Senate Bill S588

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the interviewing of children in the presence of the subject of the report

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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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2019-S588 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6800
Current Committee:
Senate Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §424, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6341, A8427
2015-2016: S2119, A3026
2017-2018: S2990, A2331

2019-S588 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the interviewing of children in the presence of the subject of the report.

2019-S588 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S588 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    588
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KENNEDY, BRESLIN -- 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 the interviewing
   of children in the presence of other 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 6 of section 424 of the social
 services law, as amended by chapter 281 of the laws of 2017, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (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.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE SUBJECT CHILD OF SUCH  A
 REPORT  SHALL  NOT  BE INTERVIEWED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE SUBJECT OF THE
 REPORT;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03588-01-9

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