Bill Text: NY S03410 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3410 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires every mandated reporter to make a report to the register unless the register has knowledge of the incident.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-06-03 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S03410 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S03410-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3410

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 29, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in  relation  to  the  duty  to
          report incidents

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 491 of the social services law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
     3    (d) Every mandated reporter is required to make a report to the regis-
     4  ter  as  outlined  in  paragraph  (b) of this subdivision unless (i) the
     5  reporter has actual knowledge that  the  reportable  incident  has  been
     6  reported to the register; and (ii) that the reporter has been named as a
     7  person with knowledge of the incident in such prior report.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05208-02-1