Safeguards cash accounts for people with developmental disabilities in a facility under the control of the commissioner of mental health, the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities and the commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1672--A
Cal. No. 422
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 15, 2019
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Introduced by Sens. BROOKS, KENNEDY, RIVERA, SANDERS -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities -- reported favorably
from said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance --
reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to safeguarding cash
accounts for people with developmental disabilities in a facility
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (f) of section 16.11 of the mental hygiene law
2 is relettered subdivision (g) and a new subdivision (f) is added to read
3 as follows:
4 (f) The commissioner shall provide for the oversight of facilities and
5 providers of services holding operating certificates pursuant to section
6 16.03 of this article by:
7 (1) developing a statewide policy mandating audits for residents' cash
8 accounts including the frequency of the audits, who is responsible for
9 conducting the audits, and policies and procedures for how the audits
10 will be conducted;
11 (2) developing a uniform system for audits of residents' cash accounts
12 to assist supervisors in audits;
13 (3) providing training directly to anyone required to conduct audits
14 of residents' cash accounts, including information regarding audit poli-
15 cies and practices of residents' cash accounts;
16 (4) developing a policy on the purchase and use of gift cards by or on
17 behalf of residents, including, but not limited to, requirements that
18 supervisory staff include gift cards in residents' personal expenditure
19 plans and notification to supervisors of the purchase or delivery of a
20 gift card to a resident; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (5) prohibiting the use of self-generated receipts as evidence of a
2 meal purchased by cash custodians for meals outside the residence.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
4 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
5 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
6 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
7 completed on or before such effective date.
