STATE OF NEW YORK
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10382
IN ASSEMBLY
May 25, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN, GOTTFRIED -- (at request of the Depart-
ment of Health) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the criminal
history record check program for employees of nursing homes and home
care service agencies
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 2899-a of the public health law,
2 as amended by chapter 331 of the laws of 2006 is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 7. The department promptly shall make all determinations and actions
5 required by subdivision five of section eight hundred forty-five-b of
6 the executive law upon receipt of the information from the division of
7 criminal justice services and the federal bureau of investigation. The
8 department shall create a permanent record, update the information in
9 accordance with section eight hundred forty-five-b of the executive law
10 and make [such] only records or information received from the division
11 of criminal justice services available to providers pursuant to this
12 section.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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