What's happening
This bill allows courts to waive or add annual reporting requirements for guardians based on their reporting history.
Why it matters
Provides flexibility for courts to adjust reporting requirements. By allowing courts to waive or add to annual reporting duties for guardians, the law can better accommodate individual circumstances—such as a guardian's track record or complexity of the guardianship—rather than applying a one-size-fits-all rule.
Recognizes and rewards consistent, responsible guardians. Judges can consider a guardian’s history of timely and accurate reporting, potentially reducing paperwork for those who have demonstrated reliability, and thus incentivizing good behavior among guardians.
Helps courts focus oversight where it’s needed most. By waiving requirements for proven, trustworthy guardians, judicial resources can be directed toward closer monitoring of new or problematic guardianships, potentially increasing protection for vulnerable individuals.
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Ease Guardian Reporting Rules
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- Referred to judiciary
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Ease Guardians' Reporting Rules
In Senate Committee · Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities · Sponsor Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6719
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 16, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. BARNWELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to annual reporting requirements for guardians in certain circumstances
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 81.31 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
(f) The court may, in its discretion, waive some or all of the requirements of this section or impose additional requirements. In determining whether to waive specific reporting requirements, judges can give weight to the amount of years the guardian has previously submitted the required reports without issue.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10342-01-7
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