Bill Text: NY S04225 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the disclosure of contact information of seniors who visit senior centers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO AGING [S04225 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S04225-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4225
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 5, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
        AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to  the  privacy  of  contact
          information of senior center members
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The elder law is amended by adding a  new  section  225  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  225.  Privacy of senior center visitor records. 1. Definitions.  As
     4  used in this section:
     5    (a) "Senior center" shall mean facilities operated by an  area  office
     6  of  the  aging  or  operated  by  an entity that has contracted with the
     7  office or municipality to provide services to senior citizens on a regu-
     8  lar basis including, but not limited  to  meals,  recreation  and  coun-
     9  seling.
    10    (b) "Contact information" shall mean name, address and phone number of
    11  senior citizens.
    12    2.  Confidentiality  of records. Notwithstanding the provisions of any
    13  other law, contact information of seniors  who  visit  a  senior  center
    14  shall  not  be  open  to the public, nor subject to disclosure under the
    15  freedom of information law pursuant to article six of the  public  offi-
    16  cers  law,  and  no  public entity or employee, officer or agent thereof
    17  shall disclose such information.
    18    3. Exception. Nothing in this section shall preclude the disclosure of
    19  contact information that may be obtained and, if  otherwise  admissible,
    20  be  used  in a civil court or other civil administrative or adjudicatory
    21  body in any action or proceeding pending therein  when  such  action  or
    22  proceeding relates directly to the attendance of a senior center.
    23    4.  Violations.  Any  person  who  knowingly  releases  or permits the
    24  disclosure of the contact information that is  confidential  under  this
    25  section  to  a person or entity not entitled to receive such information
    26  shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to five thousand dollars.
    27    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10339-01-9