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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 14, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S723
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, IP) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2009-S723 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §837, Exec L; add §378-b, Soc Serv L
2009-S723 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Permits access to conviction records maintained by the division of criminal justice services of volunteers and prospective volunteers by New York state chapters of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America, Inc., upon the consent of such volunteers and prospective volunteers; requires confidentiality in handling such records and designates breach of confidentiality as a class E felony; requires notice to volunteers and prospective volunteers of procedures to have access to such division of criminal justice services records and to verify the accuracy thereof.
2009-S723 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S723 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the executive law and the social services law, in relation to permitting access to certain conviction records by chapters of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America, Inc. PURPOSE : To permit conditional and limited access to certain conviction records of volunteer applicants to chapters of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America, Inc. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 Legislative Findings Section 2 amends subdivision 8-a of Section 837 of the Executive Law, to allow the Division of Criminal Justice Services to charge a fee of up to fourteen dollars for conviction report services provided to a Big Brothers/Big Sisters Chapter. Section 3 adds a new section 378-b of the Social Services law to allow New York State Chapters of Big Brothers/Big sisters access to conviction records for prospective volunteers as long as: * Chapters only obtain this information for prospective volunteers who
2009-S723 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 723 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 14, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. C. JOHNSON, AUBERTINE, DIAZ, ONORATO, PARKER, SAMP- SON, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive law and the social services law, in relation to permitting access to certain conviction records by chap- ters of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America, Inc. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds and declares that the volunteers who are friends of and role-models for children through chapters of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America, Inc. provide an important and necessary service to the children of New York state. The legislature further finds that it is vitally important for chapters of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America, Inc., to screen volun- teers in order to determine whether prospective or current volunteers have been convicted of any crimes involving children. In this manner, the risk should be diminished of having persons in volunteer positions directly interacting with children who are also persons with a history of abusing children, either physically or sexually. It is the intent of the legislature to support the already extensive volunteer screening process employed by chapters of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America, Inc., by making available, upon request, to such chapters the conviction records of all volunteers and prospective volunteers who have or will have any contact with children through such chapters. It is also the intent of the legislature that in providing for access to the conviction records of volunteers or prospective volunteers who have or will have any contact with children through such chapters, the legislature will demonstrate its support for the provisions of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 allowing background checks for individuals with responsibility for the safety and well-being of children. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05834-01-9
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