Assembly Actions -
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Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to children and families |
Apr 11, 2011 |
referred to children and families |
Assembly Bill A7036
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SCARBOROUGH
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Inez Barron
Ellen C. Jaffee
Aileen Gunther
Amy Paulin
multi-Sponsors
Sandy Galef
Richard Gottfried
William Magee
Alan Maisel
2011-A7036 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A7036 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7036 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 11, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH, BARRON, JAFFEE, GUNTHER, PAULIN, MILLMAN, TITONE, CASTRO, COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF, GOTTFRIED, MAGEE, MAISEL, McENENY, MENG, PHEFFER, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to information in child fatality reports THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 5 of section 20 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 12 of the laws of 1996, are amended to read as follows: (b) Such report shall CONTAIN A FACTUAL SECTION WHICH WILL include (i) the cause of death, whether from natural or other causes, (ii) identifi- cation of child protective or other services provided or actions taken regarding such child and his or her family, (iii) any extraordinary or pertinent information concerning the circumstances of the child's death, (iv) whether the child or the child's family had received assistance, care or services from the social services district prior to such child's death, AND (v) any action or further investigation undertaken by the [department] OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES or by the local social services district since the death of the child[, and (vi)]. IT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE, as appropriate, A FINDINGS SECTION CONTAINING recom- mendations for local or state administrative or policy changes. Such report shall contain no information that would identify the name of the deceased child, his or her siblings, the parent or other person legally responsible for the child or any other members of the child's household, but shall refer instead to the case, which may be denoted in any fashion determined appropriate by the [department] OFFICE OF CHIL- DREN AND FAMILY SERVICES or a local social services district. In making THE FACTUAL SECTION OF a fatality report available, THE OFFICE SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER DISCLOSURE OF SUCH FACTUAL SECTION OF THE REPORT to EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10355-01-1
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