New York Assembly Bill 796

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-03 - referred to aging
Pending: Assembly Aging Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Enacts the "elderly abuse protective act" to protect residents 62 years of age or older who suffer abuse or deprivation; requires reports to the commissioner of the office of children and family services of the possible necessity for protective services; specifies action by such commissioner upon receiving such report including evaluation, right of entry, and furnishing of protective services; specifies the authority of the office of children and family services with respect thereto and requires assistance of other agencies in the implementation thereof; provides for judicial and review action against caretakers who abuse elderly; creates statewide central register of elderly abuse; appropriates $600,000 to the office of children and family services.

Enacts the "elderly abuse protective act" to protect residents 62 years of age or older who suffer abuse or deprivation; requires reports to the commissioner of the office of children and family services of the possible necessity for protective services; specifies action by such commissioner upon receiving such report including evaluation, right of entry, and furnishing of protective services; specifies the authority of the office of children and family services with respect thereto and requires assistance of other agencies in the implementation thereof; provides for judicial and review action against caretakers who abuse elderly; creates statewide central register of elderly abuse; appropriates $600,000 to the office of children and family services.

Asm. Robert Carroll [D]	Asm. William Colton [D]	Asm. Phillip Steck [D]	Asm. Alfred Taylor [D]
Asm. Donna Lupardo [D]	Asm. John McDonald [D]	Asm. Crystal Peoples-Stokes [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-03	Assembly	referred to aging
2023-01-11	Assembly	referred to aging

S00708 (Same As) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO FINANCE

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A796
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A00796&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A00796