Senate Bill S6882

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to conducting appeals by means of electronic communications systems conference with independent hearing officers

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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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2011-S6882 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9492
Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง22, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S2611, A5630
2015-2016: S3084, A5111
2017-2018: S547, A4259
2019-2020: S904, A5463
2021-2022: A4872
2023-2024: A1729

2011-S6882 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to permitting appeals to the department to be conducted by means of a conference telephone, video conference or similar communications systems with and by independent hearing officers.

2011-S6882 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S6882 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6882

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 4, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services

AN ACT to amend the social  services  law,  in  relation  to  permitting
  appeals  to  the  department  to be conducted by means of a conference
  telephone, video conference or similar communications systems with and
  by independent hearing officers

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 22 of the social services law, as
added by chapter 473 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
  2. In connection with any appeal pursuant to  this  section,  with  or
without a fair hearing, the commissioner may designate and authorize one
or  more  appropriate  members  of his staff OR INDEPENDENT FAIR HEARING
OFFICERS to consider and decide such appeals. Any staff member OR  INDE-
PENDENT  FAIR  HEARING  OFFICER  so designated and authorized shall have
authority to decide such appeals on behalf of the commissioner with  the
same  force  and  effect  as if the commissioner had made the decisions.
Fair hearings held in connection with such  appeals  shall  be  held  on
behalf  of  the commissioner by members of his staff OR INDEPENDENT FAIR
HEARING OFFICERS who are employed for such purposes  or  who  have  been
designated  and  authorized  by  him therefor.   THE FAIR HEARING MAY BE
CONDUCTED BY MEANS OF A CONFERENCE TELEPHONE, VIDEO CONFERENCE EQUIPMENT
OR SIMILAR COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT ALLOWING ALL  PERSONS  PARTICIPATING
IN  SUCH  HEARING TO HEAR EACH OTHER AT THE SAME TIME. The provisions of
this subdivision shall apply to  fair  hearings  conducted  pursuant  to
subdivision  eight  of  section four hundred twenty-two of this chapter,
and to any hearing required pursuant  to  this  chapter  concerning  the
denial,  suspension or revocation of any permit, certificate or license,
and to any hearing held pursuant to section four hundred  fifty-five  of
this chapter.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
the commissioner may promulgate any rules or regulations  necessary  for
the implementation of this act before this act shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14711-01-2

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