Senate Bill S901A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires child protective services to orally and in writing disclose certain information to parents and caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investigation

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families 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-S901 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1980
Current Committee:
Senate Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §424-c, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7553, A9841
2021-2022: S5484, A6792

2023-S901 - Summary

Requires child protective services to orally and in writing disclose certain information to parents and caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investigation; requires such oral and written disclosure to contain certain information regarding the rights of the person under investigation.

2023-S901 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S901 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    901
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  BRISPORT, JACKSON, MYRIE, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR,
   SEPULVEDA -- 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 requiring child
   protective services to disclose certain  information  to  parents  and
   caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investi-
   gation
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
 424-c to read as follows:
   § 424-C. INFORMATION REGARDING PARENT OR CARETAKER'S RIGHTS.  A PARENT
 OR  CARETAKER  HAS  THE  RIGHT  TO RECEIVE CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING
 THEIR RIGHTS AT THE INITIAL POINT OF CONTACT DURING A  CHILD  PROTECTIVE
 INVESTIGATION.
   1.  AT  THE INITIAL POINT OF CONTACT WITH A PARENT OR CARETAKER, CHILD
 PROTECTIVE SERVICES SHALL ORALLY AND  IN  WRITING  DISSEMINATE,  IN  THE
 PARENT  OR  CARETAKER'S  PREFERRED  LANGUAGE,  INFORMATION REGARDING THE
 PARENT OR CARETAKER'S RIGHTS DURING SUCH INVESTIGATION AND  SHALL  DOCU-
 MENT  IN  THE CASE RECORD THAT SUCH INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE
 PARENT OR CARETAKER. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL INCLUDE,  BUT  NEED  NOT  BE
 LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (A)  THE PARENT OR CARETAKER IS NOT REQUIRED, UNLESS COURT ORDERED, TO
 PERMIT THE CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE TO ENTER  THE  RESI-
 DENCE OF THE PARENT OR CARETAKER;
   (B) THE PARENT OR CARETAKER WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE INVESTIGATION IS
 ENTITLED TO BE INFORMED OF THE ALLEGATIONS BEING INVESTIGATED;
   (C)  THE PARENT OR CARETAKER IS NOT REQUIRED, UNLESS COURT ORDERED, TO
 SPEAK WITH THE CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE, AND ANY  STATE-
 MENT  MADE  BY  THE PARENT, CARETAKER OR OTHER FAMILY MEMBER MAY BE USED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03741-01-3
 S. 901                              2
              

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2023-S901A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1980
Current Committee:
Senate Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §424-c, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7553, A9841
2021-2022: S5484, A6792

2023-S901A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires child protective services to orally and in writing disclose certain information to parents and caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investigation; requires such oral and written disclosure to contain certain information regarding the rights of the person under investigation.

2023-S901A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S901A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  901--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  BRISPORT,  BAILEY,  BROUK,  CHU,  CLEARE, COMRIE,
   COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACK-
   SON, LIU, MYRIE, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO,  SKOUFIS,
   WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
   ted  to  the  Committee on Children and Families -- recommitted to the
   Committee on Children and Families in accordance with Senate  Rule  6,
   sec.  8  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring  child
   protective  services  to  disclose  certain information to parents and
   caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investi-
   gation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 424-c to read as follows:
   § 424-C. INFORMATION REGARDING PARENT OR CARETAKER'S RIGHTS.  A PARENT
 OR CARETAKER HAS THE RIGHT  TO  RECEIVE  CERTAIN  INFORMATION  REGARDING
 THEIR  RIGHTS  AT THE INITIAL POINT OF CONTACT DURING A CHILD PROTECTIVE
 SERVICES INVESTIGATION.
   1. UPON RECEIVING A REPORT OF ALLEGED MALTREATMENT OR ABUSE OF A CHILD
 PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THIS TITLE CHILD  PROTECTIVE
 SERVICES  SHALL,  AT THE INITIAL POINT OF CONTACT WITH A PARENT OR CARE-
 TAKER, ORALLY AND IN WRITING  DISSEMINATE,  IN  PLAIN  LANGUAGE  OF  THE
 PARENT  OR  CARETAKER'S  PREFERRED  LANGUAGE,  INFORMATION REGARDING THE
 PARENT OR CARETAKER'S RIGHTS DURING SUCH INVESTIGATION AND  SHALL  DOCU-
 MENT  IN  THE CASE RECORD THAT SUCH INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE
 PARENT OR CARETAKER. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL INCLUDE,  BUT  NEED  NOT  BE
 LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03741-04-4
 S. 901--A                           2
 
              

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