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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K 6609 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 7, 2017 Introduced by Sen. LANZA read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring state oversight agencies to ensure that certain facilities and provider agencies have policies and procedures in place to identify and report possible crimes against a service recipient by a custodian THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 491 of the social services law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 3 5. STATE OVERSIGHT AGENCIES SHALL ENSURE THAT ALL FACILITIES OR 4 PROVIDER AGENCIES OPERATED, LICENSED, OR CERTIFIED BY SUCH STATE OVER- 5 SIGHT AGENCIES HAVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE TO IDENTIFY AND 6 REPORT POSSIBLE CRIMES AGAINST A SERVICE RECIPIENT BY A CUSTODIAN. STATE 7 OVERSIGHT AGENCIES SHALL PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO FACILITIES OR PROVIDER 8 AGENCIES OPERATED, LICENSED, OR CERTIFIED BY SUCH STATE OVERSIGHT AGEN- 9 CIES THAT DO NOT ALREADY HAVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE IDENTIFI- 10 CATION AND REPORTING OF POSSIBLE CRIMES. 11 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11971-01-7