Bill Text: NY A07642 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates best practices guidelines for provisions of adult protective services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-18 - substituted by s5324a [A07642 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A07642-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7642
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 29, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Children and Families
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to adult protective
         services
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 473 of the social services law is amended by adding
    2  a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
    3    8.  THE  OFFICE  OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL CREATE AND KEEP
    4  CURRENT BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR THE PROVISION OF  ADULT  PROTECTIVE
    5  SERVICES  PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE. SUCH GUIDELINES SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED
    6  FOR USE TO LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS, AND POSTED ON SUCH  OFFICE'S
    7  WEBSITE, AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE PROCEDURES FOR:
    8    (A) REVIEWING ANY PREVIOUS CHILD OR ADULT PROTECTIVE INVOLVEMENT;
    9    (B) ASSESSING AND IDENTIFYING ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF PERSONS BELIEVED TO
   10  BE IN NEED OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES;
   11    (C) INTERVIEWING PERSONS BELIEVED TO BE IN NEED OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES
   12  AND THEIR CARETAKERS;
   13    (D)  REVIEWING WHEN IT IS APPROPRIATE TO SEEK A WARRANT TO GAIN ACCESS
   14  TO PERSONS BELIEVED TO BE IN NEED OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES;
   15    (E) IDENTIFYING AND MAKING REFERRALS FOR APPROPRIATE SERVICES; AND
   16    (F) COMMUNICATING THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS BELIEVED TO  BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR
   17  PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
   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.
                                                                  LBD11236-01-3