Bill Text: NY S02119 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the interviewing of children in the presence of the subject of the report.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-08 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S02119 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02119-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 2119                                                  A. 3026
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 21, 2015
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       IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sens.  KENNEDY,  AVELLA, BRESLIN, DILAN,
         ESPAILLAT, LATIMER, MARTINS -- read twice  and  ordered  printed,  and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
       IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Children and Families
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the interviewing
         of children in the presence of other persons
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 424 of the social
    2  services  law, as amended by chapter 602 of the laws of 2008, is amended
    3  to read as follows:
    4    (a) upon receipt of such report, commence  or  cause  the  appropriate
    5  society  for  the  prevention of cruelty to children to commence, within
    6  twenty-four hours, an appropriate investigation which shall  include  an
    7  evaluation  of  the environment of the child named in the report and any
    8  other children in the same home and a determination of the risk to  such
    9  children if they continue to remain in the existing home environment, as
   10  well as a determination of the nature, extent and cause of any condition
   11  enumerated in such report and the name, age and condition of other chil-
   12  dren  in the home, and, after seeing to the safety of the child or chil-
   13  dren, forthwith notify the subjects of  the  report  and  other  persons
   14  named  in the report in writing of the existence of the report and their
   15  respective rights  pursuant  to  this  title  in  regard  to  amendment.
   16  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE SUBJECT CHILD OF SUCH A
   17  REPORT SHALL NOT BE INTERVIEWED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE  SUBJECT  OF  THE
   18  REPORT.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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