New York S 10122: Relates to requiring social services districts to develop family assessment and services tracks to address certain types of cases

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S10122 Summary:

BILL NOS10122 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10730

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SPONSORBRISPORT

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §427-a, Soc Serv L

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Relates to requiring social services districts to develop family assessment and services tracks to address cases where there is a prior history of multiple likely malicious and unfounded complaints against the respondent, there is no actual history of founded complaints of abuse or maltreatment against the respondent within the preceding four years, and the initial investigation into the new complaint yields no new information which could indicate the possibility of actual abuse or maltreatment.

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BILL NOS10122 

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04/30/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10122

 IN SENATE

 April 30, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BRISPORT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring social
 services districts to develop family assessment and services tracks to
 address certain types of cases

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 427-a of the social
 2 services law, as added by chapter 452 of the laws of 2007 and subdivi-
 3 sion 1 as amended by chapter 45 of the laws of 2011, are amended and a
 4 new subdivision 3-a is added to read as follows:
 5 1. [Any] Except as provided for in subdivision three-a of this
 6 section, any social services district may, upon the authorization of the
 7 office of children and family services, establish a program that imple-
 8 ments differential responses to reports of child abuse and maltreatment.
 9 Such programs shall create a family assessment and services track as an
 10 alternative means of addressing certain matters otherwise investigated
 11 as allegations of child abuse or maltreatment pursuant to this title.
 12 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
 13 provisions of this section shall apply only to those cases involving
 14 allegations of abuse or maltreatment in family settings expressly
 15 included in the family assessment and services track of the differential
 16 response program, and only in those social services districts authorized
 17 by the office of children and family services to implement a differen-
 18 tial response program. Such cases shall not be subject to the require-
 19 ments otherwise applicable to cases reported to the statewide central
 20 register of child abuse and maltreatment pursuant to this title, except
 21 as set forth in this section.
 22 2. Any social services district interested in implementing a differen-
 23 tial response program shall apply to the office of children and family
 24 services for permission to participate, except as provided for in subdi-
 25 vision three-a of this section. The criteria for a social services
 26 district to participate will be determined by the office of children and
 27 family services after consultation with the office for the prevention of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15261-01-6

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 1 domestic violence, however the social services district's application
 2 must include a plan setting forth the following:
 3 (a) in conjunction with any additional requirements imposed by the
 4 office of children and family services and the provisions of this subdi-
 5 vision, the factors to be considered by the social services district in
 6 determining which cases will be addressed through the family assessment
 7 and services track and the size of the population to be the subject of
 8 the differential response program, provided, however that cases meeting
 9 the requirements of paragraph (a) of subdivision three-a of this section
 10 shall be addressed through the family assessment and services track
 11 developed pursuant to such paragraph;
 12 (b) the types of services