Bill Text: NY S04574 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Creates a study by the commissioner of the office of children and family services regarding staffing levels with specific attention to staffing when incidents involving the misconduct of a resident occur.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-08 - SUBSTITUTED BY A6903A [S04574 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04574-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4574--A
            Cal. No. 477
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 17, 2017
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        Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Children and Families --
          reported favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second
          report,  ordered  to  a  third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
          retaining its place in the order of third reading
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  the  creation  of  a
          study  by  the  commissioner  of  the  office  of  children and family
          services regarding staffing levels
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 500 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
     3    2-a.  The  commissioner  shall  conduct  an annual study of facilities
     4  operated by the office of children and family services.
     5    (a) Such study shall include (i) the ratio of non-administrative staff
     6  to residents; (ii) the total number of employees compared to the  number
     7  of  employees  who were on workers' compensation leave; (iii) the number
     8  of staff involved in any reported incident involving the alleged miscon-
     9  duct of a resident, including the title of  such  staff;  and  (iv)  any
    10  other information the commissioner deems relevant.
    11    (b) Utilizing the information required by paragraph (a) of this subdi-
    12  vision  for  each facility operated by the office of children and family
    13  services, the commissioner shall submit a report to the  legislature  no
    14  later than January first of each year.
    15    § 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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