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- Print number 7006b
- Amend and recommit to finance
- Reported and committed to finance
- Print number 7006a
- Amend and recommit to mental health and developmental disabilities
- Referred to mental health and developmental disabilities
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BILL NUMBER:S7006B
Title of bill
An act to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to duties of providers of services for the developmentally disabled
Purpose or general idea of bill
To require there must be an independent medical evaluation of an individual who is developmentally disabled if there is an allegation of abuse.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 16.13 of the Mental Hygiene Law is amended by adding a new subdivision (e).
Justification
Any time abuse of an individual who is disabled is suspected, there is a medical evaluation. However, the group home or non-profit agency often sends the client to a medical professional who is affiliated with the group home or a medical professional who is on the board of the home or non-profit agency. This legislation would require that in cases where there is an allegation of serious physical injury or sexual abuse, that the medical evaluation be completed by a medical professional who has no affiliation whatsoever with the organization. In this way the evaluation is completely unbiased.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the State
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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