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- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to children and families
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to children and families
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Requires the provision of 5 days of paid leave and counseling to child protective services employees investigating child abuse or maltreatment when the child dies from such abuse or maltreatment
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Employees · Sponsor Patricia Fahy
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S3226
Title of bill
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to paid leave and counseling for child protective services employees when an abused or maltreated child dies
Purpose
To give paid leave and counseling to child protective services employees when an abused or maltreated child whose case he or she has been investigating dies.
Summary of provisions
Section one of this bill adds a new section 424-c to the Social Services Law that would provide five days paid leave and counseling to non-supervisory child protective services employees when there is a child fatality in a case of suspected child abuse or maltreatment they are investigating. This section further provides, in new subdivision (b), that such leave shall not be charged against any other leave the employee is otherwise entitled to. Finally, this section provides that each local service district shall offer every non-supervisory local child protective services employee subject of this section counseling or psychological assistance at no cost to the employee.
Section two of this bill provides that this act shall take effect immediately.
Justification
While fatalities during child protective services investigations are rare, they can be quite traumatic for all parties involved. This act would afford child protective services employees paid leave and counseling to cope with the traumatic experience of a child fatality during an investigation that they experienced first hand.
Legislative history
2014: S.7506 - Reported to Finance
Fiscal implications
Undetermined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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