Bill Text: NY S01273 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Safeguards cash accounts for people with developmental disabilities in a facility under the control of the commissioner of mental health, the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities and the commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-05-05 - referred to ways and means [S01273 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S01273-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1273--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 8, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. BROOKS, GAUGHRAN, HELMING, HINCHEY, KENNEDY, MARTUC-
          CI, RIVERA, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when print-
          ed  to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities -- recommitted to
          the Committee on Disabilities in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
          -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
          and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to safeguarding cash
          accounts for people with developmental disabilities in a facility

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision (f) of section 16.11 of the mental hygiene  law
     2  is relettered subdivision (g) and a new subdivision (f) is added to read
     3  as follows:
     4    (f)  The  commissioner  shall  develop  a uniform statewide policy for
     5  conducting audits  for  residents  of  article  sixteen  facilities  for
     6  personal  allowance  and  cash  accounts.  The  developed policies shall
     7  include but shall not be limited to:
     8    (1) the frequency of the audits, who is responsible for conducting the
     9  audits, and how the audits shall be conducted;
    10    (2) training of appropriate staff on conducting an audit in accordance
    11  with policies and procedures and appropriate management of a  resident's
    12  personal allowance or a cash account;
    13    (3)  the purchase and appropriate use of gift cards by or on behalf of
    14  residents, including, but not limited to, documentation requirements  by
    15  staff,  in  relation  to  including  gift cards in a resident's personal
    16  expenditure plan and notification to  supervisors  of  the  purchase  or
    17  delivery of a gift card to a resident; and
    18    (4)  type  of purchases which require receipts or documentation by the
    19  appropriate staff as well as what types of documentation  are  appropri-
    20  ate.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03518-03-2
        S. 1273--A                          2

     1    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
     2  it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
     3  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
     4  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
     5  completed on or before such effective date.