Bill Text: NY A07226 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the authority of the justice center to visit, inspect and appraise the management of out-of-state schools or facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-07-21 - signed chap.107 [A07226 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A07226-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7226--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 28, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- (at request of the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the authority of the justice center to visit, inspect and appraise the management of out- of-state schools or facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 553 of the execu- 2 tive law, as added by section 3 of part A of chapter 501 of the laws of 3 2012, is amended to read as follows: 4 (a) To visit, inspect and appraise the management of facilities or 5 provider agencies as defined in subdivision four of section four hundred 6 eighty-eight of the social services law providing services to vulnerable 7 persons, AND RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS OR FACILITIES LOCATED OUTSIDE OF NEW 8 YORK STATE THAT ARE AT THAT TIME SERVING ANY RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF 9 NEW YORK AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED NINETY 10 OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, with specific attention to the safety, secu- 11 rity and quality of care provided to patients and residents; 12 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09608-02-5