Assembly Bill A1980

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires child protective services to orally and in writing disclose certain information to parents and caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investigation

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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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2023-A1980 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S901
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §424-c, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A9841, S7553
2021-2022: A6792, S5484

2023-A1980 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires child protective services to orally and in writing disclose certain information to parents and caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investigation; requires such oral and written disclosure to contain certain information regarding the rights of the person under investigation.

2023-A1980 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1980
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. WALKER, COOK, SAYEGH, TAYLOR, SIMON, EPSTEIN,
   JACKSON, CRUZ, BURGOS, JEAN-PIERRE, DICKENS, L. ROSENTHAL -- 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  to  disclose  certain information to parents and
   caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investi-
   gation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 424-c to read as follows:
   § 424-C. INFORMATION REGARDING PARENT OR CARETAKER'S RIGHTS.  A PARENT
 OR CARETAKER HAS THE RIGHT  TO  RECEIVE  CERTAIN  INFORMATION  REGARDING
 THEIR  RIGHTS  AT THE INITIAL POINT OF CONTACT DURING A CHILD PROTECTIVE
 INVESTIGATION.
   1. AT THE INITIAL POINT OF CONTACT WITH A PARENT OR  CARETAKER,  CHILD
 PROTECTIVE  SERVICES  SHALL  ORALLY  AND  IN WRITING DISSEMINATE, IN THE
 PARENT OR CARETAKER'S  PREFERRED  LANGUAGE,  INFORMATION  REGARDING  THE
 PARENT  OR  CARETAKER'S RIGHTS DURING SUCH INVESTIGATION AND SHALL DOCU-
 MENT IN THE CASE RECORD THAT SUCH INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED  TO  THE
 PARENT  OR  CARETAKER.  SUCH  INFORMATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NEED NOT BE
 LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (A) THE PARENT OR CARETAKER IS NOT REQUIRED, UNLESS COURT ORDERED,  TO
 PERMIT  THE  CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE TO ENTER THE RESI-
 DENCE OF THE PARENT OR CARETAKER;
   (B) THE PARENT OR CARETAKER WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE INVESTIGATION IS
 ENTITLED TO BE INFORMED OF THE ALLEGATIONS BEING INVESTIGATED;
   (C) THE PARENT OR CARETAKER IS NOT REQUIRED, UNLESS COURT ORDERED,  TO
 SPEAK  WITH THE CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE, AND ANY STATE-
 MENT MADE BY THE PARENT, CARETAKER OR OTHER FAMILY MEMBER  MAY  BE  USED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03741-01-3
 A. 1980                             2
              

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