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A8250Assembly2017-2018 Session

Let Comptroller See Incident Reports

Official title

“Authorizes certain reports relating to reportable incidents involving vulnerable persons to be released to officers and employees of the state comptroller”

Sponsor Aileen GuntherAD-100+5 co-sponsorsAffects Legal
Status
In Senate Committee
Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Impact
3/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

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In Senate · Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities

What's happening

This bill allows the State Comptroller's office access to certain confidential reports on incidents involving vulnerable persons for performance audits, with identifying information redacted.

Why it matters

  1. Expanding oversight. By granting the State Comptroller access to confidential incident reports (with identifying information removed), the bill strengthens independent oversight of services for vulnerable populations, potentially leading to better accountability in state-run or state-supervised facilities.

  2. Balancing transparency and privacy. The required redaction of personal information before reports are shared ensures that privacy rights of service recipients and staff are protected, even as performance audits are conducted.

  3. Improved audits and system performance. Allowing the Comptroller’s office to review these incident reports could help uncover systemic issues, inefficiencies, or patterns of concern that might otherwise go undetected, leading to more informed recommendations for policy or procedural changes.

  4. Potential for increased public trust. Enhanced oversight and the careful handling of sensitive information might increase public confidence in how the state monitors and improves its care for vulnerable individuals.

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Let Comptroller See Incident Reports

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Aileen Gunther

Assembly Member · Assembly District 100

History

  1. Referred to mental health and developmental disabilities
  2. Delivered to senate
  3. Passed assembly
  4. Ordered to third reading cal.596
  5. Returned to assembly
  6. Died in senate
  7. Referred to rules
  8. Delivered to senate
  9. Passed assembly
  10. Ordered to third reading rules cal.317
  11. Rules report cal.317
  12. Reported
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  1. Reported referred to rules
  2. Reported referred to codes
  3. Referred to mental health

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

8250

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

June 2, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing certain reports relating to reportable incidents involving vulnerable persons to be released to officers and employees of the state comptroller for the purposes of a duly authorized performance audit

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 1 of section 496 of the social services law, as added by section 1 of part B of chapter 501 of the laws of 2012, are amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as follows:

(f) the independent agency designated pursuant to subdivision (b) of section five hundred fifty-eight of the executive law, provided that such information is relevant to a matter within the legal authority of such agency; [or]

(g) other persons named in the report, as defined in subdivision thirteen of section four hundred eighty-eight of this article which includes, but is not limited to, the service recipient's parent, guardian or other person legally responsible for such person; provided, however, that the names and other personally identifying information of custodians and other service recipients shall not be included unless such custodians and service recipients authorize disclosure. Notwithstanding the prohibitions on non-redisclosure set forth in the closing sentence of this subdivision, the service recipient, and such service recipient's parent, guardian or other person legally responsible for such service recipient may disclose information and reports made available pursuant to this paragraph to an attorney, who shall not further disclose except as is necessary for use by such attorney in rendering advice, assistance and representation[.]; or

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD11969-01-7

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(h) officers and employees of the state comptroller, for purposes of a duly authorized performance audit; provided, however, that such reports shall be redacted to protect the confidentiality of the service recipient named in the report, the subject of the report, and any other person named in the report, prior to the transmission of such reports from the justice center to the state comptroller.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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