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Senate Bill S3935
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 22nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families 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
2015-S3935 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Children And Families
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง413, Soc Serv L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
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2015-S3935 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3935 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to reports of suspected child abuse or maltreatment by certain officials and persons PURPOSE: This bill will require mandated reporters to call the hotline when they have a reasonable suspicion that a person who was a previous child abuser or previously had their rights terminated, gives birth to/fathers another child. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 413 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 554 of the laws of 2013, summarized as follows: This section will be amended to require that mandated reporters call the hotline when a person that they reasonably suspect to have previously been convicted of a crime related to physically or sexually abusing a child, or that has reasonable cause to believe that a court has previously terminated such parent's rights to a child for cause, has since given birth to or fathered a child. Section 2 is the enacting clause.
2015-S3935 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3935 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 23, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FELDER -- 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 reports of suspected child abuse or maltreatment by certain officials and persons THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 413 of the social services law, as separately amended by chapters 126 and 205 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: (a) The following persons and officials are required to report or cause a report to be made in accordance with this title when they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their professional or official capacity is an abused or maltreated child, or when they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child is an abused or maltreated child where the parent, guardian, custodian or other person legally responsible for such child comes before them in their profes- sional or official capacity and states from personal knowledge facts, conditions or circumstances which, if correct, would render the child an abused or maltreated child, OR WHEN THEY HAVE REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT A PARENT COMING BEFORE THEM IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL OR OFFI- CIAL CAPACITY HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME RELATED TO PHYSICALLY OR SEXUALLY ABUSING A CHILD AND SUCH PARENT HAS SUBSEQUENTLY GIVEN BIRTH TO OR FATHERED A CHILD, OR HAS REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT A COURT HAS PREVIOUSLY TERMINATED SUCH PARENT'S RIGHTS TO A CHILD FOR ANY CAUSE AND SUCH PARENT HAS SUBSEQUENTLY GIVEN BIRTH TO OR FATHERED A CHILD: any physician; registered physician assistant; surgeon; medical examiner; coroner; dentist; dental hygienist; osteopath; optometrist; chiroprac- tor; podiatrist; resident; intern; psychologist; registered nurse; social worker; emergency medical technician; licensed creative arts therapist; licensed marriage and family therapist; licensed mental health counselor; licensed psychoanalyst; licensed behavior analyst; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07687-01-5
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