Assembly Bill A2965

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to sharing reports of child abuse with agency charged with care of child

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A2965 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4172
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §424, Soc Serv L

2017-A2965 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to sharing reports of child abuse with agency charged with care, custody, or guardianship of child.

2017-A2965 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2965
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PAULIN, JAFFEE, SIMON, ZEBROWSKI, GALEF, OTIS,
   TITONE, SEAWRIGHT, GOTTFRIED,  ROSENTHAL,  COOK,  BRABENEC,  LAWRENCE,
   McDONOUGH,  MURRAY, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BUCHWALD --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the social  services  law,  in  relation  to  forwarding
   reports  of  abuse  to  the  social services district charged with the
   care, custody, or guardianship of the child
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 424 of the social services law, as
 amended  by  chapter  602  of  the  laws  of 2008, is amended to read as
 follows:
   6. (a) upon receipt of such report, commence or cause the  appropriate
 society  for  the  prevention of cruelty to children to commence, within
 twenty-four hours, an appropriate investigation which shall  include  an
 evaluation  of  the environment of the child named in the report and any
 other children in the same home and a determination of the risk to  such
 children if they continue to remain in the existing home environment, as
 well as a determination of the nature, extent and cause of any condition
 enumerated in such report and the name, age and condition of other chil-
 dren  in the home, and, after seeing to the safety of the child or chil-
 dren, forthwith notify the subjects of  the  report  and  other  persons
 named  in the report in writing of the existence of the report and their
 respective rights pursuant to this title in regard to amendment[.];
   (b) ASCERTAIN WHETHER THE CHILD NAMED IN THE REPORT OR ANY OTHER CHILD
 IN THE SAME HOME IS IN THE CARE, CUSTODY OR GUARDIANSHIP OF  AN  AUTHOR-
 IZED  AGENCY.  WHERE  SUCH  AUTHORIZED AGENCY IS NOT THE SOCIAL SERVICES
 DISTRICT IN WHICH THE HOME IS LOCATED, THE REPORT SHALL BE FORWARDED  AS
 SOON AS POSSIBLE TO SUCH AUTHORIZED AGENCY AND ANY OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES
 DISTRICT  CHARGED WITH THE CARE, CUSTODY OR GUARDIANSHIP OF THE CHILD OR
 OTHER CHILDREN IN THE HOME. SUCH  AUTHORIZED  AGENCY  AND  LOCAL  SOCIAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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