What's happening
This bill allows certain legislative committee chairs to request redacted information on deaths and severe injuries from the Office of Children and Family Services, subject to HIPAA compliance.
Why it matters
Enhances legislative oversight. By allowing committee chairs to access redacted reports on deaths and severe injuries from the Office of Children and Family Services, the bill equips lawmakers with more detailed information to identify systemic problems and policy failures within child welfare services.
Balances transparency and privacy. The requirement to redact all personal information and comply with federal HIPAA rules addresses privacy concerns, ensuring sensitive health and personal data are protected while still enabling oversight.
May lead to policy reforms. With better access to underlying data about critical incidents, legislative committees will be better positioned to propose and justify new laws, regulations, or funding changes to improve child safety and welfare outcomes.
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Committee Chairs Can Request Reports
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to governmental operations
- Referred to governmental operations
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1997
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to the request of information by chairs of legislative committees
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 68 to read as follows:
§ 68. Request for information by chairs of legislative committees. The chair of the investigations and government operations committee and the chair of the oversight analysis and investigation committee may request information and reports from the office of children and family services in cases of death and severe injury. The office of children and family services shall provide such information if it does not violate federal HIPPA rules and regulations. All personal information shall be redacted.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02465-01-7
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