| Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 06, 2016 | referred to children and families |
| Jun 25, 2015 | committed to rules |
| Jun 01, 2015 | advanced to third reading |
| May 28, 2015 | 2nd report cal. |
| May 27, 2015 | 1st report cal.1007 |
| Feb 02, 2015 | referred to children and families |
senate Bill S3121
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Rich Funke
(R, C, IP) 55th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee
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Robert G. Ortt
(R, C, IP) 62nd Senate District
S3121 (ACTIVE) - Details
S3121 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3121 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to interviewing a potentially abused child PURPOSE: Amend the social services law such that the subject of a report of suspected child abuse shall not be required to be interviewed in the presence of any other person named in the report. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends the social services law such that an alleged victim of child abuse shall not be interviewed in the presence of any other person named in the report. Section 2 of the bill is the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Awareness of the epidemic of child
S3121 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3121
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 2, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. FUNKE -- 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 interviewing a
potentially abused child
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 424 of the social
services law, as amended by chapter 602 of the laws of 2008, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) upon receipt of such report, commence or cause the appropriate
society for the prevention of cruelty to children to commence, within
twenty-four hours, an appropriate investigation which shall include an
evaluation of the environment of the child named in the report and any
other children in the same home and a determination of the risk to such
children if they continue to remain in the existing home environment, as
well as a determination of the nature, extent and cause of any condition
enumerated in such report and the name, age and condition of other chil-
dren in the home, and, after seeing to the safety of the child or chil-
dren, forthwith notify the subjects of the report and other persons
named in the report in writing of the existence of the report and their
respective rights pursuant to this title in regard to amendment.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE ALLEGED CHILD VICTIM OF
SUCH REPORT SHALL NOT BE INTERVIEWED IN THE PRESENCE OF ANY OTHER PERSON
NAMED IN THE REPORT.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02120-01-5
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