New York A 1234: Relates to the definition of the term "cremation"

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A01234 Summary:

BILL NOA01234 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00551

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SPONSORWalker

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COSPNSRCook, Sayegh, Taylor, Simon, Epstein, Jackson, Cruz, Rosenthal, Anderson, Gibbs, Meeks, De Los
 Santos, Hevesi, Septimo, Forrest, Gonzalez-Rojas, Alvarez, Lunsford, Lucas, Reyes, Davila, Steck,
 Cunningham, Mitaynes, Chandler-Waterman, Tapia, Shrestha, Brabenec, Raga, Zinerman, Romero, Fall,
 Kim, Berger, Gallagher, Lee, Weprin, Moreno, Shimsky, Valdez

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Add §424-c, Soc Serv L

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Requires child protective services to orally and in writing disclose certain information to parents and caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investigation; requires such oral and written disclosure to contain certain information regarding the rights of the person under investigation.

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BILL NOA01234 

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01/09/2025referred to children and families

01/07/2026referred to children and families

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1234

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WALKER, COOK, SAYEGH, TAYLOR, SIMON, EPSTEIN,
 JACKSON, CRUZ, ROSENTHAL, ANDERSON, GIBBS, MEEKS, DE LOS SANTOS, HEVE-
 SI, SEPTIMO, FORREST, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, ALVAREZ, LUNSFORD, LUCAS, REYES,
 DAVILA, STECK, CUNNINGHAM, MITAYNES, CHANDLER-WATERMAN, TAPIA, MAMDA-
 NI, SHRESTHA, BRABENEC, RAGA, ZINERMAN -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring child
 protective services to disclose certain information to parents and
 caretakers who are the subject of a child protective services investi-
 gation

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

 1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 2 424-c to read as follows:
 3 § 424-c. Information regarding parent or caretaker's rights. A parent
 4 or caretaker has the right to receive certain information regarding
 5 their rights at the initial point of contact during a child protective
 6 services investigation.
 7 1. Upon receiving a report of alleged maltreatment or abuse of a child
 8 pursuant to section four hundred fifteen of this title child protective
 9 services shall, at the initial point of contact with a parent or care-
 10 taker, orally and in writing disseminate, in plain language of the
 11 parent or caretaker's preferred language, information regarding the
 12 parent or caretaker's rights during such investigation and shall docu-
 13 ment in the case record that such information has been provided to the
 14 parent or caretaker. Such information shall include, but need not be
 15 limited to, the following information:
 16 (a) The parent or caretaker is not required to permit the child
 17 protective services representative to enter the residence of the parent
 18 or caretaker;
 19 (b) The parent or caretaker who is the subject of the investigation is
 20 entitled to be informed of the allegations being investigated;
 21 (c) The parent or caretaker is not required to speak with the child
 22 protective services representative, and any statement made by the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00066-01-5

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 1 parent, caretaker or other family member may be used against the parent
 2 or caretaker in an administrative or court proceeding;
 3 (d) The parent or caretaker is entitled to seek the advice of an
 4 attorney and to have an attorney present when the parent or caretaker is
 5 questioned by a child protective services representative, including at
 6 any meeting conducted with the parent or caretaker to determine whether
 7 the parent or caretaker's child should be removed from the home;
 8 (e) The child protective services representative is not an attorney
 9 and cannot provide legal advice to the parent or caretaker;
 10 (f) The parent or caretaker is not required to allow a child protec-
 11 tive services representative to interview or examine a child;