Assembly Bill A7879A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the administration of the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment

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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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2021-A7879 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7326
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §422, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A2479, S902

2021-A7879 - Summary

Requires a caller making a report of suspected child abuse or maltreatment to the central registry to leave their name and contact information; prohibits the office of children and family services from releasing information identifying a person who made such a report.

2021-A7879 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7879
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Children and Families
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the social services law, in relation to the adminis-
   tration of the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreat-
   ment
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 422 of the social
 services  law, as amended by chapter 357 of the laws of 2014, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (a) The central register shall be capable of receiving telephone calls
 alleging child abuse or  maltreatment  and  of  immediately  identifying
 prior  reports  of child abuse or maltreatment and capable of monitoring
 the provision of child protective service twenty-four hours a day, seven
 days a week. To effectuate this purpose, but subject to  the  provisions
 of  the  appropriate  local  plan  for the provision of child protective
 services, there shall be a single statewide telephone  number  that  all
 persons,  whether  mandated by the law or not, may use to make telephone
 calls alleging child abuse or  maltreatment  and  that  all  persons  so
 authorized  by this title may use for determining the existence of prior
 reports in order to evaluate the condition or circumstances of a  child.
 In  addition  to the single statewide telephone number, there shall be a
 special unlisted express telephone  number  and  a  telephone  facsimile
 number  for use only by persons mandated by law to make telephone calls,
 or to transmit telephone facsimile information on a form provided by the
 commissioner of children and family services, alleging  child  abuse  or
 maltreatment, and for use by all persons so authorized by this title for
 determining  the  existence  of  prior  reports in order to evaluate the
 condition or circumstances of a child. When any allegations contained in
 such telephone calls could reasonably constitute a report of child abuse
 or maltreatment, such  allegations,  THE  CALLER'S  NAME,  THE  CALLER'S

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2021-A7879A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7326
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §422, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A2479, S902

2021-A7879A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a caller making a report of suspected child abuse or maltreatment to the central registry to leave their name and contact information; prohibits the office of children and family services from releasing information identifying a person who made such a report.

2021-A7879A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7879--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. HEVESI, GALEF -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Children and Families -- recommitted to the Committee  on
   Children  and  Families  in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the social services law, in relation to the adminis-
   tration of the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreat-
   ment
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 422 of the social
 services law, as amended by section 6 of subpart A of part JJ of chapter
 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) The central register shall be capable of receiving telephone calls
 alleging  child  abuse  or  maltreatment  and of immediately identifying
 prior reports of child abuse or maltreatment and capable  of  monitoring
 the provision of child protective service twenty-four hours a day, seven
 days  a  week. To effectuate this purpose, but subject to the provisions
 of the appropriate local plan for  the  provision  of  child  protective
 services,  there  shall  be a single statewide telephone number that all
 persons, whether mandated by the law or not, may use to  make  telephone
 calls  alleging  child  abuse  or  maltreatment  and that all persons so
 authorized by this title may use for determining the existence of  prior
 reports  in order to evaluate the condition or circumstances of a child.
 In addition to the single statewide telephone number, there shall  be  a
 special  unlisted  express  telephone  number  and a telephone facsimile
 number for use only by persons mandated by law to make telephone  calls,
 or to transmit telephone facsimile information on a form provided by the
 commissioner  of  children  and family services, alleging child abuse or
 maltreatment, and for use by all persons so authorized by this title for
 determining the existence of prior reports  in  order  to  evaluate  the
 condition or circumstances of a child. When any allegations contained in
 such telephone calls could reasonably constitute a report of child abuse
 or  maltreatment,  after  utilizing protocols that would reduce implicit
 
              

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