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Assembly Bill A9244

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Allows a person a second hearing to seal their child protective services records

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2025-A9244 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9421
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §422, Soc Serv L

2025-A9244 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows a person a second hearing to seal their child protective services records upon a significant change in life circumstances.

2025-A9244 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9244
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 7, 2025
                                ___________
 
 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 allowing persons
   to request a second hearing to seal child protective services records
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision  8  of
 section 422 of the social services law is amended by adding a new undes-
 ignated paragraph to read as follows:
   PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THE SUBJECT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO REQUEST A SECOND
 HEARING TO REQUEST THE SEALING OF SUCH SUBJECT'S CASE NO SOONER THAN TWO
 YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST HEARING, IF SUCH SUBJECT PROVIDES  THE
 OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES EVIDENCE THAT THE SUBJECT HAS HAD
 A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THE
 SUBJECT  HAS  COMMITTED  MALTREATMENT  OF  A  CHILD IN THE PRECEDING TWO
 YEARS.  A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT
 NOT BE LIMITED TO, COMPLETING SERVICES SUCH AS DRUG OR ALCOHOL TREATMENT
 PROGRAMS,  PARENTING  SKILLS  CLASSES,  OR ANGER MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS; OR
 REGULAR PARTICIPATION IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13910-02-5

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