Assembly Bill A9191

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits the removal of children into child protective custody based solely on conditions of poverty

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Current Bill Status - Stricken


  • 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-A9191 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §417, Soc Serv L; amd §§1021, 1022 & 1024, Fam Ct Act

2023-A9191 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that, conditions of poverty, including but not limited to, the inability to provide or obtain clothing, home or property repair, or childcare, shall not be the sole determining factor when providing notification to the appropriate police authorities or the local child protective service unless there is willful or negligent action or failure to act and a nexus to harm such that the child has suffered or there is a substantial risk the child will suffer serious physical, mental, or emotional impairment.

2023-A9191 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9191
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2024
                                ___________
 
 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 and the family court act, in
   relation to prohibiting the removal of children into child  protective
   custody based solely on conditions of poverty
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 417 of the social services law, as
 amended by chapter 677 of the laws of 1985, paragraph (a) as amended  by
 chapter 329 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   1. (a) Pursuant to the requirements and provisions of the family court
 act,  a  peace  officer, acting pursuant to his or her special duties, a
 police officer, a law enforcement official, or a designated employee  of
 a  city or county department of social services, or an agent or employee
 of an Indian tribe that has entered into an agreement with  the  depart-
 ment  pursuant  to  section thirty-nine of this chapter to provide child
 protective services shall take all appropriate  measures  to  protect  a
 child's life and health including, when appropriate, taking or keeping a
 child  in protective custody without the consent of a parent or guardian
 if such person has reasonable cause to believe that the circumstances or
 condition of the child are such that continuing in his or her  place  of
 residence  or in the care and custody of the parent, guardian, custodian
 or other person responsible for the child's care  presents  an  imminent
 danger to the child's life or health.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, NO CHILD SHALL
 BE  TAKEN INTO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY BASED SOLELY ON CONDITIONS OF POVERTY,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE INABILITY TO PROVIDE OR  OBTAIN  CLOTH-
 ING,  HOME  OR PROPERTY REPAIR, OR CHILDCARE, UNLESS THERE IS WILLFUL OR
 NEGLIGENT ACTION OR FAILURE TO ACT AND A NEXUS TO  HARM  SUCH  THAT  THE
 CHILD  HAS SUFFERED OR THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL RISK THE CHILD WILL SUFFER
 SERIOUS PHYSICAL, MENTAL, OR EMOTIONAL IMPAIRMENT.
   (b) Any physician shall notify the appropriate police  authorities  or
 the  local  child  protective  service to take custody of any child such
 physician is treating whether or not  additional  medical  treatment  is
 required,  if  such  physician  has reasonable cause to believe that the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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