Assembly Bill A5803

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment; repealer

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor


  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2015-A5803 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3520
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§412 & 422, rpld §422 sub 4 ¶(A) sub ¶(q), Soc Serv L

2015-A5803 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment.

2015-A5803 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5803

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 4, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. FAHY, McDONALD, LUPARDO, LENTOL, SANTABARBARA,
  STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Fami-
  lies

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  the  statewide
  central  register  of  child  abuse  and  maltreatment;  and repealing
  certain provisions of such law relating thereto

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

  Section  1. Section 412 of the social services law is amended to add a
new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
  9. "CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY"  MEANS  A  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY,  ASSISTANT
DISTRICT  ATTORNEY, AN INVESTIGATOR EMPLOYED IN THE OFFICE OF A DISTRICT
ATTORNEY, OR A POLICE OFFICER  DEFINED  BY  SUBDIVISION  THIRTY-FOUR  OF
SECTION 1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW.
  S 2. Subparagraph (l) of paragraph (A) of subdivision 4 of section 422
of  the  social  services  law,  as amended by chapter 35 of the laws of
2001, is amended to read as follows:
  (l) [a district attorney, an assistant district attorney  or  investi-
gator  employed in the office of a district attorney, a sworn officer of
the division of state police, of the regional state park  police,  of  a
city  police  department, or of a county, town or village police depart-
ment or county sheriff's office or department] A CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY
when:
  (I) such [official] AGENCY requests such information stating that such
information is necessary to conduct a criminal investigation or criminal
prosecution of a person, that there is reasonable cause to believe  that
such  person  is  the  subject of a report, and that it is reasonable to
believe that due to the nature of the crime under investigation or pros-
ecution, such person is the subject of a report, and that it is  reason-
able to believe that due to that nature of the crime under investigation

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09754-01-5

              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.