Bill Text: NY A03443 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows the court to waive some or all of the requirements of the annual report, or impose additional requirements, which guardians for personal needs or property management are obliged to file annually.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to judiciary [A03443 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03443-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3443
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. BARNWELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Judiciary
        AN  ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to annual reporting
          requirements for guardians in certain circumstances
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  81.31  of  the  mental hygiene law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
     3    (f) The court may, in  its  discretion,  waive  some  or  all  of  the
     4  requirements  of  this  section  or  impose  additional requirements. In
     5  determining whether to waive specific reporting requirements, judges can
     6  give weight to the amount of years the guardian has previously submitted
     7  the required reports without issue.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02206-01-9