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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6823
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      April 4, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. PAULIN, JAFFEE, N. RIVERA, SCARBOROUGH, COOK,
          GALEF, GUNTHER, SPANO -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  ABINANTI,
          LUPARDO,  McENENY,  PHEFFER,  REILLY  --  (at request of the Office of
          Children and Family Services) -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Children and Families
 

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the differential
          response programs for child protection assessments or  investigations;
          and  to  amend  chapter  452  of  the laws of 2007 amending the social
          services law relating to establishing differential  response  programs
          for  child  protection  assessments  or investigations, in relation to
          making such provisions permanent
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivisions  1  and  8  of  section  427-a of the social
     2  services law, as added by chapter 452 of the laws of 2007,  are  amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    1.  Any  social  services  district  [located outside of a city with a
     5  population of more than two million] may, upon the authorization of  the

     6  office  of children and family services, establish a program that imple-
     7  ments differential responses to reports of child abuse and maltreatment.
     8  Such programs [would] shall create  a  family  assessment  and  services
     9  track  as an alternative means of addressing certain matters [currently]
    10  otherwise investigated as allegations of  child  abuse  or  maltreatment
    11  pursuant  to  this  title. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to
    12  the contrary, the provisions of this section [will] shall apply only  to
    13  those  cases  involving  allegations  of abuse or maltreatment in family
    14  settings expressly included in the family assessment and services  track
    15  of  the differential response program, and only in those social services
    16  districts authorized by the office of children and  family  services  to

    17  implement  a  differential  response  program.  Such  cases shall not be
    18  subject to the requirements otherwise applicable to  cases  reported  to
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  the  statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment pursuant
     2  to this title, except as set forth in this section.
     3    8.  The  office  of  children  and  family services shall [complete a]
     4  report [evaluating  the  implementation  of  any]  on  the  differential
     5  response  programs  established  pursuant to this section as part of the

     6  annual report required pursuant to section four  hundred  twenty-six  of
     7  this  title.  [The report shall assess the effectiveness of the programs
     8  in promoting broader community involvement  in  meeting  service  needs,
     9  expanding  and  expediting access to appropriate services, improving the
    10  cooperation of families,  reducing  subsequent  abuse  and  maltreatment
    11  reports,  and  promoting  child safety. Such report shall also recommend
    12  whether or not to continue the provisions of this section and  shall  be
    13  submitted  to  the  governor and the legislature no later than the first
    14  day of January, two thousand eleven.]
    15    § 2. Section 3 of chapter 452 of the laws of 2007, amending the social

    16  services law relating to establishing differential response programs for
    17  child protection assessments or investigations, is amended  to  read  as
    18  follows:
    19    §  3. This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire June 1,
    20  2011 when upon such date the provisions of  this  act  shall  be  deemed
    21  repealed].
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect on June 1, 2011; provided, however, if
    23  this  act  shall become a law after such date it shall take effect imme-
    24  diately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and
    25  after June 1, 2011.