NY State Senate Bill 2019-S6215

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Dec 22, 2019	chapter 732
Dec 10, 2019	delivered to governor
Jun 18, 2019	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.297 substituted for a7974
Jun 11, 2019	referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate
Jun 03, 2019	advanced to third reading
May 30, 2019	2nd report cal.
May 29, 2019	1st report cal.952
May 23, 2019	referred to children and families

Votes

- Jun 11, 2019 - Floor Vote
  S6215
  
  54
  
  Aye
  
  7
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 11, 2019
      
      aye (54)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Amedore
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Funke
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (7)
      
      Akshar
      
      Antonacci
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Griffo
      
      Ortt
      
      Ritchie
      
      excused (1)
      
      Serino
  May 29, 2019 - Children And Families Committee Vote
  S6215
  
  7
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Children And Families Committee Vote: May 29, 2019
      
      aye (7)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Kaplan
      
      Montgomery
      
      Persaud
      
      Salazar
      
      Serino
      
      Tedisco

co-Sponsors

2019-S6215 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7974
Law Section:: Family Court Act
Laws Affected:: Amd §§1017, 1055 & 1089, rpld §1055 sub (b) ¶(i) sub¶ (E), Fam Ct Act; amd §358-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S4081
2015-2016: S5331
2017-2018: S4763

2019-S6215 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to notice of indicated reports of child maltreatment and changes of placement in child protective and voluntary foster care placement and review proceedings.

2019-S6215 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6215

SPONSOR: MONTGOMERY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the family court act and the social
services law, in relation to notice of indicated reports of child
maltreatment and changes of placement in child protective and voluntary
foster care placement and review proceedings; and to repeal certain
provisions of the family court act, in relation to technical changes
thereto

This is one in a series of measures being introduced at the request of
the Chief Administrative Judge upon the recommendation of his Family
Court Advisory and Rules Committee.

In response to legislative developments on both the State and Federal
levels, This measure would amend provisions of the Family Court Act and
the Social Services Law to ensure that parties to child protective and
voluntary foster care placement and review proceedings, and the attor-
neys for affected children, are promptly informed of any changes in
placement and of any indicated reports of maltreatment that may warrant
court intervention.

Family Court's ongoing oversight responsibility with respect to children

in foster care has increased sharply in the past two decades.  This is
in response to passage of the Federal Adoption and Safe Families Act of
1997 (Public Law 105-89), its state implementing legislation (L.1999, c.
7), the landmark New York State permanency law (L.2005, c. 3) and, most
recently, the Federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Fami-
lies Act (Public Law 113-183).  Both the Federal and State Adoption and
Safe Families Acts emphasize that a child's safety is paramount, which
surely requires that the Court and parties be informed promptly of all
events affecting child safety, especially indicated reports of abuse or
maltreatment.  Recognizing that children in foster care are at signif-
icant risk of becoming victims of human trafficking, Public Law 113-183
reinforces this conclusion, in particular, with respect to children who
abscond.

Just as important, the Federal ASFA measures success in terms of
outcomes, i.e., the states' ability to reach Federally-established
targets for timely achievement of permanency for children. Both the
second and third "Child and Family Service Reviews (CFSR's)," conducted
by the Administration for Children and Families of the United States
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in 2008 and 2015, respec-
tively, concluded that New York had among the lowest scores in the
nation and demonstrated how far the State must progress to achieve
Federal targets.  Legislative action is thus necessary to ensure that
Family Courts can exercise their important monitoring functions on the
basis of complete, timely information. The 2005 permanency legislation,
with its salutary provisions for continuing jurisdiction, was an impor-
tant step, but further legislation is necessary. It is needed to ensure
that information regarding the most compelling of circumstances is
conveyed to the court, the child's attorney and the parties on a timely
basis in order to bring the State into compliance with ASFA.

Recognizing that "time is of the essence" where children are concerned,
this measure would ensure that the parties and children's attorneys are
informed promptly of any changes in placement and of any indicated
reports of maltreatment that may warrant court intervention.  The meas-
ure would amend sections 1055 and 1089 of the Family Court Act, as well
as section 358-a of the Social Services Law, to require an agency with
which a child has been placed, either voluntarily or as a result of an
abuse or neglect finding, or to whom guardianship and custody has been
transferred as a result of the child being freed for adoption, to report
to the attorney for the child not later than ten days in advance of any
change in the child's placement status and not later than the next busi-
ness day in any case in which an emergency placement change has been
made. These provisions are consistent with policy directives of the
State Office of Children and Family Services and the New York City
Administration for Children's Services, but would have the stronger
force of statute.

The measure adds two important requirements not contained in State or
City agency policies. First, it requires a report within five days of
the date that any report of abuse or maltreatment is found to be indi-
cated. Indicated reports include those naming the child and, where the
subjects of the reports involve the person or persons caring for the
child, reports naming other children in the home.  It contains an impor-
tant proviso that such reports notify the recipients that the informa-
tion shall be kept confidential, shall be used only in connection with
the child protective, foster care or related proceedings under the Fami-
ly Court Act and may not be re-disclosed except as necessary for such
proceeding or proceedings and as authorized by law. Second, recognizing
that fairness also dictates that such notifications be made to the
attorneys for all parties, not simply the attorneys for the children,
the measure requires that, except in cases involving children freed for
adoption, both notices of changes in placement and indicated child
maltreatment reports be conveyed to attorneys for the birth parents. The
two types of reports, in fact, are related, as the existence of an indi-
cated report of maltreatment may bear directly upon the suitability of a
planned status change. Indeed, there have been instances in which the
existence of indicated child abuse reports has not come to light until
the point of finalization of adoptions.

Significantly, this measure is fully responsive to concerns raised in
the Governor's Veto Message regarding A 8418, a bill requiring notifica-
tion to children's attorneys of changes in placement that passed both
houses of the Legislature in 2010. First, by explicitly authorizing
electronic transmittal of the notices, the measure minimizes the burden
imposed upon the placement agencies. Second, since the notifications are
sent to the attorneys but not to the courts, the measure insures that
court intervention would only occur in the rare cases in which an appli-
cation is made by one of the attorneys.

In few areas of Family Court's functioning is its continuing jurisdic-
tion as critical as in child welfare, where complex decisions regarding
children must be adjusted to the dynamic of their constantly changing
needs and circumstances. Federal and State statutes emphasize that a
child's safety must be the paramount consideration, and that timely
achievement of permanence must be the central goal.  Not only are these
matters of statutory imperative, but they are also determinative of the
State's eligibility for over $500 million in annual Federal foster care
aid. Prompt receipt by the court, the parties and attorneys for children
of information regarding a child's ever-changing circumstances, both as
to any maltreatment suffered by the child and as to changes in the
child's placement, is vital to effective exercise of Family Court's
continuing jurisdiction and is critical to the State's ability to comply
with the ASFA funding eligibility mandates.
Changes in placement covered by the notification requirement would
include, but not be limited to, cases in which a child has been moved
from the foster or pre-adoptive home or program into which he or she has
been placed, cases in which the foster or pre-adoptive parents move out
of state with the child and, with respect to children not freed for
adoption, cases in which a trial or final discharge of the child from
foster care has been made. The report of a change in placement must
provide enough information for the litigants and Family Court to assess
whether further judicial intervention may be warranted. It must state
the reasons for the change, as well as grounds for the agency's conclu-
sion that change is in the best interests of the child. This notifica-
tion requirement does not contemplate court action in every case; nor
does it interfere with the discretion of social services agencies to
make necessary changes.

Both the Adoption and Safe Families Act and permanency legislation
increased the frequency of judicial reviews of children in foster care,
thus minimizing the problem of stale information. However, a Family
Court's ability, and that of the litigants before it, to respond effec-
tively is seriously impeded - and harm to children may be compounded -
if information regarding significant changes in a child's status, and,
importantly, an indicated report of neglect or abuse of the child, is
not conveyed to parties until the next permanency hearing - often a
delay of several months. This measure will facilitate timely, informed
responses to changes in children's placements and incidents of maltreat-
ment, thus prompting more expeditious and effective resolution of their
cases.

This measure would generally take effect immediately, albeit most
provisions would take effect 120 days after the measure becomes law.

 
2017-18 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Senate 4763 (Sen. Avella) (Rules)

Assembly 7558 (M. of A. Richardson) (3rd Rdg., Cal 527)

2019-S6215 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6215
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 23, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  --  (at request of the Office of Court
   Administration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
   be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the family court act and the  social  services  law,  in
   relation  to  notice  of  indicated  reports of child maltreatment and
   changes of placement in child protective  and  voluntary  foster  care
   placement  and review proceedings; and to repeal certain provisions of
   the family court act, in relation to technical changes thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1017 of the family court act is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  IN  ANY  CASE  IN  WHICH AN ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS
 ARTICLE REMANDING OR PLACING A CHILD IN THE CUSTODY OF THE LOCAL  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  DISTRICT,  THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES OFFICIAL OR AUTHORIZED AGENCY
 CHARGED WITH CUSTODY OR CARE OF THE CHILD SHALL REPORT  ANY  ANTICIPATED
 CHANGE  IN  PLACEMENT  TO THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE PARTIES AND THE ATTORNEY
 FOR THE CHILD NOT LATER THAN TEN DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH CHANGE IN  ANY  CASE
 IN  WHICH  THE CHILD IS MOVED FROM THE FOSTER HOME OR PROGRAM INTO WHICH
 HE OR SHE HAS BEEN PLACED OR IN WHICH THE FOSTER  PARENTS  MOVE  OUT  OF
 STATE  WITH THE CHILD; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHERE AN IMMEDIATE CHANGE
 OF PLACEMENT ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS IS  REQUIRED,  THE  REPORT  SHALL  BE
 TRANSMITTED  NO  LATER  THAN  THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY AFTER SUCH CHANGE IN
 PLACEMENT HAS BEEN MADE. THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES  OFFICIAL  OR  AUTHORIZED
 AGENCY  SHALL  ALSO SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE PARTIES AND
 THE ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD OR INCLUDE IN THE PLACEMENT CHANGE REPORT ANY
 INDICATED REPORT OF CHILD ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT CONCERNING THE CHILD  OR
 (IF  A  PERSON  OR PERSONS CARING FOR THE CHILD IS OR ARE THE SUBJECT OF
 THE REPORT) ANOTHER CHILD IN THE SAME HOME WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF THE INDI-
 CATION OF THE REPORT. THE OFFICIAL OR AGENCY MAY PROTECT  THE  CONFIDEN-
 TIALITY  OF  IDENTIFYING  OR ADDRESS INFORMATION REGARDING THE FOSTER OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD10897-01-9

 S. 6215                             2
 
 PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENTS.   REPORTS REGARDING INDICATED  REPORTS  OF
 CHILD  ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
 INCLUDE A STATEMENT ADVISING RECIPIENTS THAT  THE  INFORMATION  IN  SUCH
 REPORT  OF CHILD ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT SHALL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL, SHALL
 BE USED ONLY IN CONNECTION WITH  A  PROCEEDING  UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE  OR
 RELATED  PROCEEDINGS UNDER THIS ACT AND MAY NOT BE REDISCLOSED EXCEPT AS
 NECESSARY FOR SUCH PROCEEDING OR PROCEEDINGS AND AS AUTHORIZED  BY  LAW.
 REPORTS  UNDER  THIS  PARAGRAPH  MAY  BE  TRANSMITTED BY ANY APPROPRIATE
 MEANS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BY ELECTRONIC MEANS  OR  PLACEMENT
 ON THE RECORD DURING PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT.
   §  2.  Subparagraph (E) of paragraph (i) of subdivision (b) of section
 1055 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 41 of  the  laws  of
 2010, is REPEALED.
   §  3.  Section 1055 of the family court act is amended by adding a new
 subdivision (j) to read as follows:
   (J) IN ANY CASE IN WHICH AN ORDER HAS BEEN  ISSUED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION  PLACING  A  CHILD IN THE CUSTODY OR CARE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
 SOCIAL SERVICES, THE  SOCIAL  SERVICES  OFFICIAL  OR  AUTHORIZED  AGENCY
 CHARGED WITH CUSTODY OF THE CHILD SHALL REPORT ANY ANTICIPATED CHANGE IN
 PLACEMENT  TO  THE  ATTORNEYS  FOR  THE PARTIES AND THE ATTORNEY FOR THE
 CHILD NOT LATER THAN TEN DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH CHANGE IN ANY CASE IN  WHICH
 THE  CHILD IS MOVED FROM THE FOSTER HOME OR PROGRAM INTO WHICH HE OR SHE
 HAS BEEN PLACED OR IN WHICH THE FOSTER PARENTS MOVE OUT  OF  STATE  WITH
 THE  CHILD;  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHERE AN IMMEDIATE CHANGE OF PLACE-
 MENT ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS IS REQUIRED, THE REPORT SHALL BE  TRANSMITTED
 NO  LATER  THAN THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY AFTER SUCH CHANGE IN PLACEMENT HAS
 BEEN MADE. THE SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL OR AUTHORIZED AGENCY SHALL  ALSO
 SUBMIT  A  REPORT  TO THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE PARTIES AND THE ATTORNEY FOR
 THE CHILD OR INCLUDE IN THE PLACEMENT CHANGE REPORT ANY INDICATED REPORT
 OF CHILD ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT CONCERNING THE CHILD OR (IF A  PERSON  OR
 PERSONS CARING FOR THE CHILD IS OR ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE REPORT) ANOTH-
 ER  CHILD  IN  THE  SAME  HOME WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF THE INDICATION OF THE
 REPORT. THE OFFICIAL OR AGENCY MAY PROTECT THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF  IDEN-
 TIFYING OR ADDRESS INFORMATION REGARDING THE FOSTER OR PROSPECTIVE ADOP-
 TIVE  PARENTS.  REPORTS  REGARDING  INDICATED  REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE OR
 MALTREATMENT PROVIDED PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  INCLUDE  A
 STATEMENT  ADVISING  RECIPIENTS  THAT  THE INFORMATION IN SUCH REPORT OF
 CHILD ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT SHALL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL,  SHALL  BE  USED
 ONLY  IN  CONNECTION  WITH  A  PROCEEDING  UNDER THIS ARTICLE OR RELATED
 PROCEEDINGS UNDER THIS ACT AND MAY NOT BE REDISCLOSED EXCEPT  AS  NECES-
 SARY  FOR  SUCH  PROCEEDING  OR  PROCEEDINGS  AND  AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
 REPORTS UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH  MAY  BE  TRANSMITTED  BY  ANY  APPROPRIATE
 MEANS,  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OR PLACEMENT
 ON THE RECORD DURING PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT.
   § 4. Subparagraph (vii) of paragraph 2 of subdivision (d)  of  section
 1089  of  the  family court act is amended by adding a new clause (H) to
 read as follows:
   (H) A DIRECTION THAT THE SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL OR AUTHORIZED AGENCY
 CHARGED WITH CARE AND CUSTODY OR GUARDIANSHIP AND CUSTODY OF THE  CHILD,
 AS  APPLICABLE, REPORT ANY ANTICIPATED CHANGE IN PLACEMENT TO THE ATTOR-
 NEYS FOR THE PARTIES AND THE ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD NOT LATER  THAN  TEN
 DAYS  PRIOR  TO SUCH CHANGE IN ANY CASE IN WHICH THE CHILD IS MOVED FROM
 THE FOSTER HOME OR PROGRAM INTO WHICH HE OR SHE HAS BEEN  PLACED  OR  IN
 WHICH  THE  FOSTER  PARENTS  MOVE OUT OF STATE WITH THE CHILD; PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT WHERE AN IMMEDIATE CHANGE OF  PLACEMENT  ON  AN  EMERGENCY
 BASIS  IS  REQUIRED,  THE  REPORT SHALL BE TRANSMITTED NO LATER THAN THE

 S. 6215                             3
 
 NEXT BUSINESS DAY AFTER SUCH CHANGE IN  PLACEMENT  HAS  BEEN  MADE.  THE
 SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL OR AUTHORIZED AGENCY SHALL ALSO SUBMIT A REPORT
 TO  THE  ATTORNEYS  FOR  THE  PARTIES  AND THE ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD OR
 INCLUDE  IN  THE  PLACEMENT  CHANGE REPORT ANY INDICATED REPORT OF CHILD
 ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT CONCERNING THE CHILD OR (IF A  PERSON  OR  PERSONS
 CARING  FOR THE CHILD IS OR ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE REPORT) ANOTHER CHILD
 IN THE SAME HOME WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF THE INDICATION OF THE  REPORT.  THE
 OFFICIAL  OR  AGENCY  MAY  PROTECT THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF IDENTIFYING OR
 ADDRESS  INFORMATION  REGARDING  THE  FOSTER  OR  PROSPECTIVE   ADOPTIVE
 PARENTS. REPORTS UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT BE SENT TO ATTORNEYS FOR
 BIRTH  PARENTS  WHOSE  PARENTAL  RIGHTS HAVE BEEN TERMINATED OR WHO HAVE
 SURRENDERED THEIR CHILD OR CHILDREN. REPORTS REGARDING INDICATED REPORTS
 OF CHILD ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT PROVIDED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION
 SHALL  INCLUDE  A  STATEMENT ADVISING RECIPIENTS THAT THE INFORMATION IN
 SUCH REPORT OF CHILD ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT SHALL BE  KEPT  CONFIDENTIAL,
 SHALL BE USED ONLY IN CONNECTION WITH A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS ARTICLE OR
 RELATED  PROCEEDINGS UNDER THIS ACT AND MAY NOT BE REDISCLOSED EXCEPT AS
 NECESSARY FOR SUCH PROCEEDING OR PROCEEDINGS AND AS AUTHORIZED  BY  LAW.
 REPORTS UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH MAY BE TRANSMITTED BY ANY APPROPRIATE MEANS
 INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OR PLACEMENT ON THE
 RECORD DURING PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT; AND
   § 5. Subdivision 3 of section 358-a of  the  social  services  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
   (G)  IN  ANY  CASE  IN WHICH AN ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION  APPROVING  A  FOSTER  CARE  PLACEMENT  INSTRUMENT,  THE  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  OFFICIAL  OR AUTHORIZED AGENCY CHARGED WITH CUSTODY OR CARE OF
 THE CHILD SHALL REPORT ANY ANTICIPATED CHANGE IN PLACEMENT TO THE ATTOR-
 NEYS FOR THE PARTIES AND THE ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD NOT LATER  THAN  TEN
 DAYS  PRIOR  TO SUCH CHANGE IN ANY CASE IN WHICH THE CHILD IS MOVED FROM
 THE FOSTER HOME OR PROGRAM INTO WHICH HE OR SHE HAS BEEN  PLACED  OR  IN
 WHICH  THE  FOSTER  PARENTS  MOVE OUT OF STATE WITH THE CHILD; PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT WHERE AN IMMEDIATE CHANGE OF  PLACEMENT  ON  AN  EMERGENCY
 BASIS  IS  REQUIRED,  THE  REPORT SHALL BE TRANSMITTED NO LATER THAN THE
 NEXT BUSINESS DAY AFTER SUCH CHANGE IN PLACEMENT HAS  BEEN  MADE.    THE
 SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL OR AUTHORIZED AGENCY SHALL ALSO SUBMIT A REPORT
 TO  THE  ATTORNEYS  FOR  THE  PARTIES  AND THE ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD OR
 INCLUDE IN THE PLACEMENT CHANGE REPORT ANY  INDICATED  REPORT  OF  CHILD
 ABUSE  OR  MALTREATMENT  CONCERNING THE CHILD OR (IF A PERSON OR PERSONS
 CARING FOR THE CHILD IS OR ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE REPORT) ANOTHER  CHILD
 IN  THE  SAME HOME WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF THE INDICATION OF THE REPORT. THE
 OFFICIAL OR AGENCY MAY PROTECT THE  CONFIDENTIALITY  OF  IDENTIFYING  OR
 ADDRESS   INFORMATION  REGARDING  THE  FOSTER  OR  PROSPECTIVE  ADOPTIVE
 PARENTS.    REPORTS  REGARDING  INDICATED  REPORTS  OF  CHILD  ABUSE  OR
 MALTREATMENT  PROVIDED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL INCLUDE A
 STATEMENT ADVISING RECIPIENTS THAT THE INFORMATION  IN  SUCH  REPORT  OF
 CHILD  ABUSE  OR  MALTREATMENT SHALL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL, SHALL BE USED
 ONLY IN CONNECTION WITH A  PROCEEDING  UNDER  THIS  SECTION  OR  RELATED
 PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE FAMILY COURT ACT AND MAY NOT BE REDISCLOSED EXCEPT
 AS  NECESSARY  FOR  SUCH  PROCEEDING OR PROCEEDINGS AND AS AUTHORIZED BY
 LAW.  REPORTS UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH MAY BE TRANSMITTED BY ANY APPROPRIATE
 MEANS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OR PLACEMENT ON
 THE RECORD DURING PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately,  provided  that  sections
 one,  three,  four  and  five  of  this act shall take effect on the one
 hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law; provided, howev-
 er, that section two of this act shall be deemed to have taken effect on

 S. 6215                             4
 
 the same date as section 1 of chapter 342 of  the  laws  of  2010,  took
 effect.  Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of
 any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this  act  on
 its  effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before
 such effective date.
   REPEAL NOTE: Subparagraph (E) of paragraph (i) of subdivision  (b)  of
 section  1055 of the family court act, as amended by section 67 of chap-
 ter 41 of the laws of 2010, contains language inconsistent with language
 in chapter 342 of the laws of 2010.

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Jun 11, 2019 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 11, 2019

May 29, 2019 - Children And Families Committee Vote

Children And Families Committee Vote: May 29, 2019

co-Sponsors

2019-S6215 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S6215 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S6215 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6215 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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2019-S6215 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S6215 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S6215 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6215 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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