Assembly Bill A7067

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to differential response programs for child protection assessments or investigations

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A7067 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5674
Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §427-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A2445, S4078

2021-A7067 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to differential response programs for child protection assessments or investigations; requires social services districts to establish such programs upon authorization from the office of children and family services.

2021-A7067 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7067
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 21, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Children and Families
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the social services law, in relation to differential
   response programs for child protection assessments or investigations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 427-a of the social services law,
 as amended by chapter 45 of the laws of 2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  [Any] EACH social services district [may] SHALL, upon the authori-
 zation of the office  of  children  and  family  services,  establish  a
 program that implements differential responses to reports of child abuse
 and  maltreatment.  Such  programs  shall create a family assessment and
 services track as an alternative means  of  addressing  certain  matters
 otherwise  investigated  as  allegations  of child abuse or maltreatment
 pursuant to this title. Notwithstanding any other provision  of  law  to
 the  contrary,  the provisions of this section shall apply only to those
 cases  involving  allegations  of  [abuse  or]  maltreatment  in  family
 settings  expressly included in the family assessment and services track
 of the AUTHORIZED differential response  program[,  and  only  in  those
 social services districts authorized by the office of children and fami-
 ly  services  to  implement a differential response program]. Such cases
 shall not be subject to the requirements otherwise applicable  to  cases
 reported  to the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreat-
 ment pursuant to this title, except as set forth in this section.
   § 2.  The opening paragraph and paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  2  of
 section 427-a of the social services law, as added by chapter 452 of the
 laws of 2007, are amended to read as follows:
   [Any]  EACH  social  services  district  [interested in implementing a
 differential response program] shall [apply] SUBMIT A PLAN to the office
 of children and family services ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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