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                                   4598
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   persons  and  officials  required  to  report suspected child abuse or
   maltreatment to complete certain ongoing training; to amend the educa-
   tion law, in relation to requiring  school  superintendents,  teachers
   and  certain  other licensed professionals to complete training in the
   reporting of suspected cases of child abuse and maltreatment;  and  to
   amend  the  executive  law  and  the public health law, in relation to
   child abuse prevention
 
   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 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A.  (A)  EVERY PERSON AND OFFICIAL REQUIRED TO REPORT CHILD ABUSE OR
 MALTREATMENT, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, SHALL,  PRIOR
 TO  ASSUMPTION  OF  THE POSITION WHICH REQUIRES SUCH REPORTING, COMPLETE
 TWO HOURS OF COURSEWORK OR TRAINING  REGARDING  THE  IDENTIFICATION  AND
 REPORTING  OF  CHILD  ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT; PROVIDED THAT EVERY PERSON
 AND OFFICIAL HOLDING SUCH A POSITION ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE  OF
 THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  COMPLETE  SUCH COURSEWORK OR TRAINING WITHIN ONE
 YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B) EVERY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY, POLICE OFFI-
 CER, PEACE OFFICER, INVESTIGATOR EMPLOYED IN THE OFFICE OF THE  DISTRICT
 ATTORNEY,  PEDIATRICIAN, PHYSICIAN WHO IS EMPLOYED IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM,
 REGISTERED NURSE AND REGISTERED PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT WHO IS EMPLOYED BY A
 PEDIATRICIAN OR IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM, TEACHER, CHILD CARE WORKER, FOSTER
 CARE WORKER, MEDICAL  EXAMINER,  CORONER,  PREVENTIVE  SERVICES  WORKER,
 CHILD   PROTECTIVE  SERVICES  WORKER,  SOCIAL  WORKER  WHOSE  EMPLOYMENT
 INVOLVES REGULAR INTERACTION WITH CHILDREN, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ALCOHOL-
 ISM COUNSELOR WHOSE EMPLOYMENT INVOLVES REGULAR INTERACTION  WITH  CHIL-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 DREN,  AND  MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL WHOSE EMPLOYMENT INVOLVES REGULAR
 INTERACTION WITH CHILDREN REQUIRED TO REPORT CHILD  ABUSE  OR  MALTREAT-
 MENT,  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, SHALL, NOT LESS THAN
 ONCE  EVERY  TWO YEARS, COMPLETE TWO AND ONE-HALF HOURS OF COURSEWORK OR
 TRAINING REGARDING THE IDENTIFICATION AND REPORTING OF CHILD  ABUSE  AND
 MALTREATMENT.    SUCH  CONTINUING  COURSEWORK  OR TRAINING SHALL, TO THE
 GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, INCLUDE ADVANCED TRAINING WHICH BUILDS ON  THE
 INITIAL OR EARLIER COURSEWORK REQUIRED IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (C)  EXCEPT  AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY THE EDUCATION LAW, THE OFFICE OF
 CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL APPROVE AND/OR ESTABLISH THE  COURSE-
 WORK  AND TRAINING REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION.  SUCH COURSEWORK AND TRAINING MAY BE DEVELOPED SO THAT IT  CAN  BE
 OFFERED  THROUGH  VARIOUS  MEANS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INTERNET
 BASED COURSES AND TELECONFERENCES.
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 3003 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter 737 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner  shall
 require  that  any person applying[, on or after January first, nineteen
 hundred ninety-one,] for a superintendent's certificate shall, in  addi-
 tion  to all the other requirements, have completed two hours of course-
 work or training regarding the identification  and  reporting  of  child
 abuse  and  maltreatment, AND SHALL THEREAFTER COMPLETE TWO AND ONE-HALF
 ADDITIONAL HOURS OF SUCH COURSEWORK OR  TRAINING  AT  LEAST  ONCE  EVERY
 PERIOD  OF  TWO  YEARS.    SUCH COURSEWORK OR TRAINING SHALL BE PROVIDED
 PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWO-B OF THIS CHAPTER AS  IF  THE
 SUPERINTENDENT WAS AN APPLICANT FOR OR HOLDER OF A LICENSE TO PRACTICE A
 PROFESSION  PURSUANT  TO TITLE EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER.  The coursework or
 training shall be obtained from an institution  or  provider  which  has
 been  approved by the department to provide such coursework or training.
 The coursework or training shall include information regarding the phys-
 ical and behavioral indicators of child abuse and maltreatment  and  the
 statutory  reporting requirements set out in sections four hundred thir-
 teen through four hundred twenty of the social services  law,  including
 but  not  limited  to,  when  and  how a report must be made, what other
 actions the reporter is  mandated  or  authorized  to  take,  the  legal
 protections  afforded  reporters,  and  the  consequences for failing to
 report. Each applicant shall provide the department  with  documentation
 showing  that  [he  or  she]  SUCH  APPLICANT has completed the required
 training.
   § 3. Section 3209-a of the education law, as added by chapter  504  of
 the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
   § 3209-a. Child  abuse prevention.   Each school district of the state
 shall: (1) develop, maintain and disseminate written policies and proce-
 dures pursuant to title six of article six of the  social  services  law
 and  applicable  provisions  of  article  ten  of  the family court act,
 regarding the mandatory reporting of child abuse or  neglect,  reporting
 procedures and obligations of persons required to report, provisions for
 taking  a  child into protective custody, mandatory reporting of deaths,
 immunity from liability, penalties for failure to report and obligations
 for the provision of services and procedures necessary to safeguard  the
 life  or  health  of  the  child; and (2) establish, and implement on an
 ongoing basis, a training program for all current and new  school  offi-
 cials regarding the policies and procedures established pursuant to this
 section  AND  THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS THAT SCHOOL OFFICIALS MAY BE LIKELY
 TO ENCOUNTER WHICH MAY INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF CHILD ABUSE OR MALTREAT-
 MENT.
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   § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 3004 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter 737 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner shall
 prescribe regulations requiring that all persons applying[, on or  after
 January  first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-one,]  for  a  certificate or
 license to be a teacher shall, in addition  to  all  the  other  certif-
 ication  or  licensure requirements, have completed two hours of course-
 work or training regarding the identification  and  reporting  of  child
 abuse  and  maltreatment, AND SHALL THEREAFTER COMPLETE TWO AND ONE-HALF
 ADDITIONAL HOURS OF SUCH COURSEWORK OR  TRAINING  AT  LEAST  ONCE  EVERY
 PERIOD  OF  TWO  YEARS.  SUCH  COURSEWORK  OR TRAINING SHALL BE PROVIDED
 PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWO-B OF THIS CHAPTER AS  IF  THE
 TEACHER  WAS  AN  APPLICANT  FOR  OR  HOLDER  OF A LICENSE TO PRACTICE A
 PROFESSION PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER.  The  coursework  or
 training  shall  be  obtained  from an institution or provider which has
 been approved by the department to provide such coursework or  training.
 The coursework or training shall include information regarding the phys-
 ical  and  behavioral indicators of child abuse and maltreatment and the
 statutory reporting requirements set out in sections four hundred  thir-
 teen  through  four hundred twenty of the social services law, including
 but not limited to, when and how a  report  must  be  made,  what  other
 actions  the  reporter  is  mandated  or  authorized  to take, the legal
 protections afforded reporters, and  the  consequences  for  failing  to
 report.  Each  applicant shall provide the department with documentation
 showing that [he or she]  SUCH  APPLICANT  has  completed  the  required
 training.
   §  5.  The  closing paragraph of section 3007 of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 544 of the laws  of  1988,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   Such  endorsement confers on the holder of such diploma or certificate
 the privileges conferred by law on the holder of the diploma of a  state
 teachers  college  or  state  college  for teachers or state certificate
 issued in this state. Notwithstanding any other provision  of  law,  the
 commissioner  shall  require  that  any  person seeking endorsement of a
 foreign certificate or diploma[, on or  after  January  first,  nineteen
 hundred  ninety-one,]  shall  have  completed two hours of coursework or
 training regarding the identification and reporting of child  abuse  and
 maltreatment,  AND SHALL THEREAFTER COMPLETE TWO AND ONE-HALF ADDITIONAL
 HOURS OF SUCH COURSEWORK OR TRAINING AT LEAST ONCE EVERY PERIOD  OF  TWO
 YEARS. SUCH COURSEWORK OR TRAINING SHALL BE PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTION
 SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWO-B OF THIS CHAPTER AS IF THE TEACHER WAS AN APPLI-
 CANT  FOR  OR  HOLDER  OF A LICENSE TO PRACTICE A PROFESSION PURSUANT TO
 TITLE EIGHT OF  THIS  CHAPTER.  The  coursework  or  training  shall  be
 obtained  from an institution or provider which has been approved by the
 department to provide such [course work]  COURSEWORK  or  training.  The
 coursework  or training shall include information regarding the physical
 and behavioral indicators of child abuse and maltreatment and the statu-
 tory reporting requirements set out in sections  four  hundred  thirteen
 through  four  hundred  twenty of the social services law, including but
 not limited to, when and how a report must be made, what  other  actions
 the  reporter  is  mandated or authorized to take, the legal protections
 afforded reporters, and the consequences for  failing  to  report.  Each
 applicant  shall  provide the department with documentation showing that
 [he or she] SUCH APPLICANT has completed the required training.
   § 6. Subdivision 1 of section 6501 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter 299 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
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   1. Admission to practice of a profession in this state is accomplished
 by a license being issued to a  qualified  applicant  by  the  education
 department.  To  qualify  for  a  license  an  applicant  shall meet the
 requirements prescribed in the article for the particular profession and
 shall  meet  the requirements prescribed in section 3-503 of the general
 obligations law AND,  WHERE  APPLICABLE,  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  SECTION
 SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWO-B OF THIS SUBARTICLE.
   § 7. Subdivision 1 of section 6502 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter 599 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A  license  shall  be  valid  during the life of the holder unless
 revoked, annulled or suspended by the board of regents or in the case of
 physicians, physicians practicing under a  limited  permit,  physician's
 assistants,  specialist's assistants and medical residents, the licensee
 is stricken from the roster of such licensees by the board of regents on
 the order of the state board for professional  medical  conduct  in  the
 department  of  health. A licensee must register with the department and
 meet the requirements prescribed in section 3-503 of the  general  obli-
 gations  law  AND,  WHERE APPLICABLE, THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION SIXTY-
 FIVE HUNDRED TWO-B OF THIS SUBARTICLE to practice in this state.
   § 8. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  6502-b  to
 read as follows:
   §  6502-B. MANDATED REPORTING OF SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT
 TRAINING. 1. EACH APPLICANT FOR  A  LICENSE  TO  PRACTICE  A  PROFESSION
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS TITLE, THE PRACTICE OF WHICH REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO
 REPORT SUSPECTED CASES OF  CHILD  ABUSE  AND  MALTREATMENT  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED THIRTEEN OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, SHALL, PRIOR
 TO BEING LICENSED TO PRACTICE SUCH PROFESSION,  COMPLETE  TWO  HOURS  OF
 COURSEWORK  OR  TRAINING  REGARDING  THE IDENTIFICATION AND REPORTING OF
 CHILD ABUSE AND  MALTREATMENT.  EVERY  PERSON  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE  A
 PROFESSION  PURSUANT  TO  THIS TITLE PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION, THE PRACTICE OF WHICH REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO REPORT SUSPECTED
 CASES OF CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED
 THIRTEEN  OF  THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, SHALL COMPLETE SUCH COURSEWORK OR
 TRAINING WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   2. EACH PERSON REQUIRED TO COMPLETE COURSEWORK OR TRAINING PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, WHO IS EMPLOYED OR SERVES IN A POSITION
 LISTED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE-A  OF  SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED
 THIRTEEN  OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, SHALL THEREAFTER COMPLETE AN ADDI-
 TIONAL TWO AND ONE-HALF HOURS OF COURSEWORK OR  TRAINING  REGARDING  THE
 IDENTIFICATION  AND  REPORTING  OF CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT AT LEAST
 ONCE EVERY PERIOD OF TWO YEARS.  SUCH CONTINUING COURSEWORK OR  TRAINING
 SHALL,  TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, INCLUDE ADVANCED TRAINING WHICH
 BUILDS ON THE INITIAL OR EARLIER COURSEWORK REQUIRED  IN  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION.
   3.  THE  DEPARTMENT  MAY  DEVELOP  A TRAINING CURRICULUM REGARDING THE
 IDENTIFICATION AND REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT WHICH SHALL
 BE USED TO PROVIDE THE COURSEWORK AND TRAINING REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION,
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF THE DEPARTMENT SHALL FAIL TO DEVELOP  SUCH  A
 TRAINING CURRICULUM, THEN THE REQUIRED CURRICULUM FOR THE COURSEWORK AND
 TRAINING  REQUIRED  BY  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE THE TRAINING CURRICULUM
 RELATING  THERETO  DEVELOPED  BY  THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY
 SERVICES. EVERY TRAINING CURRICULUM DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT
 TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE OFFICE OF
 CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REQUIRE EVERY INSTI-
 TUTION AND PROVIDER OF COURSEWORK OR TRAINING PURSUANT TO  THIS  SECTION
 TO  UTILIZE AN APPROVED CURRICULUM.  SUCH COURSEWORK AND TRAINING MAY BE
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 DEVELOPED SO THAT IT CAN BE OFFERED THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO, INTERNET BASED COURSES AND TELECONFERENCES.
   §  9.  Paragraph  a  of subdivision 3 of section 6507 of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 733 of the laws of 2023, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   a. Establish standards for preprofessional and professional education,
 experience and licensing examinations as required to implement the arti-
 cle for each profession. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
 commissioner shall establish standards requiring that all persons apply-
 ing[,  on or after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one,] initial-
 ly, or for the renewal of, a license, registration or limited permit  to
 be  a  physician,  chiropractor,  dentist, registered nurse, podiatrist,
 optometrist, psychiatrist, psychologist, licensed master social  worker,
 licensed  clinical  social  worker,  licensed  creative  arts therapist,
 licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed mental  health  counse-
 lor,   licensed   psychoanalyst,  dental  hygienist,  licensed  behavior
 analyst, certified behavior analyst assistant, [or] athletic trainer  OR
 ANY  OTHER  PROFESSION  WHICH  IS  REQUIRED TO REPORT CASES OF SUSPECTED
 CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT, PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED  THIRTEEN
 OF  THE  SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, shall, in addition to all the other licen-
 sure, certification or permit requirements, have completed two hours  of
 coursework  or  training  regarding  the identification and reporting of
 child abuse and maltreatment AND IF THEY ARE LISTED IN PARAGRAPH (B)  OF
 SUBDIVISION  ONE-A  OF  SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED  THIRTEEN  OF  THE SOCIAL
 SERVICES LAW, SHALL THEREAFTER  COMPLETE  TWO  AND  ONE-HALF  ADDITIONAL
 HOURS  OF  SUCH COURSEWORK OR TRAINING AT LEAST ONCE EVERY PERIOD OF TWO
 YEARS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF  SECTION  SIXTY-FIVE  HUNDRED
 TWO-B  OF  THIS  ARTICLE.   The coursework or training shall be obtained
 from an institution or provider which has been approved by  the  depart-
 ment  to provide such coursework or training. The coursework or training
 shall include information regarding the physical and behavioral  indica-
 tors  of  child  abuse  and  maltreatment  and  the  statutory reporting
 requirements set out in sections  four  hundred  thirteen  through  four
 hundred twenty of the social services law, including but not limited to,
 when  and  how a report must be made, what other actions the reporter is
 mandated or authorized to take, the legal  protections  afforded  repor-
 ters,  and  the  consequences  for failing to report. Such coursework or
 training may also include information regarding the physical and  behav-
 ioral indicators of the abuse of individuals with developmental disabil-
 ities  and  voluntary  reporting  of  abused  or neglected adults to the
 office for people with developmental disabilities  or  the  local  adult
 protective  services unit.   Each applicant shall provide the department
 with documentation showing that [he or she] SUCH APPLICANT has completed
 the required training. The department shall provide  an  exemption  from
 the  child abuse and maltreatment training requirements to any applicant
 who requests such an exemption and who shows, to the department's satis-
 faction, that there would be no need because of the nature  of  [his  or
 her]  SUCH  APPLICANT'S  practice for [him or her] THEM to complete such
 training;
   § 10. Section 214-a of the executive law, as added by chapter  504  of
 the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
   § 214-a. Child  abuse  prevention.  The  superintendent shall, for all
 members of the state police: (1) develop, maintain and disseminate writ-
 ten policies and procedures pursuant to title six of article six of  the
 social  services  law  and  applicable  provisions of article ten of the
 family court act, regarding the mandatory reporting of  child  abuse  or
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 neglect,  reporting  procedures  and  obligations of persons required to
 report, provisions for taking a child into protective custody, mandatory
 reporting of deaths, immunity from liability, penalties for  failure  to
 report  and  obligations  for  the  provision of services and procedures
 necessary to safeguard the life or health of the child; [and] (2) estab-
 lish, and implement on an ongoing basis,  a  training  program  for  all
 current  and  new employees regarding the policies and procedures estab-
 lished pursuant to this section; AND (3) ESTABLISH, AND IMPLEMENT ON  AN
 ONGOING  BASIS, A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW EMPLOYEES WHO
 ARE LIKELY TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH CHILDREN IN  THE  COURSE  OF  THEIR
 PROFESSIONAL  DUTIES,  REGARDING THE IDENTIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION OF
 CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT AND  ANY  PROTOCOLS  THAT  EXIST  REGARDING
 INVESTIGATING SUSPECTED INCIDENTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT JOINT-
 LY WITH LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
   §  11.  Paragraph (j) of subdivision 1 of section 840 of the executive
 law, as amended by chapter 38 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (j) (1) Development, maintenance and dissemination of written policies
 and procedures pursuant to title  six  of  article  six  of  the  social
 services  law  and  applicable  provisions  of article ten of the family
 court act, regarding the mandatory reporting of child abuse or  neglect,
 reporting  procedures  and  obligations  of  persons required to report,
 provisions for taking a child into protective custody, mandatory report-
 ing of deaths, immunity from liability, penalties for failure to  report
 and  obligations  for the provision of services and procedures necessary
 to safeguard the life or health of  the  child;  (2)  establishment  and
 implementation  on  an  ongoing  basis,  of  a  training program for all
 current and new police officers regarding the  policies  and  procedures
 established  pursuant  to  this  paragraph; [and] (3) establishment of a
 training program for police officers  whose  main  responsibilities  are
 juveniles  and  the  laws  pertaining  thereto, including children under
 twelve years of age who do not fall under  the  definition  of  juvenile
 delinquent  pursuant  to subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivi-
 sion one of section 301.2 of the family court act  and  whose  behavior,
 but for their age would bring them within the jurisdiction of the family
 court  pursuant to article three of the family court act, which training
 program shall be successfully completed before such officers are accred-
 ited pursuant to section eight hundred forty-six-h of this chapter;  AND
 (4) ESTABLISH, AND IMPLEMENT ON AN ONGOING BASIS, A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR
 ALL  CURRENT  AND NEW EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LIKELY TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH
 CHILDREN IN THE COURSE OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL DUTIES, REGARDING THE IDEN-
 TIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION OF CHILD ABUSE  AND  MALTREATMENT  AND  ANY
 PROTOCOLS  THAT  EXIST  REGARDING  INVESTIGATING  SUSPECTED INCIDENTS OF
 CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT JOINTLY WITH LOCAL  DEPARTMENTS  OF  SOCIAL
 SERVICES.
   § 12. Section 2805-n of the public health law, as added by chapter 504
 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2805-n.  Child abuse prevention.  All hospitals shall: (i) develop,
 maintain and disseminate written policies  and  procedures  pursuant  to
 title  six  of  article  six  of  the social services law and applicable
 provisions of article ten of the family court act, regarding the  manda-
 tory reporting of child abuse or neglect, reporting procedures and obli-
 gations  of  persons  required  to report, provisions for taking a child
 into protective custody, mandatory reporting of  deaths,  immunity  from
 liability,  penalties  for  failure  to  report  and obligations for the
 provision of services and procedures necessary to safeguard the life  or
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 health  of  the child; [and] (ii) establish, and implement on an ongoing
 basis, a training program for all current and  new  employees  regarding
 the  policies  and  procedures established pursuant to this section; AND
 (III)  ESTABLISH  AND IMPLEMENT, ON AN ONGOING BASIS, A TRAINING PROGRAM
 FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW EMPLOYEES WHO REGULARLY ASSESS INJURIES IN CHIL-
 DREN REGARDING THE IDENTIFICATION OF CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT.
   § 13. This act shall take effect on  the  one  hundred  twentieth  day
 after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that if chapter 733
 of  the  laws of 2023 shall not have taken effect on or before such date
 then section nine of this  act shall take effect on the same date and in
 the same manner as such chapter of the laws of 2023 takes effect. Effec-
 tive immediately the promulgation, amendment and/or repeal of  any  rule
 or  regulation  necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its
 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 date.