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Assembly Bill A8565

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to third party caretakers of children, custody determinations and reporting child abuse to the state central register of child abuse and maltreatment

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2015-A8565 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Add §75-m, amd §240, Dom Rel L; amd §651, Fam Ct Act; amd §424, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A2444

2015-A8565 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to third party caretakers of children, custody determinations and reporting child abuse to the state central register of child abuse and maltreatment.

2015-A8565 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8565

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            November 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SKARTADOS  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to  third  party
  caretakers  of  children;  to amend the domestic relations law and the
  family court act, in relation to custody determinations; and to  amend
  the  social  services  law,  in relation to requirements for reporting
  child abuse to the state central register of child abuse and maltreat-
  ment

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Mason's Law."
  S  2.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  hereby declares that it
intends to ensure the safety of children in cases of child  custody  and
requires  that a third party caretaker of such children undergo criminal
background checks, requires family court judges  to  consider  a  parent
with  a  manageable  disability  when determining custody, and instructs
child protective services to report allegations of abuse  by  a  child's
custodial parent when such abuse is alleged by the non-custodial parent.
  S  3.  The  domestic  relations law is amended by adding a new section
75-m to read as follows:
  S 75-M. CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR THIRD PARTY CARETAKERS.  WHEN A
CUSTODIAL PARENT OF A CHILD LEAVES THE CHILD ALONE WITH  A  THIRD  PARTY
CARETAKER, THE CUSTODIAL PARENT MUST:
  (A)  PERFORM  A  ONE TIME, COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE, CRIMINAL BACKGROUND
CHECK OF THE THIRD PARTY CARETAKER TO DETERMINE THE INDIVIDUAL'S  CRIMI-
NAL  HISTORY  IF  THE  CHILD WILL BE IN THE SOLE CARE OF THE THIRD PARTY
CARETAKER FOR AT LEAST FOUR TIMES IN A SIX MONTH PERIOD;
  (B) INFORM AND SECURE THE CONSENT OF THE NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT  OR  THE
ASSIGNED  CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES CASE WORKER BEFORE LEAVING THE CHILD
IN THE CARE OF THE THIRD PARTY CARETAKER WHEN THE BACKGROUND CHECK VERI-
FIES THAT THE THIRD  PARTY  CARETAKER  HAS  A  RECORD  OF  CHILD  ABUSE,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10057-01-5
              

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