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Assembly Bill A5990

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of children and family services to conduct a study of child abuse and/or neglect cases leading to death where such child had been the subject of prior open investigation for maltreatment

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2021-A5990 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Commissions
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9527
2017-2018: A824
2019-2020: A1264

2021-A5990 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of the office of children and family services to conduct a study about child abuse and/or neglect cases leading to death where such child had been the subject of a prior open investigation for maltreatment.

2021-A5990 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5990
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Children and Families
 
 AN  ACT  to  direct  the commissioner of children and family services to
   conduct a study pertaining to child abuse and neglect fatalities  that
   occur subsequent to a prior open investigation

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The commissioner of  the  office  of  children  and  family
 services,  in conjunction with the department of health, shall conduct a
 study detailing the number of incidences in  New  York  state  in  which
 child abuse and neglect resulted in a child's death where such child had
 been the subject of a prior open investigation by the office of children
 and  family  services  for  maltreatment.  Such  study shall explain any
 commonalities amongst such incidences and proffer policy recommendations
 to reduce such incidences in the future.
   § 2. Within one year of the effective date of this  act,  the  commis-
 sioner of children and family services shall deliver a copy of the find-
 ings  of the study conducted pursuant to section one of this act and any
 policy recommendations he or she deems to be necessary to the  governor,
 the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07500-01-1

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