STATE OF NEW YORK
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6010
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 22, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to duty to report
incidents to 9-1-1 and the county district attorney's office
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 491 of the social services law, as amended by
2 section 1 of part B of chapter 501 of the laws of 2012 and subdivision 4
3 as amended by chapter 126 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 § 491. Duty to report incidents. 1. (a) Mandated reporters shall
6 report allegations of reportable incidents to a 9-1-1 operator, the
7 county district attorney's office and the vulnerable persons' central
8 register as established by section four hundred ninety-two of this arti-
9 cle and in accordance with the requirements set forth therein.
10 (b) Allegations of reportable incidents shall be reported immediately
11 to a 9-1-1 operator, the county district attorney's office and the
12 vulnerable persons' central register upon discovery. For purposes of
13 this article, "discovery" occurs when the mandated reporter witnesses a
14 suspected reportable incident or when another person, including the
15 vulnerable person, comes before the mandated reporter in the mandated
16 reporter's professional or official capacity and provides the mandated
17 reporter with reasonable cause to suspect that the vulnerable person has
18 been subjected to a reportable incident. A report to the register shall
19 include the name, title and contact information of every person known to
20 the mandated reporter to have the same information as the mandated
21 reporter concerning the reportable incident. [Nothing in this subdivi-
22 sion shall be construed to prohibit a mandated reporter from contacting
23 or reporting to law enforcement or emergency services before or after
24 reporting to the vulnerable persons' central register.]
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11697-01-5