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                                  6463--A
     Cal. No. 861
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 20, 2023
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 Introduced  by Sens. MANNION, KENNEDY, BORRELLO, MARTINEZ, MURRAY, ROLI-
   SON, WEBB, WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed
   to  be committed to the Committee on Children and Families -- reported
   favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
   ordered  to  a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
   its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in  relation  to  updating  the
   mandated  reporter  training  to  include how to identify an abused or
   maltreated child with an intellectual or developmental disability
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 413 of the social services law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  THE  OFFICE  OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL UPDATE TRAINING
 ISSUED TO PERSONS AND OFFICIALS REQUIRED TO REPORT  CASES  OF  SUSPECTED
 CHILD ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT TO INCLUDE GUIDANCE ON IDENTIFYING AN ABUSED
 OR MALTREATED CHILD WHEN SUCH CHILD IS AN INDIVIDUAL WITH AN INTELLECTU-
 AL  OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL
 HYGIENE LAW. SUCH GUIDANCE SHALL BE DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 JUSTICE  CENTER FOR THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. PERSONS
 AND OFFICIALS REQUIRED TO REPORT  CASES  OF  SUSPECTED  CHILD  ABUSE  OR
 MALTREATMENT  SHALL HAVE ONE YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION TO RECEIVE SUCH UPDATED MANDATED REPORTER TRAINING.
   §  2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of  section  421  of  the  social
 services law, as amended by section 7 of subpart A of part JJ of chapter
 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   (c)  issue guidelines to assist local child protective services in the
 interpretation and assessment of reports of abuse and maltreatment  made
 to  the  statewide  central  register  described in section four hundred
 twenty-two of this article. Such guidelines shall  include  information,
 standards  and  criteria  for  the identification of evidence of alleged
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 abuse and maltreatment as required to determine whether a report may  be
 indicated  pursuant  to  this  article.  Provided further, the office of
 children and family services shall update such guidelines, standards and
 criteria issued to the local child protective services to include proto-
 cols  to  reduce implicit bias in the decision-making processes, strate-
 gies for identifying adverse childhood experiences as defined  in  para-
 graph  (c) of subdivision one of section twenty-d of this chapter, [and]
 guidelines to assist in recognizing signs of abuse or maltreatment while
 interacting  virtually,  AND  GUIDANCE  ON  IDENTIFYING  AN  ABUSED   OR
 MALTREATED  CHILD  WHEN SUCH CHILD IS AN INDIVIDUAL WITH AN INTELLECTUAL
 OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AS DEFINED IN SECTION  1.03  OF  THE  MENTAL
 HYGIENE  LAW.  The  office  may  utilize  existing programs or materials
 established pursuant to section twenty-d of this chapter.
   § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law.  Effective  immediately,  the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of
 any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this  act  on
 its  effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before
 such effective date.