Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 10, 2010 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 09, 2010 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 08, 2010 |
1st report cal.821 |
Mar 04, 2010 |
committee discharged and committed to children and families |
Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to social services |
Apr 02, 2009 |
referred to social services |
Senate Bill S3878
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2009-S3878 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S3878 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3878 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the social services law, in relation to information in child fatality reports PURPOSE OF THE BILL : This bill seeks to balance the need of the public to know about local or state administrative or policy issues related to a child fatality with the need to protect the privacy of any surviving siblings or other children residing in the home of the deceased child. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section one of the bill would amend Social Services Law (SSL) § 20 (5) (b) and (c) to divide a child fatality report into two sections: a findings section and a factual section. The findings section of the fatality report would always be disclosable to the public. The factual section of the report would be released only if the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) determines that disclosure would not be contrary to the best interests of the deceased child's siblings or other children in the household.
2009-S3878 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3878 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 2, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- (at request of the Office of Children and Family Services) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to information in child fatality reports THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 5 of section 20 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 12 of the laws of 1996, are amended to read as follows: (b) Such report shall CONTAIN A FACTUAL SECTION WHICH WILL include (i) the cause of death, whether from natural or other causes, (ii) identifi- cation of child protective or other services provided or actions taken regarding such child and his or her family, (iii) any extraordinary or pertinent information concerning the circumstances of the child's death, (iv) whether the child or the child's family had received assistance, care or services from the social services district prior to such child's death, AND (v) any action or further investigation undertaken by the [department] OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES or by the local social services district since the death of the child[, and (vi)]. IT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE, as appropriate, A FINDINGS SECTION CONTAINING recom- mendations for local or state administrative or policy changes. Such report shall contain no information that would identify the name of the deceased child, his or her siblings, the parent or other person legally responsible for the child or any other members of the child's household, but shall refer instead to the case, which may be denoted in any fashion determined appropriate by the [department] OFFICE OF CHIL- DREN AND FAMILY SERVICES or a local social services district. In making THE FACTUAL SECTION OF a fatality report available, THE OFFICE SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER DISCLOSURE OF SUCH FACTUAL SECTION OF THE REPORT to the public pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision[, the depart- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07444-01-9
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