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S01015 Summary:

BILL NOS01015 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03328

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SPONSORBROUK

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COSPNSRHELMING, MURRAY, RHOADS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §4-1.7, EPT L

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Prohibits an individual convicted of a crime involving elder abuse from inheriting from the elder's estate as a distributee.

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BILL NOS01015 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

03/11/20251ST REPORT CAL.536

03/12/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/13/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/13/2025PASSED SENATE

05/13/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/13/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

03/18/20261ST REPORT CAL.567

03/19/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/23/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/30/2026PASSED SENATE

03/30/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/30/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1015

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the estates, powers and trusts law, in relation to
 prohibiting an individual convicted of a crime involving elder abuse
 from inheriting from the elder's estate as a distributee

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

 1 Section 1. The estates, powers and trusts law is amended by adding a
 2 new section 4-1.7 to read as follows:
 3 § 4-1.7 Disqualification of a caregiver to take intestate share; elder
 4 abuse
 5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a
 6 caregiver convicted of a crime against a vulnerable elderly person
 7 involving elder abuse shall not be entitled to any distributive share in
 8 the estate of such vulnerable elderly person.
 9 (b) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
 10 the following meanings:
 11 (1) "Vulnerable elderly person" means a person sixty years of age or
 12 older who is suffering from a disease or infirmity associated with
 13 advanced age and manifested by demonstrable physical, mental, or
 14 emotional dysfunction to the extent that the person is incapable of
 15 adequately providing for such person's own health or personal care.
 16 (2) "Caregiver" means a person who (i) assumes responsibility for the
 17 care of a vulnerable elderly person voluntarily or pursuant to a court
 18 order; or (ii) receives monetary or other valuable consideration for
 19 providing care for a vulnerable elderly person.
 20 (3) "Elder abuse" means physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse,
 21 active neglect, passive neglect, or financial exploitation of a vulner-
 22 able elderly person by a caregiver.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00323-01-5

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 1 (4) "Physical abuse" means the non-accidental use of force that
 2 results in bodily injury, pain or impairment, including but not limited
 3 to, being slapped, burned, cut, bruised or improperly physically
 4 restrained.
 5 (5) "Sexual abuse" means non-consensual touching, rape, sodomy,
 6 coerced nudity, sexual photography or sexual contact of any kind,
 7 including but not limited to, forcing sexual contact or forcing sex with
 8 a third party.
 9 (6) "Emotional abuse" means willful infliction of mental or emotional
 10 anguish by threat, humiliation, intimidation or other abusive conduct,
 11 including but not limited to, frightening or isolating an adult.
 12 (7) "Active neglect" means willful failure by a caregiver to fulfill
 13 the care-taking functions and responsibilities assumed by such caregiv-
 14 er, including but not limited to, abandonment, willful deprivation of
 15 food, water, heat, clean clothing and bedding, eyeglasses or dentures,
 16 or health related services.
 17 (8) "Passive neglect" means non-willful failure of a caregiver to
 18 fulfill care-taking functions and responsibilities assumed by such care-
 19 giver, including but not limited to, abandonment or denia