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  64 
 
 2001-2002 Regular Sessions 
  
 I N S E N A T E 
 
 (PREFILED) 
 
 January 3, 2001 
 ___________  
 
 Introduced by Sen. VELELLA -- 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 persons and
 officials required to report cases of suspected child abuse or
  maltreatment 
 
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 
 
 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 413 of the social services law, as
 2 amended by chapter 94 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
 3 follows: 
 4 1. The following persons and officials are required to report or cause
 5 a report to be made in accordance with this title when they have reason-
 6 able cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their profes-
 7 sional or official capacity is an abused or maltreated child, or when
 8 they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child is an abused or
 9 maltreated child where the parent, guardian, custodian or other person
 10 legally responsible for such child comes before them in their profes-
 11 sional or official capacity and states from personal knowledge facts,
 12 conditions or circumstances which, if correct, would render the child an
 13 abused or maltreated child: any physician; registered physician assist-
 14 ant; surgeon; medical examiner; coroner; dentist; dental hygienist;
 15 osteopath; optometrist; chiropractor; podiatrist; resident; intern;
 16 psychologist; registered nurse; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN; hospital
 17 personnel engaged in the admission, examination, care or treatment of
 18 persons; a Christian Science practitioner; school official; social
 19 services worker; day care center worker; provider of family or group
 20 family day care; employee or volunteer in a residential care facility
 21 defined in subdivision seven of section four  hundred twelve of this
 22 chapter or any other child care or foster care worker; mental health
 23 professional; substance abuse counselor; alcoholism counselor; peace
  
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 { } is old law to be omitted. 
 LBD01384-01-1
  
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 1 officer; police officer; district attorney or assistant district attor-
 2 ney; investigator employed in the office of a district attorney; or
 3 other law enforcement official. Whenever such person is required to
 4 report under this title in his or her capacity as a member of the staff
 5 of a medical or other public or private institution, school, facility or
 6 agency, he or she shall immediately notify the person in charge of such
 7 institution, school, facility or agency, or his or her designated agent,
 8 who then also shall become responsible to report or cause reports to be
 9 made. However, nothing in this section or title is intended to require
 10 more than one  report from any such institution, school or agency. At
 11 the time of the making of a report, or at any time thereafter, such
 12 person or official may exercise the right to request, pursuant to para-
 13 graph (A) of subdivision four of section four hundred twenty-two of this
 14 article, the findings of an investigation made pursuant to this title or
 15 section 45.07 of the mental hygiene law. 
 16 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the calendar month
 17 next succeeding the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. 

.SO DOC S 64 *END* BTXT 2001