New York S 1828: Requires employers to annually report to the division of human rights the number of settlements with employees and other individuals regarding claims of discrimination on the basis of sex

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S01828 Summary:

BILL NOS01828 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORASHBY

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, HELMING, RHOADS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 9-C §§473-m - 473-q, Soc Serv L; add Art 29 §830, Exec L

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Creates a statewide central register of elder abuse and maltreatment reports and the elder justice coordinating council; mandates reporting by certain persons; facilitates interagency planning and reviews specific agency initiatives for their impact on the reporting and investigation of elder abuse and maltreatment in the state.

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO AGING

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGING

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1828

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. ASHBY, BORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, HELMING,
 RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
 committed to the Committee on Aging

 AN ACT to amend the social services law and the executive law, in
 relation to creating a statewide central register of elder abuse and
 maltreatment reports and the elder justice coordinating council

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

 1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new article
 2 9-C to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 9-C
 4 STATEWIDE CENTRAL REGISTER OF ELDER ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT REPORTS
 5 Section 473-m. Definitions.
 6 473-n. Statewide central register of elder abuse and maltreat-
 7 ment reports.
 8 473-o. Mandated reporters.
 9 473-p. Penalties for failure to report.
 10 473-q. Immunity from liability.
 11 § 473-m. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:
 12 1. "Abused or maltreated elder" means any resident of New York state
 13 who is sixty years of age or older and who is alleged to be the victim
 14 of physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, passive or self-ne-
 15 glect, or financial exploitation, as defined in subdivision six of
 16 section four hundred seventy-three of this chapter.
 17 2. "Caregiver" means any person who has assumed full or intermittent
 18 responsibility for the care or custody of an elderly adult, whether or
 19 not such person receives compensation.
 20 § 473-n. Statewide central register of elder abuse and maltreatment
 21 reports. 1. Subject to appropriation, there shall be established in the
 22 office of children and family services a statewide central register of
 23 elder abuse and maltreatment reports made pursuant to this article.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03843-01-5

 S. 1828 2

 1 2. The central register created by this section shall:
 2 (a) be capable of receiving telephone calls alleging elder abuse or
 3 maltreatment and of immediately identifying prior reports of elder abuse
 4 or maltreatment and capable of monitoring the provision of adult protec-
 5 tive services twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. To effectuate
 6 this purpose, there shall be a single statewide telephone number, in
 7 addition to other special express reporting procedures, that all
 8 persons, whether mandated by the law or not, may use to make telephone
 9 calls alleging elder abuse or maltreatment and that all persons so
 10 authorized may use for determining the existence of prior reports in
 11 order to evaluate the condition of the elder;
 12 (b) immediately transmit orally or electronically by the office of
 13 children and family services to the appropriate adult protective service
 14 for investigation, any allegations contained in such telephone calls
 15 when they could reasonably constitute a report of elder abuse or
 16 maltreatment, including such allegations and any previous reports to the
 17 central registry involving the subject of such report or elder named in
 18 such report, and any previous reports containing allegations of elder
 19 abuse and maltreatment alleged to have occurred in other counties and
 20 districts in New York state;
 21 (c) immedi