IN SAID FACILITY OR PROGRAM INDEPENDENT OF
 NURSING SUPERVISION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED UNDER  THE  FACILITY  OR
 PROGRAM NURSE'S CONTROL FOR SAID PURPOSE.
   §  2. Section 3368 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. NOTHING  HEREIN  MANDATES  INVOLVEMENT  IN  OBTAINING,  STORAGE  OR
 DISTRIBUTION  OF MEDICAL MARIHUANA FOR THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVEL-
 OPMENTAL DISABILITIES OR A VOLUNTARY  AGENCY  PROVIDING  SERVICES  AT  A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11730-01-7

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