Senate Bill S6463

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires statewide training for mandated reporters to include how to identify an abused or maltreated child with an intellectual or developmental disability

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Current Bill Status Via A7366 - Signed by Governor


  • 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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2023-S6463 - Details

Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §421, Soc Serv L

2023-S6463 - Summary

Requires statewide training for mandated reporters to include how to identify an abused or maltreated child with an intellectual or developmental disability.

2023-S6463 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6463 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6463
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 20, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MANNION, KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Children  and
   Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring state-
   wide  training for child protective services workers to include how to
   identify an abused or maltreated child with an intellectual or  devel-
   opmental disability
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 421 of the social
 services law, as amended by chapter 718 of the laws of 1986, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (a)  directly  or through the purchase of services, implement, subject
 to the amounts appropriated therefor,  an  ongoing,  statewide  training
 program  for employees of the department and of each local department of
 social services employed in  the  provision  and  supervision  of  child
 protective  services  or in other activities required in accordance with
 the provisions of this title, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED  TO  IDENTIFYING
 AN  ABUSED  OR MALTREATED CHILD WHEN SUCH CHILD IS AN INDIVIDUAL WITH AN
 INTELLECTUAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED  PURSU-
 ANT TO SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
   §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment,  and/or  repeal  of
 any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on
 its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or  before
 such effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10847-01-3



              

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2023-S6463A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §421, Soc Serv L

2023-S6463A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires statewide training for mandated reporters to include how to identify an abused or maltreated child with an intellectual or developmental disability.

2023-S6463A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6463A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6463--A
     Cal. No. 861
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 20, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MANNION, KENNEDY, BORRELLO, MARTINEZ, MURRAY, ROLI-
   SON, WEBB, WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed
   to  be committed to the Committee on Children and Families -- reported
   favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
   ordered  to  a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
   its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in  relation  to  updating  the
   mandated  reporter  training  to  include how to identify an abused or
   maltreated child with an intellectual or developmental disability
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 413 of the social services law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  THE  OFFICE  OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL UPDATE TRAINING
 ISSUED TO PERSONS AND OFFICIALS REQUIRED TO REPORT  CASES  OF  SUSPECTED
 CHILD ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT TO INCLUDE GUIDANCE ON IDENTIFYING AN ABUSED
 OR MALTREATED CHILD WHEN SUCH CHILD IS AN INDIVIDUAL WITH AN INTELLECTU-
 AL  OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL
 HYGIENE LAW. SUCH GUIDANCE SHALL BE DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 JUSTICE  CENTER FOR THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. PERSONS
 AND OFFICIALS REQUIRED TO REPORT  CASES  OF  SUSPECTED  CHILD  ABUSE  OR
 MALTREATMENT  SHALL HAVE ONE YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION TO RECEIVE SUCH UPDATED MANDATED REPORTER TRAINING.
   §  2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of  section  421  of  the  social
 services law, as amended by section 7 of subpart A of part JJ of chapter
 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   (c)  issue guidelines to assist local child protective services in the
 interpretation and assessment of reports of abuse and maltreatment  made
 to  the  statewide  central  register  described in section four hundred
 twenty-two of this article. Such guidelines shall  include  information,
 standards  and  criteria  for  the identification of evidence of alleged
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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