Bill Text: NY S04774 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the issuance of guidance documents to certain state oversight agencies for meeting reporting requirements established by the justice center.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES [S04774 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04774-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4774
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 15, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- 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 executive law, in relation to the powers and  duties
         of the justice center
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 553 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 29 to read as follows:
    3    29. TO DEVELOP GUIDANCE  DOCUMENTS  RELATING  TO  THE  PROCEDURES  FOR
    4  REVIEW OF REPORTABLE INCIDENTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE
    5  OF  THIS  SECTION.  ALL  SUCH DOCUMENTS SHALL BE ADDRESSED TO EACH STATE
    6  OVERSIGHT AGENCY IDENTIFIED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION FIVE  HUNDRED
    7  FIFTY OF THIS ARTICLE AND SHALL CONTAIN A UNIQUE SET OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR
    8  EACH SUCH AGENCY TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION EACH SUCH AGENCY'S PARTICULAR
    9  MISSION  AND CONSTITUENCY. EACH SUCH AGENCY SHALL, AT THE REQUEST OF THE
   10  JUSTICE CENTER, PRODUCE FOR THE JUSTICE CENTER'S REVIEW, CURRENT  PROCE-
   11  DURES AND PRACTICES UTILIZED IN RECORDING AND REPORTING REPORTABLE INCI-
   12  DENTS.  TO  ENSURE CONSISTENCY ACROSS STATE AGENCIES, THE JUSTICE CENTER
   13  SHALL DEVELOP OR IDENTIFY  A  UNIFORM  SET  OF  CORE  PRINCIPALS  TO  BE
   14  INCLUDED IN ANY GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS PRODUCED.
   15    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
   16  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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