Senate Bill S753

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring child protective services to document home visits with photographs

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S753 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6366
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§421 & 372, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5388, A7728
2013-2014: S5943, A3821
2017-2018: S1835, A1028
2019-2020: S574

2015-S753 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires child protective services to document home visits as part of a treatment plan, supervision and monitoring, pursuant to a court order, or on an emergency basis with photographs.

2015-S753 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S753 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   753

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. KENNEDY, AVELLA, BRESLIN, DILAN, ESPAILLAT -- 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 requiring child
  protective services to document home visits with photographs

  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 "Marchella
Pierce's Law".
  S 2.  Subdivision 3 of section 421 of  the  social  services  law,  as
amended  by chapter 718 of the laws of 1986, paragraph (a) as amended by
chapter 110 of the laws of 1989 and the closing paragraph as amended  by
chapter 320 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
  3.  promulgate regulations setting forth requirements for the perform-
ance by local social services  departments  of  the  duties  and  powers
imposed  and  conferred upon them by the provisions of this title and of
article ten of the family court act. Such  regulations  shall  establish
uniform  requirements for the investigation of reports of child abuse or
maltreatment under this title. The department shall  also  issue  guide-
lines which shall set forth the circumstances or conditions under which:
  (a)  personal contact shall be made with the child named in the report
and any other children in the  same  household,  including  interviewing
such  child or children absent the subject of the report whenever possi-
ble and appropriate;
  (b) photographs of visible physical injuries or trauma of children who
may be the victims of abuse or maltreatment shall be taken  or  arranged
for;
  (c)  medical  examination  of  a child who may be a victim of abuse or
maltreatment and documentation of findings of such examination, shall be
required.

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

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