Bill Text: NY S03076 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Allows the court to waive some or all of the requirements of the annual report, or impose additional requirements, which guardians for personal needs or property management are obliged to file annually.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES [S03076 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S03076-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3076 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 1, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop- mental Disabilities AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to annual reporting requirements for guardians in certain circumstances The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 81.31 of the mental hygiene law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision (f) to read as follows: 3 (f) The court may, in its discretion, waive some or all of the 4 requirements of this section or impose additional requirements. In 5 determining whether to waive specific reporting requirements, judges can 6 give weight to the amount of years the guardian has previously submitted 7 the required reports without issue. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02206-01-9