Bill Text: NY A02207 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the social services department to establish, operate and maintain a statewide toll-free telephone number for the purpose of receiving telephone calls alleging abuse or maltreatment of elderly persons for purposes of reporting of endangered adults.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-20 - enacting clause stricken [A02207 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A02207-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2207
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. V. LOPEZ, ABBATE, CLARK, DINOWITZ -- read once
         and referred to the Committee on Aging
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  establishing  a
         statewide toll-free elderly abuse hotline for purposes of reporting of
         endangered adults
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The opening  paragraph  of  section  473-b  of  the  social
    2  services law, as added by chapter 523 of the laws of 1984, is amended to
    3  read as follows:
    4    1. THE OFFICE SHALL ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A SINGLE STATEWIDE
    5  TOLL-FREE  TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING TELEPHONE CALLS
    6  ALLEGING ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT OF AN ELDERLY PERSON, INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
    7  LIMITED  TO  ABUSE, NEGLECT OR FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION AS DEFINED IN THIS
    8  ARTICLE.
    9    2. Any person who in good faith believes that a person eighteen  years
   10  of  age  or older may be an endangered adult or in need of protective or
   11  other services, pursuant to this article, and who, based on such  belief
   12  either:
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   14  it shall have become a law, except that any rules and regulations neces-
   15  sary for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date may
   16  be promulgated on or before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05113-01-3