Bill Text: NY S04315 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of children and family services to conduct a study about child abuse and/or neglect cases leading to death where such child had been the subject of a prior open investigation for maltreatment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-02 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S04315 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04315-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4315--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 12, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and  Families  --
         committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
         recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to direct the commissioner of children  and  family  services  to
         conduct  a study pertaining to child abuse and neglect fatalities that
         occur subsequent to a prior open investigation
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  commissioner  of  the  office of children and family
    2  services, in conjunction with the department of health, shall conduct  a
    3  study  detailing  the  number  of  incidences in New York state in which
    4  child abuse and neglect resulted in a child's death where such child had
    5  been the subject of a prior open investigation by the office of children
    6  and family services for  maltreatment.  Such  study  shall  explain  any
    7  commonalities amongst such incidences and proffer policy recommendations
    8  to reduce such incidences in the future.
    9    S  2.  Within  one year of the effective date of this act, the commis-
   10  sioner of children and family services shall deliver a copy of the find-
   11  ings of the study conducted pursuant to section one of this act and  any
   12  policy  recommendations he or she deems to be necessary to the governor,
   13  the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.
   14    S 3. 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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