Bill Text: NY S06865 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-30 - REFERRED TO CODES [S06865 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S06865-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6865
I N S E N A T E
March 30, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to endangering the welfare of
a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically disabled
person
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 260.31 of the penal law, as
2 amended by chapter 14 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 1. "Caregiver" means a person who (i) assumes responsibility for the
5 care of a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically
6 disabled person pursuant to a court order[; or], OR OTHERWISE BY OPERA-
7 TION OF LAW; (ii) receives monetary or other valuable consideration for
8 providing SUCH care; OR (III) VOLUNTARILY ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR
9 PROVIDING CARE for a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or
10 physically disabled person.
11 S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
12 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14907-01-2
