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                                   4138
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on People with Disabilities
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law,  in relation to authorizing the
   justice center for the protection of  people  with  special  needs  to
   create a central registry for employees

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 563 to
 read as follows:
   §  563.  CENTRAL  STATE  REGISTRY.  1.  THE  JUSTICE  CENTER  FOR  THE
 PROTECTION  OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS SHALL CREATE A CENTRAL REGISTRY
 WHICH SHALL HANDLE ALL CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR  ALL  CURRENT  AND
 PROSPECTIVE AGENCIES, SPONSORING AGENCIES OR OTHER PROVIDERS OF SERVICES
 THAT  ARE  CERTIFIED, AUTHORIZED, APPROVED OR FUNDED THROUGH CONTRACT BY
 THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES.  SUCH  REGISTRY
 SHALL  CONTAIN  A LIST OF ALL EMPLOYEES WHO PASSED A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND
 CHECK.
   2. THE JUSTICE CENTER SHALL ESTABLISH RULES AND  REGULATIONS  FOR  THE
 SHARING  OF  INFORMATION VIA A CONSENT FORM FOR EMPLOYEES IN CURRENT AND
 PROSPECTIVE AGENCIES, SPONSORING AGENCIES OR OTHER PROVIDERS OF SERVICES
 THAT ARE CERTIFIED, AUTHORIZED, APPROVED OR FUNDED THROUGH  CONTRACT  BY
 THE  OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES TO ALLOW FOR SUCH
 EMPLOYEES TO WORK  CONCURRENTLY  FOR  OR  TRANSFER  BETWEEN  CURRENT  OR
 PROSPECTIVE AGENCIES, SPONSORING AGENCIES OR OTHER PROVIDERS OF SERVICES
 WITHOUT THE NEED FOR DUPLICATIVE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS.
   3.  THE  CENTRAL  STATE  REGISTRY  SHALL  BE ACCESSIBLE TO CURRENT AND
 PROSPECTIVE AGENCIES, SPONSORING AGENCIES OR OTHER PROVIDERS OF SERVICES
 THAT ARE CERTIFIED, AUTHORIZED, APPROVED OR FUNDED THROUGH  CONTRACT  BY
 THE  OFFICE  FOR  PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES UPON RECEIPT OF
 THE CONSENT FORM SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS  SECTION  BY  A
 PROSPECTIVE  EMPLOYEE WHO WILL WORK CONCURRENTLY FOR OR TRANSFER BETWEEN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 A                                                          LBD00961-01-5
              

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 A CURRENT OR PROSPECTIVE AGENCY, SPONSORING AGENCY OR OTHER PROVIDERS OF
 SERVICES THAT ARE CERTIFIED,  AUTHORIZED,  APPROVED  OR  FUNDED  THROUGH
 CONTRACT BY THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such date.