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NY S00852
Bill
Status
6/15/2015
Primary Sponsor
Jeffrey Klein
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AI Summary
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Office of Children and Family Services must collect elder abuse data from state and local agencies including the Division of Criminal Justice Services, Department of Law, Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, and Department of Health
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Office must create interagency reporting systems with uniform standards to collect and analyze elder abuse data in cooperation with the Office for the Aging
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Office shall establish a definition for elder abuse and minimum age threshold for elderly persons to enable accurate comparison of data across different state and local agencies
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Definition of elder abuse may incorporate types of physical, sexual, and other forms of abuse as determined by the Office and Office for the Aging
Legislative Description
Requires the office of children and family services to track and report elder abuse and to issue a biennial report to the governor and legislature regarding the incidence of elder abuse in the state.
Last Action
referred to aging
5/10/2016