S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 2, 2012
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       Introduced  by M. of A. MORELLE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to endangering the welfare of
         a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically  disabled
         person
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of  section  260.31  of  the  penal  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  14  of  the  laws  of  2010, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    1. "Caregiver" means a person who (i) assumes responsibility  for  the
    5  care  of  a  vulnerable  elderly person, or an incompetent or physically
    6  disabled person pursuant to a court order[; or], OR OTHERWISE BY  OPERA-
    7  TION  OF LAW; (ii) receives monetary or other valuable consideration for
    8  providing SUCH care; OR (III)  VOLUNTARILY  ASSUMES  RESPONSIBILITY  FOR
    9  PROVIDING  CARE  for  a  vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or
   10  physically disabled person.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
   12  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14907-01-2