Excuses prospective jurors from jury service if they are a full-time caregiver responsible for the care of a person with a mental or physical condition that causes such person to be incapable of caring for himself or herself.
Excuses prospective jurors who are over the age of 75 or have a health condition putting such person at greater risk for severe illness from COVID-19 from service; establishes provisions expire after two years.
Provides for an optional excuse from jury service for persons age 70 and over.
Provides for an optional excuse from jury service for persons age 70 and over.
Expands the definition of mental health care provider for the purposes of the penal law; expands the conditions under which a person is deemed incapable of consent.
Exempts from jury duty prospective jurors who are age seventy-five or older who make a request to be exempt.
Amends the term residential treatment facility to remove "persons who are on parole or conditional release" from such term.
Allows personal caregivers to visit residents of adult care facilities at any time, in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations.
Allows personal caregivers to visit residents of adult care facilities at any time, in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations.
Allows for the conditional examination of victims who are at least 75 years of age; amends the definition of larceny to ensure that alleged consent by a victim who is mentally disabled is a not a defense to larceny; permits a caregiver to accompany a vulnerable victim into the grand jury.