Bill Text: NY S06010 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the duty to report incidents to 911 and the county district attorney's office.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-17 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S06010 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06010-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6010
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 22, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to duty  to  report
          incidents to 9-1-1 and the county district attorney's office
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 491 of the  social  services  law,  as  amended  by
     2  section 1 of part B of chapter 501 of the laws of 2012 and subdivision 4
     3  as  amended  by  chapter  126 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
     4  follows:
     5    § 491. Duty to report  incidents.  1.  (a)  Mandated  reporters  shall
     6  report  allegations  of  reportable  incidents  to a 9-1-1 operator, the
     7  county district attorney's office and the  vulnerable  persons'  central
     8  register as established by section four hundred ninety-two of this arti-
     9  cle and in accordance with the requirements set forth therein.
    10    (b)  Allegations of reportable incidents shall be reported immediately
    11  to a 9-1-1 operator, the  county  district  attorney's  office  and  the
    12  vulnerable  persons'  central  register  upon discovery. For purposes of
    13  this article, "discovery" occurs when the mandated reporter witnesses  a
    14  suspected  reportable  incident  or  when  another person, including the
    15  vulnerable person, comes before the mandated reporter  in  the  mandated
    16  reporter's  professional  or official capacity and provides the mandated
    17  reporter with reasonable cause to suspect that the vulnerable person has
    18  been subjected to a reportable incident. A report to the register  shall
    19  include the name, title and contact information of every person known to
    20  the  mandated  reporter  to  have  the  same information as the mandated
    21  reporter concerning the reportable incident. [Nothing in  this  subdivi-
    22  sion  shall be construed to prohibit a mandated reporter from contacting
    23  or reporting to law enforcement or emergency services  before  or  after
    24  reporting to the vulnerable persons' central register.]
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11697-01-5