Bill Text: NY A07533 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires notice be posted in programs subject to regulation by the office for people with developmental disabilities, informing employees to call 911 during an emergency and directing them to make required reports relating to abuse or neglect to the justice center for the protection of people with special needs or to law enforcement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-28 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES [A07533 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07533-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7533
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 18, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Mental Health
       AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to duties of provid-
         ers of service to people with developmental disabilities
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 31.11 of the  mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
    3    6. FOR PROGRAMS LICENSED, CERTIFIED, OPERATED, AUTHORIZED OR FUNDED BY
    4  THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, POSTING A VISIBLE
    5  NOTICE IN A PUBLIC AREA VISIBLE TO EMPLOYEES INFORMING SUCH EMPLOYEES TO
    6  CALL  911 IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. FURTHER, THE NOTICE SHALL INFORM
    7  EMPLOYEES THAT, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THE SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW,
    8  THEY  SHALL  REPORT  TO  THE JUSTICE CENTER FOR THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE
    9  WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IF IT IS BELIEVED THAT ABUSE OR NEGLECT OF A  SERVICE
   10  RECIPIENT  HAS  OCCURRED;  AND  MAY  CONTACT  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  IF IT IS
   11  BELIEVED THAT SUCH ABUSE OR NEGLECT CONSTITUTES  A  CRIME.  SUCH  NOTICE
   12  SHALL  CONTAIN  THE PHONE NUMBER OF THE JUSTICE CENTER HOTLINE AND LOCAL
   13  LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITY.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06015-01-5