Bill Text: NY S06676 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Relates to developing guidelines for the identification and reporting of suspected self-neglect, elder abuse and maltreatment in healthcare settings; requires the director of the office for the aging, the commissioner of the department of health, and the commissioner of the office of children and family services to publish such guidelines and materials on their websites and provide them to healthcare providers and facilities upon request.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-09-13 - SIGNED CHAP.328 [S06676 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06676-Introduced.html

---

                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          6676
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 12, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to developing guidelines  for
          identifying and reporting elder abuse in healthcare settings
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The elder law is amended by adding a new article 3 to  read
     2  as follows:
     3                                  ARTICLE 3
     4      IDENTIFYING AND REPORTING SELF NEGLECT, ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT IN
     5                             HEALTHCARE SETTINGS
     6  Section 260. Definitions.
     7          261. Guidelines  for  identifying  and  reporting suspected self
     8                 neglect, abuse and maltreatment.
     9          262. Publishing and distribution of guidelines.
    10    § 260. Definitions. For purposes of this article:
    11    1. "Abuse and maltreatment" shall mean actions  as  defined  in  para-
    12  graphs  (a),  (b),  (c),  (d), (e) and (g) of subdivision six of section
    13  four hundred seventy-three of the social services law.
    14    2. "Self neglect" shall have the same meaning as defined in  paragraph
    15  (f)  of  subdivision  six  of  section four hundred seventy-three of the
    16  social services law.
    17    3. "Older adult" shall mean an individual aged sixty years of  age  or
    18  older.
    19    4. "Director" shall mean the director of the office for the aging.
    20    §  261.  Guidelines  for  identifying  and  reporting  suspected  self
    21  neglect, abuse and maltreatment.  The director, in conjunction with  the
    22  commissioner  of  the  department  of health and the commissioner of the
    23  office of children and family  services,  shall  develop  guidelines  to
    24  assist healthcare providers and others working in healthcare settings to
    25  identify  suspected  self  neglect,  abuse  and maltreatment of an older
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13153-03-7
        S. 6676                             2
     1  adult. Such guidelines may be tailored to specific healthcare  providers
     2  or industries and shall include, but shall not be limited to:
     3    1. Common signs and symptoms of self neglect, abuse and maltreatment;
     4    2.  Screening  questions  and tools that can be used during a visit to
     5  help detect whether self neglect or abuse and maltreatment may be occur-
     6  ring;
     7    3. Training materials for distribution  to  healthcare  providers  and
     8  others  working  in  healthcare  settings  regarding  appropriate inter-
     9  ventions and suggestions for discussing the possibility of self neglect,
    10  abuse and maltreatment with older adults; and
    11    4. Information regarding options for reporting suspected cases of self
    12  neglect or abuse and maltreatment  and  available  resources  for  older
    13  adult victims.
    14    §  262.  Publishing and distribution of guidelines. The office for the
    15  aging, the department of health, and the office of children  and  family
    16  services shall make the guidelines and materials developed in accordance
    17  with  this  article  available  on their respective websites and provide
    18  such materials upon request to healthcare providers and facilities.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.