Assembly Bill A6823

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Makes the differential response programs permanent

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  • Introduced
    • 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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2011-A6823 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4504
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §427-a, Soc Serv L; amd §3, Chap 452 of 2007

2011-A6823 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes permanent the differential response programs for child protection assessments and investigations.

2011-A6823 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6823

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 4, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. PAULIN, JAFFEE, N. RIVERA, SCARBOROUGH, COOK,
  GALEF, GUNTHER, SPANO -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  ABINANTI,
  LUPARDO,  McENENY,  PHEFFER,  REILLY  --  (at request of the Office of
  Children and Family Services) -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Children and Families

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the differential
  response programs for child protection assessments or  investigations;
  and  to  amend  chapter  452  of  the laws of 2007 amending the social
  services law relating to establishing differential  response  programs
  for  child  protection  assessments  or investigations, in relation to
  making such provisions permanent

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

  Section  1.  Subdivisions  1  and  8  of  section  427-a of the social
services law, as added by chapter 452 of the laws of 2007,  are  amended
to read as follows:
  1.  Any  social  services  district  [located outside of a city with a
population of more than two million] may, upon the authorization of  the
office  of children and family services, establish a program that imple-
ments differential responses to reports of child abuse and maltreatment.
Such programs [would] SHALL create  a  family  assessment  and  services
track  as an alternative means of addressing certain matters [currently]
OTHERWISE investigated as allegations of  child  abuse  or  maltreatment
pursuant  to  this  title. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to
the contrary, the provisions of this section [will] SHALL apply only  to
those  cases  involving  allegations  of abuse or maltreatment in family
settings expressly included in the family assessment and services  track
of  the differential response program, and only in those social services
districts authorized by the office of children and  family  services  to
implement  a  differential  response  program.  Such  cases shall not be
subject to the requirements otherwise applicable to  cases  reported  to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09249-01-1

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