New York S 10070: Relates to the protection of people with special needs and the confidentiality of certain documents

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S10070 Summary:

BILL NOS10070 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORFAHY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §496, Soc Serv L

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Relates to confidentiality in cases involving the protection of people with special needs; allows the state comptroller's office to unseal certain documents.

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BILL NOS10070 

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04/27/2026REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

05/11/20261ST REPORT CAL.1002

05/12/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/13/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

06/03/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/03/2026referred to people with disabilities

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10070

 IN SENATE

 April 27, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- (at request of the State Comptroller) -- read
 twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
 Committee on Disabilities

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing
 certain reports relating to reportable incidents involving vulnerable
 persons to be made available 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 Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 1 of section 496 of
 2 the social services law, as added by section 1 of part B of chapter 501
 3 of the laws of 2012, are amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to
 4 read as follows:
 5 (f) the independent agency designated pursuant to subdivision (b) of
 6 section five hundred fifty-eight of the executive law, provided that
 7 such information is relevant to a matter within the legal authority of
 8 such agency; [or]
 9 (g) other persons named in the report, as defined in subdivision thir-
 10 teen of section four hundred eighty-eight of this article which
 11 includes, but is not limited to, the service recipient's parent, guardi-
 12 an or other person legally responsible for such person; provided, howev-
 13 er, that the names and other personally identifying information of
 14 custodians and other service recipients shall not be included unless
 15 such custodians and service recipients authorize disclosure. Notwith-
 16 standing the prohibitions on non-redisclosure set forth in the closing
 17 sentence of this subdivision, the service recipient, and such service
 18 recipient's parent, guardian or other person legally responsible for
 19 such service recipient may disclose information and reports made avail-
 20 able pursuant to this paragraph to an attorney, who shall not further
 21 disclose except as is necessary for use by such attorney in rendering
 22 advice, assistance and representation[.]; or
 23 (h) officers and employees of the state comptroller, for purposes of a
 24 duly authorized performance audit; provided, however, that such officers
 25 and employees shall protect the confidentiality of the service recipi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06919-01-5

 S. 10070 2

 1 ent, the subject of the report, and any other person named in the
 2 report, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (t) of subdivi-
 3 sion two of this section.
 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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