Assembly Bill A3821

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring child protective services to document home visits with photographs

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A3821 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5943
Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§421 & 372, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7728, S5388
2015-2016: A6366, S753
2017-2018: A1028, S1835
2019-2020: S574

2013-A3821 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires child protective services to document home visits as part of a treatment plan, supervision and monitoring, pursuant to a court order, or on an emergency basis with photographs.

2013-A3821 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3821

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. MILLMAN, SCARBOROUGH, COOK, JAFFEE, MONTESANO,
  RAIA, PERRY, GIBSON, MAISEL, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.
  ARROYO, BRENNAN, CERETTO, CROUCH, DUPREY, GABRYSZAK, GUNTHER, McLAUGH-
  LIN,  SALADINO,  SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Children and Families

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring  child
  protective services to document home visits with photographs

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as  "Marchella
Pierce's Law".
  S  2.    Subdivision  3  of section 421 of the social services law, as
amended by chapter 718 of the laws of 1986, paragraph (a) as amended  by
chapter  110 of the laws of 1989 and the closing paragraph as amended by
chapter 320 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
  3. promulgate regulations setting forth requirements for the  perform-
ance  by  local  social  services  departments  of the duties and powers
imposed and conferred upon them by the provisions of this title  and  of
article  ten  of  the family court act. Such regulations shall establish
uniform requirements for the investigation of reports of child abuse  or
maltreatment  under  this  title. The department shall also issue guide-
lines which shall set forth the circumstances or conditions under which:
  (a) personal contact shall be made with the child named in the  report
and  any  other  children  in the same household, including interviewing
such child or children absent the subject of the report whenever  possi-
ble and appropriate;
  (b) photographs of visible physical injuries or trauma of children who
may  be  the victims of abuse or maltreatment shall be taken or arranged
for;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02005-01-3

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