Bill Text: NY A05187 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides the community guardian program shall obtain annually a statement prepared by a physician, psychologist, nurse clinician, social worker, or other person, evaluating the condition and current functional level of the person for whom the community guardian program serves as guardian.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to mental health [A05187 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A05187-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5187
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 21, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Mental Health
       AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to the community
         guardianship program
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (g)  of  subdivision 3 of section 473-d of the
    2  social services law, as added by chapter 846 of the  laws  of  1986  and
    3  such  section  as  renumbered  by  chapter  395  of the laws of 1995, is
    4  amended to read as follows:
    5    (g) the community guardian program shall  obtain  [annual  assessments
    6  from  two  qualified psychiatrists or one qualified psychiatrist and one
    7  qualified psychologist who are independent  of  the  community  guardian
    8  program  of  persons  for  whom it serves as committee or conservator to
    9  determine whether continuation of the guardianship is necessary, and the
   10  appointing court shall be informed of the results  of  such  assessments
   11  and  may  discharge  the  community  guardian  program as conservator or
   12  committee pursuant to sections 77.35 and 78.27  of  the  mental  hygiene
   13  law]  ANNUALLY  A STATEMENT PREPARED BY A PHYSICIAN, PSYCHOLOGIST, NURSE
   14  CLINICIAN, OR SOCIAL WORKER, OR OTHER PERSON  EVALUATING  THE  CONDITION
   15  AND FUNCTIONAL LEVEL OF A PERSON FOR WHOM THE COMMUNITY GUARDIAN PROGRAM
   16  SERVES  AS  GUARDIAN  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH FIVE OF SUBDIVISION (B) OF
   17  SECTION 81.31 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW;
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04001-01-3