Senate Bill S3853

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Creates a statewide central register of elder abuse and maltreatment reports and the elder justice coordinating council

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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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2021-S3853 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Aging
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 9-C §§473-m - 473-q, Soc Serv L; add Art 29 §830, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S8033
2017-2018: S2171
2019-2020: S1417
2023-2024: S4839

2021-S3853 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a statewide central register of elder abuse and maltreatment reports and the elder justice coordinating council; mandates reporting by certain persons; facilitates interagency planning and reviews specific agency initiatives for their impact on the reporting and investigation of elder abuse and maltreatment in the state.

2021-S3853 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3853 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3853
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. SERINO, HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the social  services  law  and  the  executive  law,  in
   relation  to  creating a statewide central register of elder abuse and
   maltreatment reports and the elder justice coordinating council

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new article
 9-C to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 9-C
    STATEWIDE CENTRAL REGISTER OF ELDER ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT REPORTS
 SECTION 473-M. DEFINITIONS.
         473-N. STATEWIDE CENTRAL REGISTER OF ELDER ABUSE  AND  MALTREAT-
                  MENT REPORTS.
         473-O. MANDATED REPORTERS.
         473-P. PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO REPORT.
         473-Q. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.
   § 473-M. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE:
   1.  "ABUSED  OR MALTREATED ELDER" MEANS ANY RESIDENT OF NEW YORK STATE
 WHO IS SIXTY YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND WHO IS ALLEGED TO BE  THE  VICTIM
 OF  PHYSICAL  ABUSE,  SEXUAL ABUSE, EMOTIONAL ABUSE, PASSIVE OR SELF-NE-
 GLECT, OR FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  SIX  OF
 SECTION FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   2.  "CAREGIVER"  MEANS ANY PERSON WHO HAS ASSUMED FULL OR INTERMITTENT
 RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CARE OR CUSTODY OF AN ELDERLY ADULT,  WHETHER  OR
 NOT HE OR SHE RECEIVES COMPENSATION.
   §  473-N.  STATEWIDE  CENTRAL REGISTER OF ELDER ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT
 REPORTS.  1. SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION, THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE
 OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES A STATEWIDE CENTRAL  REGISTER  OF
 ELDER ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT REPORTS MADE PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
   2. THE CENTRAL REGISTER CREATED BY THIS SECTION SHALL:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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