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Senate Bill S6962

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the procedure followed by the justice center when responding to certain reportable incidents

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Disabilities Committee

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2025-S6962 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Disabilities
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §553, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8440
2019-2020: S3150
2021-2022: S6101
2023-2024: S4634

2025-S6962 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the justice center to establish procedures for when to report incidents which include suspicious and unexplained injuries including broken bones, hematomas, open wounds beyond minor first aid, black eyes, swollen noses, extreme and questionable bruising, choke marks, burns, individuals found unresponsive and all deaths to a 9-1-1 operator.

2025-S6962 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6962 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6962
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the procedure followed
   by the justice center when responding to certain reportable incidents
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 553 of the execu-
 tive  law, as added by section 3 of part A of chapter 501 of the laws of
 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) establishing procedures for the timely response to, and  effective
 investigation  of, allegations of reportable incidents that are accepted
 by the statewide vulnerable persons' central register,  SUCH  PROCEDURES
 SHALL  INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, REQUIRING THE REFERRAL TO 9-1-1 OF
 REPORTABLE INCIDENTS WHICH INCLUDES SUSPICIOUS AND UNEXPLAINED  INJURIES
 TO  INCLUDE BROKEN BONES, HEMATOMAS, OPEN WOUNDS BEYOND MINOR FIRST AID,
 BLACK EYES, SWOLLEN NOSES,  EXTREME  AND  QUESTIONABLE  BRUISING,  CHOKE
 MARKS,  BURNS,  INDIVIDUALS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AND ALL DEATHS TO A 9-1-1
 OPERATOR;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11076-01-5

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