New York Social Services Law Title 6 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
- 411 - Findings and Purpose.
Abused and maltreated children in this state are in urgent need of an effective child protective service to prevent them from suffering further injury and...
- 412 - General Definitions.
When used in this title and unless the specific context indicates otherwise: 1. An "abused child" means a child under eighteen years of age and...
- 413 - Persons and Officials Required to Report Cases of Suspected Child Abuse or Maltreatment.
1. (a) The following persons and officials are required to report or cause a report to be made in accordance with this title when they...
- 414 - Any Person Permitted to Report.
In addition to those persons and officials required to report suspected child abuse or maltreatment, any person may make such a report if such person...
- 415 - Reporting Procedure.
Reports of suspected child abuse or maltreatment made pursuant to this title shall be made immediately by telephone or by telephone facsimile machine on a...
- 416 - Obligations of Persons Required to Report.
Any person or official required to report cases of suspected child abuse and maltreatment may take or cause to be taken at public expense photographs...
- 417 - Taking a Child Into Protective Custody.
1. (a) Pursuant to the requirements and provisions of the family court act, a peace officer, acting pursuant to his or her special duties, a...
- 418 - Mandatory Reporting to and Post-Mortem Investigation of Deaths by Medical Examiner or Coroner.
Any person or official required to report cases of suspected child abuse or maltreatment, including workers of the local child protective service who has reasonable...
- 419 - Immunity From Liability.
Any person, official, or institution participating in good faith in the providing of a service pursuant to section four hundred twenty-four of this title, the...
- 420 - Penalties for Failure to Report.
1. Any person, official or institution required by this title to report a case of suspected child abuse or maltreatment who willfully fails to do...
- 421 - Responsibility of the Office.
The office shall: 1. in conjunction with local departments, both jointly and individually, within the appropriation available, conduct a continuing publicity and education program for...
- 422 - Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment.
1. There shall be established in the office of children and family services a statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment reports made pursuant...
- 422-a - Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations; Disclosure.
1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner or a city or county social services commissioner may disclose information regarding the...
- 422-b - Local and Regional Fatality Review Teams.
1. A fatality review team may be established at a local or regional level, with the approval of the office of children and family services,...
- 422-c - Establishment of the Child Abuse Medical Provider Program (Champ).
1. The child abuse medical provider program shall be established by the office of children and family services and operated by the child abuse referral...
- 423 - Child Protective Service Responsibilities and Organization; Purchase of Service and Reimbursement of Cost; Local Plan.
1. (a) Every local department of social services shall establish a "child protective service" within such department. The child protective service shall perform those functions...
- 423-a - Child Advocacy Centers Established.
1. The office of children and family services shall to the greatest extent practicable facilitate the establishment of child advocacy centers in every region of...
- 424 - Duties of the Child Protective Service Concerning Reports of Abuse or Maltreatment.
Each child protective service shall: 1. receive on a twenty-four hour, seven day a week basis all reports of suspected child abuse or maltreatment in...
- 424-a - Access to Information Contained in the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment.
1. (a) A licensing agency shall inquire of the department and the department shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph (e) of this subdivision, inform...
- 424-b - Children in the Care of Certain Public and Private Agencies.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, when a report of child abuse or maltreatment involves a child being cared for in a home operated or...
- 425 - Cooperation of Other Agencies.
1. To effectuate the purposes of this title, the commissioner may request and shall receive from departments, boards, bureaus, or other agencies of the state,...
- 426 - Annual Reports.
The commissioner shall prepare for inclusion in the annual report required by subdivision (d) of section seventeen of this chapter to be filed with the...
- 427 - Regulations of the Commissioner.
1. The commissioner shall adopt regulations necessary to implement this title. 2. The commissioner shall establish, by regulation, standards and criteria under which the child...
- 427-a - Differential Response Programs for Child Protection Assessments or Investigations.
1. Any social services district may, upon the authorization of the office of children and family services, establish a program that implements differential responses to...
- 428 - Separability.
If any provision of this title or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held to be invalid, the remainder of the act...
Last modified: February 3, 2019