Senate Bill S9782

                             
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                                   9782
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 6, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to expanding the
   persons responsible for reporting cases of suspected  child  abuse  to
   include  employees,  volunteers,  or  agents  of  any corporate entity
   having an agreement with a municipality as a tier II facility  or  any
   other  shelter providing temporary housing to persons under the age of
   18
 
   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,
 school nurse, school administrator or other school personnel required to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 hold a teaching or administrative license or certificate; full or  part-
 time  compensated  school employee required to hold a temporary coaching
 license or professional coaching certificate;  social  services  worker;
 employee  of a publicly-funded emergency shelter for families with chil-
 dren; director of a children's overnight camp, summer day camp or  trav-
 eling  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;
 OR  ANY  EMPLOYEE  OF  A TIER II FACILITY OR ANY OTHER SHELTER PROVIDING
 TEMPORARY  HOUSING  TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.