NY State Senate Bill 2019-S1488

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Jan 08, 2020	referred to children and families
Jan 15, 2019	referred to children and families

2019-S1488 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6285
Current Committee:: Senate Children And Families
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §413, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S7951
2015-2016: S3977, A5253
2017-2018: S2427, S8678, A6230
2021-2022: S1486, S4678, A4355
2023-2024: S240, S5699, A314

2019-S1488 (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 tier II facility or any other shelter providing temporary housing to persons under the age of 18.

2019-S1488 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1488

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN
 
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 tier II facility or any other
shelter providing temporary housing to persons under the age of 18

 
PURPOSE:

To include among persons and officials that are designated mandated
reporters and required to report or cause to be reported incidents of
child abuse or neglect, employees of a tier II facility or any other
shelter providing temporary housing to persons under the age of eigh-
teen.

 
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 of the bill sets an effective date of immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Recently the incidents of abuse and/or maltreatment of children appear
to have increased dramatically and are ancillary to incidents of domes-
tic violence. One in every four women will experience domestic violence
in her lifetime and the children who witness these events will attempt
to intervene and eventually become the victims of child abuse or detri-
mental neglect at a rate of 30% - 60%.

It is estimated that the majority of these incidents take place in the
privacy of a family's home, but when these incidents take place under
the aegis of municipal public programs, it is the responsibility of the
municipality to require efficient and caring oversight, and trained
providers to ensure a safe haven for defenseless children.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018: S.8678 (Hoylman) - Died in Children and Families

2015-16: S.3977 (Parker) - Died in Children and Families

2014: S.7951 (Parker) - Died in Rules

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S1488 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1488
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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 tier II facility or any
   other shelter providing temporary housing to persons under the age  of
   18
 
   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 amended by section 7 of part C of  chapter  57  of  the
 laws of 2018, 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.

                                                            LBD05941-01-9

 S. 1488                             2
 
 includes  but  is not limited to school teacher, school guidance counse-
 lor, school psychologist, school social  worker,  school  nurse,  school
 administrator  or  other school personnel required to hold a teaching or
 administrative  license  or  certificate;  full or part-time compensated
 school employee required to hold a temporary coaching license or profes-
 sional coaching certificate; social services worker; employee of a publ-
 icly-funded emergency shelter for families with children; director of  a
 children's overnight camp, summer day camp or traveling summer day camp,
 as  such camps are defined in section thirteen hundred ninety-two of the
 public health law; day care center worker; school-age child care worker;
 provider of family or group family day care; employee or volunteer in  a
 residential  care  facility  for children that is licensed, certified or
 operated by the office of children and family  services;  or  any  other
 child  care or foster care worker; mental health professional; substance
 abuse counselor; alcoholism counselor; all persons credentialed  by  the
 office  of  alcoholism  and substance abuse services; employees, who are
 expected to have regular and substantial contact  with  children,  of  a
 health  home  or  health  home care management agency contracting with a
 health home as designated by the department  of  health  and  authorized
 under section three hundred sixty-five-l of this chapter or such employ-
 ees  who provide home and community based services under a demonstration
 program pursuant to section eleven hundred fifteen of the federal social
 security act who are expected to have regular  and  substantial  contact
 with  children;  peace  officer;  police  officer;  district attorney or
 assistant district attorney; investigator employed in the  office  of  a
 district attorney; or other law enforcement official; OR ANY EMPLOYEE OF
 A  TIER  II FACILITY OR ANY OTHER SHELTER PROVIDING TEMPORARY HOUSING TO
 PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee

2019-S1488 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S1488 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S1488 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1488 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee

2019-S1488 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S1488 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S1488 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1488 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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