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NY S01028
Bill
Status
1/5/2011
Primary Sponsor
Jeffrey Klein
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AI Summary
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Requires physicians, nurses, social workers, police officers, district attorneys, lawyers, accountants, and banking institutions to report suspected financial exploitation of persons aged 62 or older to local social services officials
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Mandates the Commissioner of Children and Family Services to promulgate rules for accepting, processing, and investigating reported cases of elder financial exploitation
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Requires investigation rules to include notification of appropriate district attorneys, the Attorney General, law enforcement officials, and non-implicated family members or guardians of exploited elderly persons
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Provides liability protection for banking organizations that report suspected abuse or mistreatment of elderly persons to the Office for the Aging or designated agencies in good faith
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Takes effect 270 days after enactment, with authority for the Commissioner to promulgate necessary rules prior to the effective date
Legislative Description
Requires various persons (similar to child abuse) to report financial exploitation of the elderly (sixty-two or older) to a social services official; directs the commissioner of children and family services to develop rules for the conduct of investigations and the protection of the exploited.
Last Action
REFERRED TO AGING
1/4/2012