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                                  7034

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 11, 2011
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Introduced  by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH, BOYLAND, ROBINSON, JAFFEE -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A. CLARK, McENENY, MENG,  PEOPLES-STOKES,  PHEF-
  FER, SCHIMEL, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Children and Families

AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to the mandatory
  reporting by firefighters of child abuse or 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 1 of section 413 of the social
services  law, as separately amended by chapters 323 and 366 of the laws
of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  (a) The following persons and officials  are  required  to  report  or
cause  a  report to be made in accordance with this title when they have
reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming  before  them  in  their
professional  or  official capacity is an abused or maltreated child, or
when they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child is an abused  or
maltreated  child  where the parent, guardian, custodian or other person
legally responsible for such child comes before them  in  their  profes-
sional  or  official  capacity and states from personal knowledge facts,
conditions or circumstances which, if correct, would render the child an
abused or maltreated child: any physician; registered physician  assist-
ant;  surgeon;  medical  examiner;  coroner;  dentist; dental hygienist;
osteopath;  optometrist;  chiropractor;  podiatrist;  resident;  intern;
psychologist; registered nurse; social worker; emergency medical techni-
cian;  licensed  creative  arts  therapist; licensed marriage and family
therapist; licensed mental  health  counselor;  licensed  psychoanalyst;
hospital personnel engaged in the admission, examination, care or treat-
ment  of  persons;  a  Christian  Science practitioner; school official,
which includes but is not limited to  school  teacher,  school  guidance
counselor,  school  psychologist,  school  social  worker, school nurse,
school administrator or other school personnel required to hold a teach-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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ing or administrative license or certificate;  social  services  worker;
day care center worker; school-age child care worker; provider of family
or  group  family  day care; employee or volunteer in a residential care
facility defined in subdivision four of section four hundred twelve-a of
this  title or any other child care or foster care worker; mental health
professional;  substance  abuse  counselor;  alcoholism  counselor;  all
persons  credentialed  by  the  office of alcoholism and substance abuse
services; peace officer; police officer; FIREFIGHTER; district  attorney
or assistant district attorney; investigator employed in the office of a
district attorney; or other law enforcement official.
  S  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
law.