Assembly Bill A7540

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse or maltreatment

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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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2015-A7540 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §413, Soc Serv L; amd §1392, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6330
2017-2018: A5850
2019-2020: A923
2021-2022: A3338
2023-2024: A2211

2015-A7540 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse or maltreatment at summer day camps; includes college coaches, athletic directors, professors, graduate assistants and college presidents among those required to report such suspected abuse or maltreatment.

2015-A7540 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7540

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 18, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. TEDISCO, BROOK-KRASNY, JOHNS, PALMESANO, CERETTO,
  DUPREY,  TENNEY,  HAWLEY  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. CROUCH,
  FINCH, KATZ, MAGEE, TITONE -- read once and referred to the  Committee
  on Children and Families

AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law and the public health law, in
  relation to mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse or  maltreat-
  ment by certain persons

  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 126 and 205 of the  laws
of 2014, 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;
licensed behavior analyst; certified behavior analyst assistant;  hospi-
tal  personnel  engaged in the admission, examination, care or treatment
of persons; a Christian Science  practitioner;  school  official,  which
includes but is not limited to COLLEGE COACH, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, PROFES-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02659-01-5
              

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