Assembly Bill A4548

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse or maltreatment by certain employees of the metropolitan transportation authority

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A4548 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §413, Soc Serv L; add §1266-n, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6741

2025-A4548 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse or maltreatment by certain employees of the metropolitan transportation authority; requires such employees to complete coursework or training regarding the identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment.

2025-A4548 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4548
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law and the public authorities  law,
   in  relation  to  requiring the mandatory reporting of suspected child
   abuse or maltreatment by certain employees of the metropolitan  trans-
   portation authority

   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 chapter 733 of the laws of 2023, 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;
 athletic trainer; psychologist; registered nurse; social  worker;  emer-
 gency  medical  technician;  licensed  creative arts therapist; licensed
 marriage  and  family  therapist;  licensed  mental  health   counselor;
 licensed  psychoanalyst;  licensed  behavior analyst; certified behavior
 analyst assistant; hospital personnel engaged in the admission, examina-
 tion, care or treatment of persons; a  Christian  Science  practitioner;
 school  official,  which  includes but is not limited to school teacher,
 school guidance counselor, school psychologist,  school  social  worker,

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08040-01-5
              

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