Authorizes school officials to temporarily retain custody of a suspected abused or maltreated child until a police or child protective services official arrives to determine whether it is safe to return the child to the parent or guardian.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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504
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- 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 authorizing
school officials to temporarily retain custody of a suspected abused
or maltreated child
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 417 of the social services law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
3 2-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school administra-
4 tor may, where such person has reasonable cause to believe that the
5 circumstances or conditions of the child are such that continuing in the
6 child's place of residence or in the care and custody of the parent,
7 guardian, custodian or other person responsible for the child's care
8 presents an imminent danger to the child's life or health, take all
9 necessary measures to protect the child including, where appropriate,
10 retaining custody of a suspected abused or maltreated child at the
11 school or an appropriate educational facility, until a law enforcement
12 officer or a child protection service official takes custody of the
13 child or makes an initial determination that the child may safely be
14 returned to the custody of the parent, guardian, custodian or other
15 person responsible for the child's care.
16 § 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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