Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 17, 2011 |
signed chap.412 |
Aug 05, 2011 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 15, 2011 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1051 substituted for s5471 |
Jun 01, 2011 |
referred to children and families delivered to senate passed assembly |
May 26, 2011 |
advanced to third reading cal.461 |
May 24, 2011 |
reported |
May 17, 2011 |
reported referred to codes |
May 11, 2011 |
print number 5458a |
May 11, 2011 |
amend (t) and recommit to children and families |
Feb 18, 2011 |
referred to children and families |
Assembly Bill A5458
Signed By Governor2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SCARBOROUGH
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
Michele Titus
Joseph Giglio
Kevin Smardz
2011-A5458 - Details
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§421, 424, 473, 473-c & 422, Soc Serv L; amd §195.05, Pen L
2011-A5458 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5458 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 18, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH, PEOPLES-STOKES, TITUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring inves- tigating officials of the department of social services or the office of children and family services to investigate the homes of children and adults about whom reports have been filed and requiring such offi- cials to apply for a court order allowing access to the home if two or more such reports have been filed regarding such child or adult and access thereto has been denied; and to amend the penal law, in relation to criminalizing the act of denying access to an individual who is the subject of a report to child or adult protective services THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Laura Cummings Law". S 2. The section heading and opening paragraph of section 421 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 718 of the laws of 1986, are amended to read as follows: Responsibility of the [department] OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES. The [department] OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES shall: S 3. 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] OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08593-04-1
co-Sponsors
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
Michele Titus
Joseph Giglio
Kevin Smardz
2011-A5458A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§421, 424, 473, 473-c & 422, Soc Serv L; amd §195.05, Pen L
2011-A5458A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5458--A 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 18, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH, PEOPLES-STOKES, TITUS, GIGLIO, SMARDZ, SCHROEDER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Chil- dren and Families -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to an order to gain access to persons believed to be in need of protective services for adults THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 473-c of the social services law, as added by chapter 413 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows: A social services official may apply to the supreme court or county court for an order to gain access to a person to assess whether such person is in need of protective services for adults in accordance with the provisions of section four hundred seventy-three of this article when such official, having reasonable cause to believe that such person may be in need of protective services, is refused access by such person or another individual. A SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL WHO IS REFUSED ACCESS SHALL ASSESS, IN CONSULTATION WITH A PERSON IN A SUPERVISORY ROLE, WHETHER OR NOT IT IS APPROPRIATE TO APPLY FOR AN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO SUCH PERSON. SUCH ASSESSMENT MUST BE MADE AS SOON AS NECESSARY UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT NO LATER THAN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER THE INVESTIGAT- ING OFFICIAL IS REFUSED ACCESS. THE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER OR NOT TO APPLY FOR AN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS AND THE REASONS THEREFOR SHALL BE DOCUMENTED IN THE INVESTIGATION FILE. Such application FOR AN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS shall state, insofar as the facts can be ascertained with reasonable diligence: S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08593-06-1
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