Assembly Bill A1263

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to ensuring the rights of an individual with a disability or a vulnerable adult during investigations conducted by the justice center

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  • 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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2019-A1263 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §553, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6410
2021-2022: A3624

2019-A1263 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Ensures the rights of an individual with a disability or a vulnerable adult during investigations conducted by the justice center.

2019-A1263 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1263
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to ensuring the rights of
   an  individual with a disability or a vulnerable adult during investi-
   gations conducted by the justice center

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph (a) of subdivision 28 of
 section 553 of the executive law, as added by chapter 394 of the laws of
 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) For those vulnerable persons subject to an interview, the  justice
 center shall develop appropriate procedures and protocols to ensure that
 any  interview  is  conducted safely and in a timely fashion in light of
 relevant clinical, behavioral and other facts relating to  the  individ-
 ual's  disability,  safety  and wellbeing. Such protocols and procedures
 shall also recognize THE RIGHT OF A VULNERABLE PERSON TO BE  REPRESENTED
 BY  THE  MENTAL HYGIENE LEGAL SERVICE, OR PRIVATELY FINANCED COUNSEL, AT
 ALL STAGES OF THE PROCEEDINGS, AND any ability the vulnerable person may
 have to advocate on his or her own behalf by  providing  information  to
 facilitate an investigation to enhance his or her own safety and wellbe-
 ing and the safety and wellbeing of others.
   §  2. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 28 of section
 553 of the executive law, as added by chapter 394 of the laws  of  2014,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (iii)  Appropriate  notification[,  when  at  all  advisable given the
 nature of an investigation] SHALL BE GIVEN to a personal  representative
 that  a vulnerable person shall be questioned or subject to an interview
 and to enable such personal representative to  provide  any  information
 which they believe is necessary to protect the individual;
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00540-01-9

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