STATE OF NEW YORK
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8280
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 9, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the abandoned
infant protection program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 372-g of the social services law, as added by chap-
2 ter 156 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 372-g. Abandoned infant protection program. 1. The office of chil-
4 dren and family services shall develop and implement a public informa-
5 tion program to inform the general public of the provisions of the aban-
6 doned infant protection act. The program may include but not be limited
7 to the following elements:
8 [1.] (a) educational and informational materials in print, audio,
9 video, electronic, or other media;
10 [2.] (b) public service announcements and advertisements; [and]
11 [3.] (c) establishment of toll-free telephone hotlines to provide
12 information; and
13 (d) such information shall include the fact that the person surrender-
14 ing the infant can change his or her mind within the timeframe
15 prescribed by the law, and may use the toll-free hotline or other avail-
16 able means to rescind their decision to reclaim the infant if they
17 choose to within that prescribed timeframe.
18 2. The office of children and family services shall be prohibited from
19 contacting, through any means of communication, a person who has availed
20 himself or herself of the protections of the abandoned infant protection
21 act, or who has otherwise surrendered a child to the office of children
22 and family services and other social services agencies with the intent
23 of relinquishing his or her parental rights, unless such person affirma-
24 tively initiates the contact.
25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11968-02-1
