New York Senate Bill S04634 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4634 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 13, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the procedure followed by the justice center when responding to certain reportable incidents The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 553 of the execu- 2 tive law, as added by section 3 of part A of chapter 501 of the laws of 3 2012, is amended to read as follows: 4 (a) establishing procedures for the timely response to, and effective 5 investigation of, allegations of reportable incidents that are accepted 6 by the statewide vulnerable persons' central register, such procedures 7 shall include but not be limited to, requiring the referral to 9-1-1 of 8 reportable incidents which includes suspicious and unexplained injuries 9 to include broken bones, hematomas, open wounds beyond minor first aid, 10 black eyes, swollen noses, extreme and questionable bruising, choke 11 marks, burns, individuals found unresponsive and all deaths to a 9-1-1 12 operator; 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08732-01-3