Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 17, 2011 |
signed chap.440 |
Aug 05, 2011 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 15, 2011 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1050 substituted for s5470 |
Jun 15, 2011 |
substituted by a7633 |
Jun 14, 2011 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 13, 2011 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 07, 2011 |
1st report cal.1050 |
May 25, 2011 |
referred to children and families |
Senate Bill S5470
Signed By Governor2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A7633 - 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
2011-S5470 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7633
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §422, Soc Serv L
2011-S5470 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to permitting social services officials in an adult protective service investigation access to certain confidential records under the child abuse and maltreatment registry when such official has reasonable cause to believe that such person may be in need of protective services due to the actions of an individual or individuals that had access to such adult when he or she was a child.
2011-S5470 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5470 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to permitting social services officials investigating whether an adult is in need of protective services to have access to certain confidential reports PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to equip adult protective services workers with information that will better enable them to investigate a case of a person who may be in need of protective services. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill would add to the list of entities which may receive records of indicated reports of child abuse and maltreatment maintained in the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment (SCR); a social services official who is investigating a case of a person who may be in need of protective services. The social services official would have access to such information if he or she has reasonable cause to believe that an adult is in need of protective services due to the actions of a person who had access to him or her as a child, and such information is necessary to assist in the investigation.
2011-S5470 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5470 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 25, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to permitting social services officials investigating whether an adult is in need of protective services to have access to certain confidential reports THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraphs (y) and (z) of paragraph (A) of subdivision 4 of section 422 of the social services law, subparagraph (y) as amended and subparagraph (z) as added by section 1 of part A of chapter 327 of the laws of 2007, are amended and a new subparagraph (aa) is added to read as follows: (y) members of a citizen review panel as established pursuant to section three hundred seventy-one-b of this article; provided, however, members of a citizen review panel shall not disclose to any person or government official any identifying information which the panel has been provided and shall not make public other information unless otherwise authorized by statute; [and] (z) an entity with appropriate legal authority in another state to license, certify or otherwise approve prospective foster and adoptive parents where disclosure of information regarding the prospective foster or adoptive parents and other persons over the age of eighteen residing in the home of such prospective parents is required by paragraph twenty of subdivision (a) of section six hundred seventy-one of title forty-two of the United States code[.]; AND (AA) A SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL WHO IS INVESTIGATING WHETHER AN ADULT IS IN NEED OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER, WHEN SUCH OFFICIAL HAS REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE SUCH ADULT MAY BE IN NEED OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES DUE TO THE CONDUCT OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD ACCESS TO SUCH ADULT WHEN SUCH ADULT WAS A CHILD AND THAT SUCH REPORTS AND INFORMATION ARE NEEDED TO FURTHER THE PRESENT INVESTIGATION. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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