Assembly Bill A10380

                             
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                                   10380
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 3, 2026
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 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 requiring
   reporting of certain data about calls made to  the  statewide  central
   register of child abuse and maltreatment and the HEARS family line
 
   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
 422-d to read as follows:
   §  422-D.  OFFICE  OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES; DATA TRANSPARENCY.
 1. THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL ANNUALLY PUBLISH  ON
 ITS  WEBSITE  THE  FOLLOWING  DATA ABOUT CALLS RECEIVED BY THE STATEWIDE
 CENTRAL REGISTER OF CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT:
   (A) BY CALENDAR YEAR:
   (I) STATEWIDE CENTRAL REGISTER OF CHILD ABUSE AND  MALTREATMENT  CALLS
 ACTIVITY TOTAL;
   (II)  INTAKES,  INCLUDING  THE  TOTAL NUMBER OF INTAKES AS WELL AS THE
 NUMBER OF DUPLICATE, INITIAL AND SUBSEQUENT INTAKES;
   (III) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLS CATEGORIZED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION;
   (IV) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLS CATEGORIZED AS INFORMATION  AND  REFER-
 RAL;
   (V) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NON-REPORTS;
   (VI) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NON-REPORTS FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING CLOSURE
 REASONS:
   (A) COMPLETED IN BACKUP SYSTEM;
   (B) CHILD 18 YEARS OR OLDER;
   (C) DISCONNECTED BEFORE PROVIDING ADEQUATE INFORMATION;
   (D) INSUFFICIENT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION;
   (E) IT ISSUES;
   (F) LAW ENFORCEMENT REFERRAL PROCESSED;
   (G) NO REASONABLE CAUSE TO SUSPECT;
   (H) NO HARM/EFFECT ON CHILD;
   (I) NO IMMINENT DANGER OF HARM;
   (J) NO PERSON LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE/PARENT;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 A. 10380                            2
 
   (K) OUT OF STATE - NO JURISDICTION;
   (L) REFUSED TO REPORT;
   (M) CALLER WAS INTERRUPTED AND WILL CALL BACK; AND
   (N) ANY OTHER CLOSURE CODES THAT MAY BE ADDED IN THE FUTURE;
   (VII) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NON-REPORTS BY COUNTY;
   (VIII)  IN  SIX  MONTH  INCREMENTS, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NON-REPORTS BY
 REPORTER TYPE; AND
   (IX) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ANY OTHER CALL TYPES THAT MAY BE ADDED IN THE
 FUTURE; AND
   (B) BY FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR:
   (I) THE NATIONAL CHILD  ABUSE  AND  NEGLECT  DATA  SYSTEM  SCREENED-IN
 REFERRALS TOTAL AS REPORTED BY THE STATE IN THE CHILD FILE;
   (II)  THE  NATIONAL  CHILD  ABUSE AND NEGLECT DATA SYSTEM SCREENED-OUT
 TOTAL, USING THE DEFINITION  OF  THE  TERM  SCREENED-OUT  DETERMINED  IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT DATA SYSTEM; AND
   (III)  THE  SCREEN-OUT  PERCENT,  CALCULATED  USING THE NATIONAL CHILD
 ABUSE AND NEGLECT DATA SYSTEM SCREENED-IN REFERRALS TOTAL AND  SCREENED-
 OUT TOTAL.
   2.  THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL ALSO ANNUALLY
 PUBLISH ON ITS WEBSITE THE FOLLOWING DATA BY CALENDAR YEAR:
   (A) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLS TO THE HEARS FAMILY LINE; AND
   (B) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLS TO THE HEARS FAMILY LINE BY COUNTY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.