New York Assembly Bill A05697 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5697 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 22, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT, GUNTHER, SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the duty to report incidents The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 491 of the social services law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows: 3 (d) Every mandated reporter is required to make a report to the regis- 4 ter as outlined in paragraph (b) of this subdivision unless (i) the 5 reporter has actual knowledge that the reportable incident has been 6 reported to the register; and (ii) that the reporter has been named as a 7 person with knowledge of the incident in such prior report. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01380-01-3