S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6420
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 6, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, GOODELL -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to including phar-
macists in the list of persons and officials required to report child
abuse
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 413 of the social
services law, as amended by section 7 of part C of chapter 57 of the
laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The following persons and officials are required to report or
cause a report to be made in accordance with this title when they have
reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their
professional or official capacity is an abused or maltreated child, or
when they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child is an abused or
maltreated child where the parent, guardian, custodian or other person
legally responsible for such child comes before them in their profes-
sional or official capacity and states from personal knowledge facts,
conditions or circumstances which, if correct, would render the child an
abused or maltreated child: any physician; registered physician assist-
ant; surgeon; medical examiner; coroner; dentist; dental hygienist;
osteopath; optometrist; chiropractor; podiatrist; resident; intern;
psychologist; registered nurse; social worker; emergency medical techni-
cian; licensed creative arts therapist; licensed marriage and family
therapist; licensed mental health counselor; licensed psychoanalyst;
licensed behavior analyst; certified behavior analyst assistant; hospi-
tal personnel engaged in the admission, examination, care or treatment
of persons; a Christian Science practitioner; school official, which
includes but is not limited to school teacher, school guidance counse-
lor, school psychologist, school social worker, school nurse, school
administrator or other school personnel required to hold a teaching or
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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administrative license or certificate; full or part-time compensated
school employee required to hold a temporary coaching license or profes-
sional coaching certificate; social services worker; PHARMACIST; employ-
ee of a publicly-funded emergency shelter for families with children;
director of a children's overnight camp, summer day camp or traveling
summer day camp, as such camps are defined in section thirteen hundred
ninety-two of the public health law; day care center worker; school-age
child care worker; provider of family or group family day care; employee
or volunteer in a residential care facility for children that is
licensed, certified or operated by the office of children and family
services; or any other child care or foster care worker; mental health
professional; substance abuse counselor; alcoholism counselor; all
persons credentialed by the office of alcoholism and substance abuse
services; employees, who are expected to have regular and substantial
contact with children, of a health home or health home care management
agency contracting with a health home as designated by the department of
health and authorized under section three hundred sixty-five-l of this
chapter or such employees who provide home and community based services
under a demonstration program pursuant to section eleven hundred fifteen
of the federal social security act who are expected to have regular and
substantial contact with children; peace officer; police officer;
district attorney or assistant district attorney; investigator employed
in the office of a district attorney; or other law enforcement official.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.