Senate Bill S530

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes the crime of exploitation of an elderly person, vulnerable elderly person or incompetent or physically disabled person

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S530 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§260.31, 155.05 & 155.15, Pen L; amd §473, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6712
2013-2014: S102

2015-S530 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crimes of exploitation of an elderly person, vulnerable elderly person or incompetent or physically disabled person in the first, second, and third degree.

2015-S530 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S530 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   530

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the penal law and the social services law,  in  relation
  to preventing financial exploitation of the elderly

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  The opening paragraph and subdivision 1 of section  260.31
of  the  penal law, the opening paragraph as added by chapter 381 of the
laws of 1998, subdivision 1 as amended and such section as renumbered by
chapter 14 of the laws of 2010, are amended to read as follows:
  For the purpose of sections 155.05, 260.32 and 260.34 of this article,
the following definitions shall apply:
  1. "Caregiver" means a person who (i) assumes responsibility  for  the
care  of  a  vulnerable  elderly person, or an incompetent or physically
disabled person pursuant to a court order; or (ii)  VOLUNTARILY  ASSUMES
RESPONSIBILITY  FOR THE CARE OF A VULNERABLE ELDERLY PERSON OR AN INCOM-
PETENT OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSON;  OR  (III)  receives  monetary  or
other valuable consideration for providing care for a vulnerable elderly
person, or an incompetent or physically disabled person.
  S  2.  Subdivision  2 of section 155.05 of the penal law is amended by
adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
  (F) BY FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF THE VULNERABLE ELDERLY OR INCOMPETENT
OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSON.
  (I) A PERSON OBTAINS PROPERTY BY FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF  A  VULNER-
ABLE  ELDERLY,  OR INCOMPETENT OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSON WHEN, WHILE
IN A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP OR CAREGIVER STATUS WITH A VULNERABLE ELDERLY
PERSON OR INCOMPETENT OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSON, HE OR SHE KNOWINGLY
OBTAINS OR USES OR ATTEMPTS  TO  OBTAIN  OR  USE  A  VULNERABLE  ELDERLY
PERSON'S  OR  INCOMPETENT  OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSON'S PROPERTY WITH
THE INTENT TO TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE THE VULNERABLE  ELDERLY

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

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