What's happening
This bill allows camps to check if potential employees are listed in the statewide child abuse and maltreatment registry.
Why it matters
Expands child safety checks. By allowing camps to access the statewide child abuse and maltreatment registry, the bill gives these organizations a new tool to screen potential employees, which could help prevent individuals with a history of abuse from working with children.
Aligns camps with other youth-serving entities. Camps are being given similar access to background information as schools and childcare providers, acknowledging that children in camp settings are also at risk and deserve the same level of protection.
Balances privacy and safety. The bill specifies that both the camp and the person being considered for employment will be informed if the individual is listed in the registry, aiming to ensure transparency while respecting the rights of applicants.
Responds to parental and public concern. As awareness of child abuse risks grows, this measure may increase parental confidence in camp safety and accountability, potentially influencing decisions about children’s participation in these programs.
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Let Camps Check Abuse Registry
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- Referred to children and families
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STATE OF NEW YORK
594
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the access of certain information contained in the central register of child abuse and maltreatment
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 424-a of the social services law is renumbered subparagraph (v) and a new subparagraph (iv) is added to read as follows:
(iv) A camp subject to the provisions of article thirteen-A or thirteen-B of the public health law may inquire of the office of children and family services, and the office shall, upon receipt of such inquiry and subject to the provisions of paragraph (e) of this subdivision, inform such agency and the subject of the inquiry whether any person who is actively being considered for employment and who will have the potential for regular and substantial contact with children who are cared for by the agency, is the subject of an indicated child abuse and maltreatment report on file with the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02781-01-7
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