Bill Text: NY A05990 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5990 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of the office of children and family services to conduct a study about child abuse and/or neglect cases leading to death where such child had been the subject of a prior open investigation for maltreatment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to children and families [A05990 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A05990-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5990

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      March 4, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Children and Families

        AN  ACT  to  direct  the commissioner of children and family services to
          conduct a study pertaining to child abuse and neglect fatalities  that
          occur subsequent to a prior open investigation

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The commissioner of  the  office  of  children  and  family
     2  services,  in conjunction with the department of health, shall conduct a
     3  study detailing the number of incidences in  New  York  state  in  which
     4  child abuse and neglect resulted in a child's death where such child had
     5  been the subject of a prior open investigation by the office of children
     6  and  family  services  for  maltreatment.  Such  study shall explain any
     7  commonalities amongst such incidences and proffer policy recommendations
     8  to reduce such incidences in the future.
     9    § 2. Within one year of the effective date of this  act,  the  commis-
    10  sioner of children and family services shall deliver a copy of the find-
    11  ings  of the study conducted pursuant to section one of this act and any
    12  policy recommendations he or she deems to be necessary to the  governor,
    13  the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.
    14    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07500-01-1