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Assembly Bill A4637

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Safeguards cash accounts for people with developmental disabilities in a facility

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2025-A4637 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4775
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §16.11, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9532, S3461
2019-2020: A5083, S1672
2021-2022: A834, S1273
2023-2024: A1683, S6433

2025-A4637 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Safeguards cash accounts for people with developmental disabilities in a facility under the control of the commissioner of mental health, the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities and the commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services.

2025-A4637 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4637
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ANDERSON, VANEL, WALSH -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to safeguarding cash
   accounts for people with developmental disabilities in a facility
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision (f) of section 16.11 of the mental hygiene law
 is relettered subdivision (g) and a new subdivision (f) is added to read
 as follows:
   (F) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP  A  UNIFORM  STATEWIDE  POLICY  FOR
 CONDUCTING  AUDITS  FOR  RESIDENTS  OF  ARTICLE  SIXTEEN  FACILITIES FOR
 PERSONAL ALLOWANCE AND  CASH  ACCOUNTS.  THE  DEVELOPED  POLICIES  SHALL
 INCLUDE BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (1) THE FREQUENCY OF THE AUDITS, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING THE
 AUDITS, AND HOW THE AUDITS SHALL BE CONDUCTED;
   (2) TRAINING OF APPROPRIATE STAFF ON CONDUCTING AN AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH  POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND APPROPRIATE MANAGEMENT OF A RESIDENT'S
 PERSONAL ALLOWANCE OR A CASH ACCOUNT;
   (3) THE PURCHASE AND APPROPRIATE USE OF GIFT CARDS BY OR ON BEHALF  OF
 RESIDENTS,  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS BY
 STAFF, IN RELATION TO INCLUDING GIFT  CARDS  IN  A  RESIDENT'S  PERSONAL
 EXPENDITURE  PLAN  AND  NOTIFICATION  TO  SUPERVISORS OF THE PURCHASE OR
 DELIVERY OF A GIFT CARD TO A RESIDENT; AND
   (4) TYPE OF PURCHASES WHICH REQUIRE RECEIPTS OR DOCUMENTATION  BY  THE
 APPROPRIATE  STAFF  AS WELL AS WHAT TYPES OF DOCUMENTATION ARE APPROPRI-
 ATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07655-01-5

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