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- Substituted by A1987A
- Ordered to third reading cal.1667
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Print number 5942a
- Amend and recommit to children and families
- Referred to children and families
- Referred to rules
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Requires the office of children and family services to examine the call history prior to making any determinations to report incidents of child abuse
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Michele Titus
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BILL NUMBER:S5942A
Title of bill
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to determinations made by the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill would require the office of children and family services to transmit, with the allegation of child abuse or neglect, all previous reports to the central registry involving the subject of the report and children named in the report.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends Paragraph (a) of Subdivision 2 of Section 422 of the Social Services law to require the office of children and family services, when it transmits a new report of child abuse and maltreatment to a child protective agency for investigation, to include in such transmittal all previous reports involving the subject of the report and children named in the report including reports of allegations of child abuse or maltreatment alleged to have occurred in other counties.
Section 2: Sets an immediate effective date.
Justification
Local child protective service agencies are required to investigate calls placed to the central registry which contain an allegation which could reasonably constitute a report of child abuse or maltreatment. In order to investigate the case, child protective workers must review the history of reports made to the central registry involving the subject of the report and children named in the report. It would be appropriate that the office of children and family services provide those records since they are the keeper of those records. Additionally, local child protective service agencies do not have access to full records out of their jurisdiction, requiring the agency to request information from other child protective agencies. Since the office of children and family services has access to all records in New York State, they should provide those records in order to ensure child protective agencies have the necessary information to protect children at the start of the investigation. This work, currently done by local child protective services agencies, would give workers more time to do more field work. This is one in a series of measures being introduced at the request of the Erie County Executive upon the recommendation of the county's Commissioner of Social Services to improve the provision of child protective services to New York's children and families.
Prior legislative history
2013: A.1987 (Titus), Referred to the Assembly Committee on Children and Families
Fiscal implications
Minimal.
Effective date
Immediate.
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