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Feb 20, 2020 | referred to children and families |
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Vivian Cook
Nader sayegh
Al Taylor
Richard Gottfried
A9841 (ACTIVE) - Details
A9841 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires child protective services to orally disclose certain information to parents and caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investigation and requires such oral disclosure to contain certain information regarding the rights of the person under investigation.
A9841 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9841 I N A S S E M B L Y February 20, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT, COOK, SAYEGH, TAYLOR, GOTTFRIED, SIMON, EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring child protective services to orally disclose certain information to parents and caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investigation THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 424-c to read as follows: § 424-C. DISCLOSURE FORM. AT THE INITIAL POINT OF CONTACT WITH A PARENT OR CARETAKER WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF A CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES INVESTIGATION, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES SHALL ORALLY DISSEMINATE IN PLAIN LANGUAGE TO THE PARENT OR CARETAKER INFORMATION REGARDING THE PARENT OR CARETAKER'S RIGHTS DURING SUCH INVESTIGATION AND SHALL DOCU- MENT IN THE CASE RECORD THAT SUCH INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE PARENT OR CARETAKER. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NEED NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: 1. THE PARENT OR CARETAKER IS NOT REQUIRED, UNLESS COURT ORDERED, TO PERMIT THE CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE TO ENTER THE RESI- DENCE OF THE PARENT OR CARETAKER; 2. THE PARENT OR CARETAKER IS ENTITLED TO BE INFORMED OF THE ALLEGA- TIONS BEING INVESTIGATED; 3. THE PARENT OR CARETAKER IS NOT REQUIRED, UNLESS COURT ORDERED, TO SPEAK WITH THE CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE, AND ANY STATE- MENT MADE BY THE PARENT, CARETAKER OR OTHER FAMILY MEMBER MAY BE USED AGAINST THE PARENT OR CARETAKER IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE OR COURT PROCEED- ING; 4. THE PARENT OR CARETAKER IS ENTITLED TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF AN ATTOR- NEY AND TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY PRESENT WHEN THE PARENT OR CARETAKER IS QUESTIONED BY A CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES OR ADMINISTRATION FOR CHIL- DREN'S SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.