Bill Text: NY S00076 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 76 (Prior Session Legislation)

Amended

Bill Title: Requires child protective service to report findings regarding children allegedly abused or neglected within fourteen days where ordered or requested by court to investigate, unless just cause can be shown to extend such time to twenty-one days.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-28 - PRINT NUMBER 76A [S00076 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S00076-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         76--A
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  VOLKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services,  Children
         and Families -- recommitted to the Committee on Social Services, Chil-
         dren  and Families in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- commit-
         tee discharged and said bill committed to the  Committee  on  Children
         and  Families -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
         as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to  investigations  of
         abused or neglected children
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section  1034  of
    2  the  family court act, as amended by chapter 329 of the laws of 2009, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    A family court judge may order the child  protective  service  of  the
    5  appropriate  social  services  district  to  conduct  a child protective
    6  investigation as described by the social services law and report, WITHIN
    7  FOURTEEN DAYS OF SUCH ORDER OR REQUEST, UNLESS JUST CAUSE CAN  BE  SHOWN
    8  TO EXTEND THE TIME TO TWENTY-ONE DAYS, its findings to the court:
    9    S 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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