Senate Bill S4722

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the petitioner for appointment of a guardian for an incapacitated person to identify all other persons who may be able to manage the affairs of such incapacitated person

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities 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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2019-S4722 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5609
Current Committee:
Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Ment Hyg L, generally
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4642, A6510
2017-2018: S4083, A1350
2021-2022: S3523, A2536
2023-2024: S8133, A3772

2019-S4722 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the petitioner for appointment as the guardian for an incapacitated person to identify all other persons who may be able to manage the affairs of such incapacitated person; prohibits appointment solely for the purposes of bill collection or resolving a bill collection dispute.

2019-S4722 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4722 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4722
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
   mental Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to  requiring  peti-
   tioners  for  appointment  of a guardian to identify other persons who
   may be able to manage the affairs of an incapacitated person
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (e) of section 81.03 of the mental hygiene law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  438 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (e) "available resources" means resources such as, but not limited to,
 ALL PERSONS IDENTIFIED IN SUBPARAGRAPHS (I) THROUGH  (IV)  OF  PARAGRAPH
 ONE  OF SUBDIVISION (G) OF SECTION 81.07 OF THIS ARTICLE, visiting nurs-
 es, homemakers, home health  aides,  adult  day  care  and  multipurpose
 senior citizen centers, powers of attorney, health care proxies, trusts,
 representative and protective payees, and residential care facilities.
   §  2.  Paragraph  7  of subdivision (a) of section 81.06 of the mental
 hygiene law, as amended by chapter 438 of the laws of 2004,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   7. the chief executive officer, or the designee of the chief executive
 officer,  of  a facility in which the person alleged to be incapacitated
 is a patient or resident, EXCEPT  FOR  WHERE  THE  PETITION  IS  BROUGHT
 PRIMARILY FOR PURPOSES OF BILL COLLECTION OR RESOLVING A BILL COLLECTION
 DISPUTE.   PROVIDED, HOWEVER, WHERE THERE IS NO OTHER LEGALLY AUTHORIZED
 OR OTHERWISE AVAILABLE RESOURCE, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, OR  DESIG-
 NEE  OF  THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, OF SUCH FACILITY DESCRIBED IN THIS
 ARTICLE MAY FILE A PETITION UNDER THIS ARTICLE WHERE A GUARDIAN IS NEED-
 ED TO APPLY FOR OR ENGAGE IN PLANNING NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH ELIGIBILITY
 FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AS PROVIDED UNDER TITLE ELEVEN OF ARTICLE FIVE OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00873-01-9
              

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