Assembly Bill A5666

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Permits certain previous criminal history information provided to satisfy criminal background checks for certain employees

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A5666 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3120
Current Committee:
Assembly People With Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §16.33, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9889, S7907

2023-A5666 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits that when the division of criminal justice services has provided criminal history information within the previous twelve months to any state agency for certain individuals, such information can be used to satisfy the required criminal history check for such employee without having to re-request such information.

2023-A5666 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5666
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEAWRIGHT  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on People with Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the  mental  hygiene  law,  in  relation  to  permitting
   certain  previous  criminal  history  information  provided to satisfy
   certain criminal background checks for certain employees

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  16.33  of  the  mental hygiene law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision (c) to read as follows:
   (C) WHERE THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES HAS PROVIDED CRIM-
 INAL HISTORY INFORMATION WITHIN THE PREVIOUS TWELVE MONTHS TO ANY  STATE
 AGENCY FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL SUBJECT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION WHO
 IS  A  CURRENT EMPLOYEE OF THE OFFICE OR AN OFFICE-APPROVED PROVIDER, OF
 AN OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES LICENSED OR CERTIFIED PROGRAM,
 OF AN OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND  SUPPORTS  CERTIFIED,  FUNDED  OR
 AUTHORIZED PROGRAM, OR OF AN OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH LICENSED, FUNDED OR
 APPROVED PROGRAM, SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE USED TO SATISFY THE REQUIRE-
 MENTS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05129-01-3

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