 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5697
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 22, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. BARRETT, GUNTHER, SANTABARBARA -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Mental Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in  relation  to  the  duty  to
          report incidents
 
          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 491 of the social services law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
     3    (d) Every mandated reporter is required to make a report to the regis-
     4  ter  as  outlined  in  paragraph  (b) of this subdivision unless (i) the
     5  reporter has actual knowledge that  the  reportable  incident  has  been
     6  reported to the register; and (ii) that the reporter has been named as a
     7  person with knowledge of the incident in such prior report.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01380-01-3
Relates to the duty to report incidents

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