Assembly Bill A1581

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the child abuse reporting expansion act

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A1581 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3158
Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §413, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6662, S5711
2021-2022: A888, S1399

2023-A1581 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the child abuse reporting expansion act; relates to making clergy members required reporters of child abuse or mistreatment.

2023-A1581 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1581
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WALLACE, SIMON, STIRPE, BUTTENSCHON, FAHY, WOER-
   NER, GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children  and
   Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing the
   "child abuse reporting expansion act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as  the  "child
 abuse reporting expansion act".
   §  2.  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
 professional 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
 assistant; surgeon; medical examiner; coroner; dentist;  dental  hygien-
 ist; 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; CLERGY MEMBER OR OTHER
 MINISTER OF ANY RELIGION; school official, which  includes  but  is  not
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01223-01-3
              

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ceccatx
9 months ago

In several states, including ours, known pedophiles have been allowed to avoid prosecution because members of the clergy, who had knowledge of their activities, were exempt from mandatory reporting laws. Apparently, our politicians need our input before they will defy the lobbying efforts of the religious organizations that do not want the loophole closed in order to avoid lawsuits. There is currently a petition on Change.org started by CFCtoo Coalition supporting this bill. If enacted, the bill will make it mandatory for clergy to report suspected child abuse to the police. Please urge your legislators to support this bill and please sign and support the petition on Change.org.

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