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NY S02136
Bill
Status
Engrossed
4/4/2017
Primary Sponsor
Susan Serino
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AI Summary
- Requires the New York Department of Health commissioner to establish a screening tool for identifying abuse in individuals aged 60 and older
- Allows physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners to use the tool during annual physical exams and patient screenings under the uniform assessment system for long-term care
- Screening tool must include a uniform intervention questionnaire, questions for cognitively intact and impaired individuals, standardized intervention protocols with definitions of physical/sexual/emotional/psychological abuse, neglect, abandonment, financial exploitation, self-neglect and unwarranted control, a list of resources, and documentation in reportable format
- Requires the screening tool be culturally and linguistically appropriate and does not mandate screening for patients who refuse or are in urgent/emergent situations
- Takes effect immediately upon enactment
Legislative Description
Directs the commissioner of health to develop screening tools and procedures to be used by health care providers to detect elder abuse or maltreatment in their patients.
Last Action
REFERRED TO AGING
1/3/2018
Committee Referrals
Aging1/3/2018
Health4/4/2017
Aging1/12/2017
Full Bill Text
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