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Senate Bill S384
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, Ind, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S384 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
- Law Section:
- Mental Hygiene Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยงยง16.34 & 31.36, Ment Hyg L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S4768
2009-S384 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S384 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing a mental retardation and developmental disabilities and mental health worker registry PURPOSE : To establish a statewide registry of mental retardation and developmentally disability and mental health workers so that employers can check the registry to determine a workers' history prior to employing them. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section one of the bill adds a new section 16.34 to the mental hygiene law establishing the Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities registry to maintain summary reports prepared by providers of any employee or volunteer who was subject to the criminal history background check and who is terminated as a result of a finding that such employee or volunteer engaged in behavior that constituted abuse or neglect of a client. Summary reports shall be kept by OMRDD together with the criminal history information previously obtained regarding such employee or volunteer. If the office requires a request for criminal history information for a prospective employee or volunteer for whom the office has previously received a summary
2009-S384 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 384 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MORAHAN -- 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 establishing a mental retardation and developmental disabilities and mental health worker registry THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 16.34 to read as follows: S 16.34 MENTAL RETARDATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES REGISTRY. 1. EVERY PROVIDER OF SERVICES REQUIRED TO REQUEST CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION CONCERNING CERTAIN PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 16.33 OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT TO THE OFFICE A SUMMARY REPORT IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF THE TERMINATION FOR CAUSE OF ANY EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER WHO WAS SUBJECT TO A CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECK UNDER SECTION 16.33 OF THIS ARTICLE AND WHO IS TERMINATED AS A RESULT OF A FINDING THAT SUCH EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER ENGAGED IN BEHAVIOR THAT CONSTITUTED ABUSE OR NEGLECT OF A CLIENT. 2. IF SUCH EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER VOLUNTARILY RESIGNS DURING THE PENDENCY OF AN INVESTIGATION OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING NEGLECT OR ABUSE OF A CLIENT AND IF SUCH INVESTIGATION DETERMINES THAT SUCH EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER ENGAGED IN BEHAVIOR THAT CONSTITUTED ABUSE OR NEGLECT OF A CLIENT WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN TERMINATION, SUCH PROVIDER SHALL FILE THE SUMMARY REPORT REQUIRED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION. 3. THE SUMMARY REPORT REQUIRED TO BE FILED UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE OFFICE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE TERMINATION OR, IF THE EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER RESIGNS, THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION. THE SUMMARY REPORT SHALL INCLUDE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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