Assembly Bill A3772

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the petitioner for appointment of a guardian for an incapacitated person to identify all other persons who may be able to manage the affairs of such incapacitated person

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

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2023-A3772 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8133
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Ment Hyg L, generally
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A6510, S4642
2017-2018: A1350, S4083
2019-2020: A5609, S4722
2021-2022: A2536, S3523

2023-A3772 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the petitioner for appointment as the guardian for an incapacitated person to identify all other persons who may be able to manage the affairs of such incapacitated person; prohibits appointment solely for the purposes of bill collection or resolving a bill collection dispute.

2023-A3772 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3772
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEINSTEIN,  ZEBROWSKI,  SEAWRIGHT, TAYLOR --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to  the
   Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring peti-
   tioners for appointment of a guardian to identify  other  persons  who
   may be able to manage the affairs of an incapacitated person
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (e) of section 81.03 of the mental hygiene law,
 as amended by chapter 438 of the laws of 2004, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (e) "available resources" means resources such as, but not limited to,
 ALL  PERSONS  IDENTIFIED  IN SUBPARAGRAPHS (I) THROUGH (IV) OF PARAGRAPH
 ONE OF SUBDIVISION (G) OF SECTION 81.07 OF THIS ARTICLE, visiting  nurs-
 es,  homemakers,  home  health  aides,  adult  day care and multipurpose
 senior citizen centers, powers of attorney, health care proxies, trusts,
 representative and protective payees, and residential care facilities.
   § 2. Paragraph 7 of subdivision (a) of section  81.06  of  the  mental
 hygiene  law,  as amended by chapter 438 of the laws of 2004, is amended
 to read as follows:
   7. the chief executive officer, or the designee of the chief executive
 officer, of a facility in which the person alleged to  be  incapacitated
 is  a  patient  or  resident,  EXCEPT  FOR WHERE THE PETITION IS BROUGHT
 PRIMARILY FOR PURPOSES OF BILL COLLECTION OR RESOLVING A BILL COLLECTION
 DISPUTE.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, WHERE THERE IS NO OTHER LEGALLY  AUTHORIZED
 OR  OTHERWISE AVAILABLE RESOURCE, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, OR DESIG-
 NEE OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, OF SUCH FACILITY DESCRIBED  IN  THIS
 ARTICLE MAY FILE A PETITION UNDER THIS ARTICLE WHERE A GUARDIAN IS NEED-
 ED TO APPLY FOR OR ENGAGE IN PLANNING NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH ELIGIBILITY
 FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AS PROVIDED UNDER TITLE ELEVEN OF ARTICLE FIVE OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00063-01-3
 A. 3772                             2
              

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