Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 07, 2015 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 29, 2015 |
referred to children and families |
Assembly Bill A4225
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SCARBOROUGH
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- 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
Barbara Clark
Latrice Walker
2015-A4225 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A4225 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4225 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 29, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH -- 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 544 of the laws of 2014, 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[, (vi)]. IT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE, as appropriate, A FINDINGS SECTION CONTAINING recommenda- tions for local or state administrative or policy changes, and [(vii)] written comments as may be provided by any local social services district referenced in such report. 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. LBD08193-01-5
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