Bill Text: NY A02781 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to codes [A02781 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A02781-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2781
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 18, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. MORELLE, ROBERTS, CRESPO, SCARBOROUGH, WEISEN-
         BERG, GUNTHER, BRINDISI,  LUPARDO,  JAFFEE,  LAVINE,  TITUS,  SIMOTAS,
         MOYA,  ROBINSON, CLARK, WEPRIN, BRAUNSTEIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
         of A. GALEF, GIBSON, HOOPER, MAGEE, MARKEY,  THIELE,  TITONE  --  read
         once and referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to endangering the welfare of
         a  vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically disabled
         person
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  260.31  of the penal law, as
    2  amended by chapter 14 of the  laws  of  2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    1.  "Caregiver"  means a person who (i) assumes responsibility for the
    5  care of a vulnerable elderly person, or  an  incompetent  or  physically
    6  disabled  person pursuant to a court order[; or], OR OTHERWISE BY OPERA-
    7  TION OF LAW; (ii) receives monetary or other valuable consideration  for
    8  providing  SUCH  care;  OR  (III) VOLUNTARILY ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR
    9  PROVIDING CARE for a vulnerable elderly person,  or  an  incompetent  or
   10  physically disabled person.
   11    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
   12  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06614-01-3