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NY A10400
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/3/2026
Primary Sponsor
Jo Simon
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AI Summary
- Requires social services officials nominated as guardians to receive proper notice and allows them to inform the court of the appropriate agency to be appointed
- Prohibits entities from initiating guardianship proceedings solely to collect debts, discharge patients from care facilities, or take actions not in the incapacitated person's best interests
- Grants social services officials party status in guardianship proceedings with full rights to participate, respond, modify, or oppose nominations when considered for appointment as guardian
- Mandates that no social services official or agency can be court-ordered as guardian without their written consent
- Requires financial institutions to provide all necessary bank statements for Medicaid applications to requesting departments of social services within 30 days of the request
Legislative Description
Provides for requirements for the appointment of a guardian for personal needs or property management; requires financial institutions to provide all necessary bank statements for a Medicaid application to a requesting department of social services within thirty days of having received such request.
Last Action
referred to mental health
3/3/2026
Committee Referrals
Mental Health3/3/2026
Full Bill Text
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