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This bill allows state comptroller staff to access redacted reports on incidents involving vulnerable persons for performance audits.
Why it matters
Enhances government accountability. by allowing the State Comptroller’s office to review redacted incident reports during performance audits, potentially uncovering systemic issues or inefficiencies in how incidents involving vulnerable persons are handled.
Protects privacy. while enabling oversight, as the law requires all personally identifying information to be redacted before reports are shared, balancing transparency with the confidentiality rights of service recipients and others named in the reports.
May lead to policy improvements or better resource allocation. in state-run or state-regulated facilities serving vulnerable populations, since audit findings could highlight areas needing reform or additional support.
Expands the scope of state audits. beyond financial matters to include operational effectiveness and incident management in services for vulnerable New Yorkers, making it easier to track trends, patterns, or failures in care.
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Let Comptroller See Incident Reports
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- Referred to mental health
- Referred to mental health
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7575
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 9, 2019
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.
LBD02700-02-9
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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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