Directs policies and procedures to be recommended to the state oversight agency for the protection of vulnerable persons receiving recovery support services.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8489
IN SENATE
February 5, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the protection of
vulnerable persons who receive recovery support services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 551 of the executive law, as added
2 by section 3 of part A of chapter 501 of the laws of 2012, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 2. The executive director shall recommend policies and procedures to
5 the state oversight agency for the protection of vulnerable persons,
6 including but not limited to policies and procedures: (a) for the
7 protection of vulnerable persons who reside in or receive services from
8 facilities or provider agencies as set forth in subdivision four of
9 section four hundred eighty-eight of the social services law, or recov-
10 ery support services; (b) relating to assuring, on behalf of the state,
11 that vulnerable persons are afforded care that is of a uniformly high
12 standard; (c) relating to assuring, on behalf of the state, that vulner-
13 able persons are afforded the opportunity to exercise all of the rights
14 and responsibilities accorded to residents of the state; and (d) to
15 harmonize and improve the procedures for and quality of investigations
16 of reportable incidents involving vulnerable persons within the differ-
17 ent systems of care in the state.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14418-01-4
