Assembly Bill A3352

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires the office of children and family services to examine the call history prior to making any determinations to report incidents of child abuse

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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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2009-A3352 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §422, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6404
2013-2014: A1987

2009-A3352 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of children and family services to examine the call history prior to making any determinations to report incidents of child abuse.

2009-A3352 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3352

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BRADLEY, WRIGHT, WEISENBERG, JOHN, ABBATE, PERAL-
  TA,  FIELDS, BENJAMIN, GALEF, EDDINGTON, GABRYSZAK, KAVANAGH -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.   BOYLAND,  CAHILL,  COOK,  GREENE,  GUNTHER,
  HOOPER,  P. LOPEZ,  MAYERSOHN,  MILLMAN,  PHEFFER,  REILLY, SEMINERIO,
  SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Children  and
  Families

AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to determinations
  made by the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 422 of the social
services  law, as amended by chapter 494 of the laws of 2006, is amended
to read as follows:
  (a) The central register shall be capable of receiving telephone calls
alleging child abuse or  maltreatment  and  of  immediately  identifying
prior  reports  of child abuse or maltreatment and capable of monitoring
the provision of child protective service twenty-four hours a day, seven
days a week. To effectuate this purpose, but subject to  the  provisions
of  the  appropriate  local  plan  for the provision of child protective
services, there shall be a single statewide telephone  number  that  all
persons,  whether  mandated by the law or not, may use to make telephone
calls alleging child abuse or  maltreatment  and  that  all  persons  so
authorized  by this title may use for determining the existence of prior
reports in order to evaluate the condition or circumstances of a  child.
In  addition  to the single statewide telephone number, there shall be a
special unlisted express telephone  number  and  a  telephone  facsimile
number  for use only by persons mandated by law to make telephone calls,
or to transmit telephone facsimile information on a form provided by the
commissioner OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, alleging  child  abuse  or
maltreatment, and for use by all persons so authorized by this title for
determining  the  existence  of  prior  reports in order to evaluate the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03367-02-9
              

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