S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 14, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE -- 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 workers to receive training in developmental disa-
bility awareness and sensitivity and cultural competency, sensitivity
and implicit bias
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) and of subdivision 5 of section 421
of the social services law, paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 525 of
the laws of 2006, paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 67 of the laws of
2019, are amended to read as follows:
(b) promulgate regulations setting forth training requirements which
shall specify, among other things, that all persons hired by a child
protective service on or after April first, nineteen hundred eighty-six
shall have satisfactorily completed a course approved by the department
within the first three months of employment, in the fundamentals of
child protection. Such course shall include at least basic training in
the principles and techniques of investigations, including relationships
with other investigative bodies, legal issues in child protection, and
methods of remediation, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Such regu-
lations shall also specify that all persons employed by a child protec-
tive service [on or after December first, two thousand six] shall satis-
factorily complete [six] EIGHT hours of annual [in service] IN-SERVICE
training, beginning in their second year of employment. Such annual [in
service] IN-SERVICE training shall include, but is not limited to,
review of the protocols for identification and investigation of child
abuse and maltreatment, any developments in legal, treatment and
prevention issues in child protection, [and] review and analysis of
field experiences of child protective services workers, DEVELOPMENTAL
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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DISABILITY AWARENESS AND SENSITIVITY, AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY, SENSITIV-
ITY AND IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING.
(c) require all persons assigned to be a supervisor by a child protec-
tive service on or after April first, nineteen hundred eighty-six, shall
have satisfactorily completed, within the first three months of employ-
ment as a supervisor or within three months of the effective date of
this paragraph, whichever shall occur first, a course in the fundamen-
tals of child protection developed by the office of children and family
services. ALL SUPERVISORS MUST COMPLETE EIGHT HOURS OF ANNUAL IN-SER-
VICE TRAINING BEGINNING IN THEIR SECOND YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT AS A SUPERVI-
SOR. Such training course shall, among other things, strengthen and
expand current training procedures for child protective service supervi-
sors; provide the skills, knowledge and standards to practice effective
case planning and case management; provide comprehensive assessment
tools needed in critical decision making; require participation in the
existing next generation training required by child protective service
caseworkers; strengthen recognition and response to safety and risk
indicators; improve skills to promote consistent implementation of
training and practice; provide the necessary tools and assistance to
build the ability to coach and monitor child protective service case-
workers and model effective investigation practice; increase cultural
competency and sensitivity; INCREASE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AWARENESS
AND SENSITIVITY; and establish an annual [in service] IN-SERVICE train-
ing program specifically focused on child protective service supervi-
sors.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.