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History
- Substituted by A7633
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.1050
- Referred to children and families
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Relates to permitting social services officials in an adult protective service investigation access to certain confidential records
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Amy Paulin
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BILL NUMBER:S5470
Title of bill
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to permitting social services officials investigating whether an adult is in need of protective services to have access to certain confidential reports
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to equip adult protective services workers with information that will better enable them to investigate a case of a person who may be in need of protective services.
Summary of specific provisions
Section one of the bill would add to the list of entities which may receive records of indicated reports of child abuse and maltreatment maintained in the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment (SCR); a social services official who is investigating a case of a person who may be in need of protective services. The social services official would have access to such information if he or she has reasonable cause to believe that an adult is in need of protective services due to the actions of a person who had access to him or her as a child, and such information is necessary to assist in the investigation.
Section two sets an effective date of immediately.
Justification
Each local social services district is charged with investigating cases of adults who, due to physical or mental impair- ments, may be unable to care for themselves. In some cases, these adults may be in need of protective services due to abuse or neglect on the part of caretakers who abused or neglected them as children. Currently, adult protective services workers are unable to access information regarding abuse or neglect of a child who, due to becoming 13 years old, has become the subject of an adult protective services rather than child protective services case. Such information would be critical to an ongoing investigation by establishing patterns which may shed light on the circumstances in the home. This was the case in the death of Laura Cummings, a 2.3 year old developmentally disabled adult who was murdered by her caretakers in January of 2010. Despite a history of child protective services involvement with the family, the adult protective services workers were not privy to information that might have better informed them of her need for protective services.
This bill would allow a social services official to access information related to indicated reports of child abuse and neglect if such information is necessary to further and adult protective services investigation, and the social services official has reasonable cause to believe that an adult may be in need of protective services due to the actions of an individual who had access to him or her as a child.
Prior legislative history
None.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
Immediate.
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