Assembly Actions -
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May 17, 2022 |
referred to children and families delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.268 rules report cal.268 reported |
May 10, 2022 |
reported referred to rules |
May 05, 2022 |
referred to children and families |
Assembly Bill A10183
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LUNSFORD
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2021-A10183 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Children And Families
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §423, Soc Serv L
2021-A10183 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10183 I N A S S E M B L Y May 5, 2022 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Lunsford) -- (at request of the Office of Children and Family Services) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to including a child abuse medical specialist on the child abuse multidisciplinary team THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 423 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 574 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: 6. A social services district may establish a multidisciplinary inves- tigative team or teams and may establish or work as part of a child advocacy center established pursuant to section four hundred twenty- three-a of this title, at a local or regional level, for the purpose of investigating reports of suspected child abuse or maltreatment. The social services district shall have discretion with regard to the cate- gory or categories of suspected child abuse or maltreatment such team or teams may investigate, provided, however, the social services district shall place particular emphasis on cases involving the abuse of a child as described in paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of subdivision (e) of section one thousand twelve of the family court act, sexual abuse of a child or the death of a child. Members of multidisciplinary teams shall include but not be limited to representatives from the following agen- cies: child protective services, law enforcement, district attorney's office, physician or medical provider trained in forensic pediatrics, mental health professionals, victim advocacy personnel and, if one exists, a child advocacy center; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT MULTIDISCIPLI- NARY TEAMS SHALL MAKE EFFORTS TO HAVE AVAILABLE FOR CONSULTATION AT LEAST ONE CHILD ABUSE MEDICAL SPECIALIST THAT HAS RECEIVED SPECIALIZED TRAINING ON CHILD ABUSE OR IN RECOGNIZING THE SIGNS OF CHILD ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT, WHICH MAY INCLUDE A PHYSICIAN, NURSE OR LICENSED NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR OTHER LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL ACTING WITHIN THEIR SCOPE OF PRACTICE; AND PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER THAT EFFECTIVE JANUARY EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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