Assembly Bill A2943

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes the crime of criminal neglect of a vulnerable elderly person or a person with a disability

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A2943 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S138
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 261 ยงยง261.00 - 261.15, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A6768

2009-A2943 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of criminal neglect of a vulnerable elderly person or a person with a disability as a class A misdemeanor; consists of a caregiver who knowingly acts in a manner likely to cause the person's life to be endangered, health to be injured, or pre-existing physical or mental condition to deteriorate; or fails to perform acts which he or she knows or reasonably should know are necessary to maintain or preserve the life or health of the person and such failure causes said person's life to be endangered, health to be injured or condition to deteriorate; or knowingly abandons said person

2009-A2943 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2943

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CLARK, RAMOS, GABRYSZAK -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
  criminal neglect of a vulnerable elderly person or  a  person  with  a
  disability

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a  new  article  261  to
read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 261
             CRIMINAL NEGLECT OF A VULNERABLE ELDERLY PERSON
                      OR A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY
SECTION 261.00  DEFINITIONS.
        261.05  CRIMINAL  NEGLECT  OF  A  VULNERABLE ELDERLY PERSON OR A
                  PERSON WITH A DISABILITY.
        261.10  CRIMINAL NEGLECT: DEFENSE.
        261.15  OTHER AVAILABLE REMEDIES.
S 261.00 DEFINITIONS.
  AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS SHALL APPLY:
  1. "VULNERABLE ELDERLY PERSON" MEANS A PERSON SIXTY YEARS  OF  AGE  OR
OLDER  WHO  IS  SUFFERING  FROM  A  DISEASE OR INFIRMITY ASSOCIATED WITH
ADVANCED AGE.
  2. "PERSON WITH A DISABILITY" MEANS  A  PERSON  WHO  HAS  A  PHYSICAL,
MENTAL  OR  MEDICAL IMPAIRMENT RESULTING FROM ANATOMICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL,
OR NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS THAT PREVENT THE EXERCISE OF A NORMAL  BODILY
FUNCTION  OR  THAT  SUBSTANTIALLY IMPAIR COGNITIVE FUNCTION, AND INCLUDE
BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, IMPAIRMENTS REQUIRING THE USE  OF  AN  ARTIFICIAL
DEVICE TO MOVE, WALK, SEE, HEAR, OR BREATHE, SUCH AS A WHEELCHAIR, BRAC-
ES,  CRUTCHES,  RESPIRATOR,  OR  OTHER SUPPORTIVE EQUIPMENT, OR USE OF A
GUIDE DOG OR OTHER GUIDING DEVICE, AND WHICH RENDERS SUCH PERSON INCAPA-
BLE OF ADEQUATELY PROVIDING FOR HIS OR HER OWN HEALTH AND PERSONAL CARE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02031-01-9
              

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