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Assembly Bill A9283

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes the "Supporting Families Together act"; removes certain penalties for mandated reporters; repealer

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2025-A9283 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §420, §491 sub 3, Soc Serv L

2025-A9283 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the "Supporting Families Together act"; removes civil and criminal penalties for mandated reporters; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.

2025-A9283 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9283
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. HEVESI, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT establishing the "Supporting Families Together act"; in  relation
   to  civil and criminal penalties for mandated reporters; and to repeal
   certain provisions of such law relating thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Supporting
 Families Together act".
   § 2. Section 420 of the social services law is REPEALED.
   §  3.  Subdivision  3  of  section  491  of the social services law is
 REPEALED.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13958-02-5

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