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S01481 Summary:

BILL NO	S01481
SAME AS	SAME AS A09583
SPONSOR	ORTT
COSPNSR	AKSHAR, MURPHY
MLTSPNSR
Amd §561, Exec L
Relates to the powers and duties of the advisory council of the justice center for the protection of people with special needs; adds additional duties relating to investigations of allegations of abuse and neglect.

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S01481 Actions:

BILL NO	S01481
01/09/2017	REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
03/08/2017	1ST REPORT CAL.408
03/13/2017	2ND REPORT CAL.
03/15/2017	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
06/07/2017	PASSED SENATE
06/07/2017	DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/07/2017	referred to mental health
01/03/2018	died in assembly
01/03/2018	returned to senate
01/03/2018	REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
01/17/2018	1ST REPORT CAL.172
01/22/2018	2ND REPORT CAL.
01/23/2018	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
04/16/2018	PASSED SENATE
04/16/2018	DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
04/16/2018	referred to mental health

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S01481 Committee Votes:

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S01481 Floor Votes:

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S01481 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1481
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     January 9, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sens. ORTT, MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Mental  Health  and
          Developmental Disabilities
 
        AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the powers and duties
          of the advisory council of the justice center for  the  protection  of
          people with special needs

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 561 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
     3    6-a. The council shall  review  the  mission  and  operations  of  the
     4  justice  center  for  the  protection  of people with special needs, the
     5  validity of claims of abuse  and  neglect  and  the  appropriateness  of
     6  prosecutorial actions. This review shall also include but not be limited
     7  to:
     8    (a) ensuring that allegations of abuse and neglect are valid and if so
     9  have been promptly and fully investigated;
    10    (b) reviewing common standards and requirements for investigators;
    11    (c)  ensuring  that  individuals  who  are  responsible  for abuse and
    12  neglect have been held accountable;
    13    (d) reviewing all prosecutorial conduct and ensuring all  prosecutions
    14  were valid and within the mission of the agency;
    15    (e)  reviewing  the register of names of individuals found responsible
    16  for acts of abuse or neglect and  whether  such  individuals  have  been
    17  barred from employment in the care of people with special needs; and
    18    (f) reviewing investigations and procedures related to cases involving
    19  death.
    20    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    21  have become a law.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06481-01-7

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