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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Jan 13, 2017 |
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Senate Bill S2427
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 21st 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
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2017-S2427 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S2427 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to expanding the persons responsible for reporting cases of suspected child abuse to include employees, volunteers, or agents of any corporate entity having an agreement with a municipality as a homeless shelter provider and the development of procedures related thereto.
2017-S2427 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2427 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the social services law, in relation to expanding the persons responsible for reporting cases of suspected child abuse to include employees, volunteers, or agents of any corporate entity having an agreement with a municipality as a homeless shelter provider and the development of procedures related thereto PURPOSE : To include among persons and officials required to report or cause to be reported, employees, volunteers, and agents of any corporate entity having a contractual agreement with a municipality as a homeless shelter provider to be deemed a trained mandatory reporter. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section one of the bill expands the listing of persons and officials required to report or cause to be reported reasonable suspicion that any child within their purview is being abused or maltreated. Section two requires that the individuals delineated in Section one be required to report or cause to be reported when there is reasonable suspicion that a child under their purview in a professional or official capacity is being subjected to abuse or maltreatment.
2017-S2427 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2427 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PARKER, AVELLA, DILAN, PERKINS -- 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 expanding the persons responsible for reporting cases of suspected child abuse to include employees, volunteers, or agents of any corporate entity having an agreement with a municipality as a homeless shelter provider and the development of procedures related thereto 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: any physician; registered physician assist- ant; surgeon; medical examiner; coroner; dentist; dental hygienist; osteopath; optometrist; chiropractor; podiatrist; resident; intern; psychologist; registered nurse; social worker; emergency medical techni- cian; licensed creative arts therapist; licensed marriage and family therapist; licensed mental health counselor; licensed psychoanalyst; licensed behavior analyst; certified behavior analyst assistant; hospi- tal personnel engaged in the admission, examination, care or treatment of persons; a Christian Science practitioner; school official, which EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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