Senate Bill S4078

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to differential response programs for child protection assessments or investigations

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance 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-S4078 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2445
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §427-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S5674, A7067

2023-S4078 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to differential response programs for child protection assessments or investigations; requires social services districts to establish such programs upon authorization from the office of children and family services.

2023-S4078 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4078 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4078
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. BRISPORT, SALAZAR -- 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  differential
   response programs for child protection assessments or investigations

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 427-a of the social services  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  45  of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. [Any] EACH social services district [may] SHALL, upon the  authori-
 zation  of  the  office  of  children  and  family services, establish a
 program that implements differential responses to reports of child abuse
 and maltreatment. Such programs shall create  a  family  assessment  and
 services  track  as  an  alternative means of addressing certain matters
 otherwise investigated as allegations of  child  abuse  or  maltreatment
 pursuant  to  this  title. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to
 the contrary, the provisions of this section shall apply only  to  those
 cases  involving  allegations  of  [abuse  or]  maltreatment  in  family
 settings expressly included in the family assessment and services  track
 of  the  AUTHORIZED  differential  response  program[, and only in those
 social services districts authorized by the office of children and fami-
 ly services to implement a differential response  program].  Such  cases
 shall  not  be subject to the requirements otherwise applicable to cases
 reported to the statewide central register of child abuse and  maltreat-
 ment pursuant to this title, except as set forth in this section.
   §  2.    The  opening  paragraph and paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
 section 427-a of the social services law, as added by chapter 452 of the
 laws of 2007, are amended to read as follows:
   [Any] EACH social services  district  [interested  in  implementing  a
 differential response program] shall [apply] SUBMIT A PLAN to the office
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05035-01-3
              

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