New York S 6962: Relates to the procedure followed by the justice center when responding to certain reportable incidents

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S06962 Summary:

BILL NOS06962 

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SPONSORLANZA

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Amd §553, Exec L

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Requires the justice center to establish procedures for when to report incidents which include suspicious and unexplained injuries including broken bones, hematomas, open wounds beyond minor first aid, black eyes, swollen noses, extreme and questionable bruising, choke marks, burns, individuals found unresponsive and all deaths to a 9-1-1 operator.

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03/27/2025REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6962

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the procedure followed
 by the justice center when responding to certain reportable incidents

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 553 of the execu-
 2 tive law, as added by section 3 of part A of chapter 501 of the laws of
 3 2012, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) establishing procedures for the timely response to, and effective
 5 investigation of, allegations of reportable incidents that are accepted
 6 by the statewide vulnerable persons' central register, such procedures
 7 shall include but not be limited to, requiring the referral to 9-1-1 of
 8 reportable incidents which includes suspicious and unexplained injuries
 9 to include broken bones, hematomas, open wounds beyond minor first aid,
 10 black eyes, swollen noses, extreme and questionable bruising, choke
 11 marks, burns, individuals found unresponsive and all deaths to a 9-1-1
 12 operator;
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11076-01-5

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