Bill Text: NY A07024 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to guardianship and custody of destitute or dependent children.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to children and families [A07024 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A07024-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7024 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 30, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMANOWITZ, JORDAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to guardianship and custody of destitute or dependent children THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of 2 section 384-b of the social services law, as added by chapter 7 of the 3 laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows: 4 (ii) the child has been found to be an abused child, as defined in 5 paragraph (iii) of subdivision (e) of section ten hundred twelve of the 6 family court act, as a result of such parent's acts; provided, however, 7 the respondent must have committed or knowingly allowed to be committed 8 a felony sex offense as defined in sections 130.25, 130.30, 130.35, 9 130.40, 130.45, 130.50, 130.65, 130.67, 130.70, 130.75 [and], 130.80, 10 130.95 AND 130.96 of the penal law and, for the purposes of this section 11 the corroboration requirements contained in the penal law shall not 12 apply to proceedings under this section; or 13 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10571-01-3