Assembly Bill A2781

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person

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    • Passed Assembly
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  • Delivered to Governor
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2013-A2781 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2951
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง260.31, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9764, S6865
2015-2016: A3891, S641
2017-2018: A1768

2013-A2781 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person.

2013-A2781 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2781

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 18, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. MORELLE, ROBERTS, CRESPO, SCARBOROUGH, WEISEN-
  BERG, GUNTHER, BRINDISI,  LUPARDO,  JAFFEE,  LAVINE,  TITUS,  SIMOTAS,
  MOYA,  ROBINSON, CLARK, WEPRIN, BRAUNSTEIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of A. GALEF, GIBSON, HOOPER, MAGEE, MARKEY,  THIELE,  TITONE  --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to endangering the welfare of
  a  vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically disabled
  person

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  260.31  of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 14 of the  laws  of  2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  "Caregiver"  means a person who (i) assumes responsibility for the
care of a vulnerable elderly person, or  an  incompetent  or  physically
disabled  person pursuant to a court order[; or], OR OTHERWISE BY OPERA-
TION OF LAW; (ii) receives monetary or other valuable consideration  for
providing  SUCH  care;  OR  (III) VOLUNTARILY ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR
PROVIDING CARE for a vulnerable elderly person,  or  an  incompetent  or
physically disabled person.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06614-01-3

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