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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 17, 2014
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Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hevesi) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the powers and  duties
  of the justice center

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 26 and 27 of section 553 of the executive law,
as added by section 3 of part A of chapter 501 of the laws of 2012,  are
amended and a new subdivision 28 is added to read as follows:
  26.  To  review  the cost effectiveness of mental hygiene programs and
procedures provided for by law with particular attention to  efficiency,
effectiveness and economy in the management, supervision and delivery of
such programs. Such review may include but is not limited to: (a) deter-
mining  reasons for rising costs and possible means of controlling them;
(b) analyzing and comparing expenditures in mental hygiene to  determine
the  factors  associated with variations in costs; and (c) analyzing and
comparing achievements in selected  samples  to  determine  the  factors
associated  with variations in program success and their relationship to
mental hygiene costs; [and]
  27. In its discretion, to review the policies and  practices  relating
to  the  prevention  of abuse or neglect in facilities or provider agen-
cies, including staffing patterns of  various  service  models  and  the
supervision required to help ensure the safety of service recipients[.];
AND
  28.  TO  DEVELOP  GUIDANCE  DOCUMENTS  RELATING  TO THE PROCEDURES FOR
REVIEW OF REPORTABLE INCIDENTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE
OF THIS SECTION. ALL SUCH DOCUMENTS SHALL BE  ADDRESSED  TO  EACH  STATE
OVERSIGHT  AGENCY IDENTIFIED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED
FIFTY OF THIS ARTICLE AND SHALL CONTAIN A UNIQUE SET OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR
EACH SUCH AGENCY TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION EACH SUCH AGENCY'S PARTICULAR
MISSION AND CONSTITUENCY. EACH SUCH AGENCY SHALL, AT THE REQUEST OF  THE
JUSTICE  CENTER, PRODUCE FOR THE JUSTICE CENTER'S REVIEW, CURRENT PROCE-
DURES AND PRACTICES UTILIZED IN RECORDING AND REPORTING REPORTABLE INCI-
DENTS. TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY ACROSS STATE AGENCIES, THE  JUSTICE  CENTER

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

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SHALL  DEVELOP  OR  IDENTIFY  A  UNIFORM  SET  OF  CORE PRINCIPALS TO BE
INCLUDED IN ANY GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS PRODUCED.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.