STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3076
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 1, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
          mental Disabilities
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to annual  reporting
          requirements for guardians in certain circumstances
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 81.31 of the  mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
     3    (f)  The  court  may,  in  its  discretion,  waive  some or all of the
     4  requirements of this  section  or  impose  additional  requirements.  In
     5  determining whether to waive specific reporting requirements, judges can
     6  give weight to the amount of years the guardian has previously submitted
     7  the required reports without issue.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02206-01-9