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S05539 Summary:

BILL NO	S05539
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	CARLUCCI
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §491, Soc Serv L
Requires every mandated reporter to make a report to the register unless the register has knowledge of the incident.

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S05539 Actions:

BILL NO	S05539
04/07/2017	REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
06/05/2017	COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
06/05/2017	ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1489
06/21/2017	RECOMMITTED TO RULES
01/03/2018	REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

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S05539 Committee Votes:

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S05539 Floor Votes:

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S05539 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5539
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      April 7, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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 social services law, in  relation  to  the  duty  to
          report incidents
 
          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 491 of the social services law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
     3    (d) Every mandated reporter is required to make a report to the regis-
     4  ter  as  outlined  in  paragraph  (b) of this subdivision unless (i) the
     5  reporter has actual knowledge that  the  reportable  incident  has  been
     6  reported to the register; and (ii) that the reporter has been named as a
     7  person with knowledge of the incident in such prior report.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10987-01-7

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