Senate Bill S6609

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires state oversight agencies to ensure that facilities and provider agencies have policies and procedures to identify and report possible crimes against a service recipient by a custodian

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A8251 - Signed by Governor

  • 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-S6609 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8251
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §491, Soc Serv L

2017-S6609 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires state oversight agencies to ensure that certain facilities and provider agencies have policies and procedures in place to identify and report possible crimes against a service recipient by a custodian.

2017-S6609 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6609 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6609
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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 requiring  state
   oversight  agencies  to  ensure  that  certain facilities and provider
   agencies have policies and procedures in place to identify and  report
   possible crimes against a service recipient by a custodian
 
   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 is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. STATE OVERSIGHT  AGENCIES  SHALL  ENSURE  THAT  ALL  FACILITIES  OR
 PROVIDER  AGENCIES  OPERATED, LICENSED, OR CERTIFIED BY SUCH STATE OVER-
 SIGHT AGENCIES HAVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN  PLACE  TO  IDENTIFY  AND
 REPORT POSSIBLE CRIMES AGAINST A SERVICE RECIPIENT BY A CUSTODIAN. STATE
 OVERSIGHT  AGENCIES  SHALL  PROVIDE  GUIDANCE  TO FACILITIES OR PROVIDER
 AGENCIES OPERATED, LICENSED, OR CERTIFIED BY SUCH STATE OVERSIGHT  AGEN-
 CIES  THAT DO NOT ALREADY HAVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE IDENTIFI-
 CATION AND REPORTING OF POSSIBLE CRIMES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11971-01-7

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