New York A 1404: Requires local child protective services to notify appropriate military personnel when a member of the armed forces is the subject of a report of child abuse or maltreatment

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A01404 Summary:

BILL NOA01404 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05650

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SPONSORSlater

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COSPNSRGray, Maher, Bendett, Brabenec, Brown E, Brown K, DeStefano, Durso, Lemondes, Morinello, Tague,
 Smullen, McDonough

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§424 & 424-a, Soc Serv L

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Requires local child protective services to notify appropriate military personnel when a member of the armed forces is the subject of a report of child abuse or maltreatment; allows military law enforcement personnel to inquire of local child protective services whether any member of the armed forces is the subject of an indicated report on file with the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment.

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BILL NOA01404 

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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
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1404

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER, GRAY, MAHER, BENDETT, BRABENEC, E. BROWN,
 K. BROWN, DeSTEFANO, DURSO, LEMONDES, MORINELLO, TAGUE -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring local
 child protective services to notify appropriate military personnel
 when a member of the armed forces is the subject of a report of child
 abuse or maltreatment

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

 1 Section 1. Section 424 of the social services law is amended by adding
 2 a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
 3 3-a. ascertain whether any subject of a report of suspected child
 4 abuse or maltreatment is a member of, or otherwise associated with, the
 5 armed forces of the United States. If child protective services deter-
 6 mines that such subject is a member of, or otherwise associated with,
 7 the armed forces of the United States, such child protective services
 8 shall notify and send a copy of such report to the secretary of the
 9 United States department of defense that there is an allegation of abuse
 10 and neglect that relates to such member of the armed forces of the
 11 United States;
 12 § 2. Subdivision 5-a of section 424 of the social services law, as
 13 added by chapter 494 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
 14 5-a. give telephone notice and forward immediately a copy of reports
 15 made pursuant to this title which involve suspected physical injury as
 16 described in paragraph (i) of subdivision (e) of section ten hundred
 17 twelve of the family court act or sexual abuse of a child or the death
 18 of a child to the appropriate local law enforcement or military law
 19 enforcement, when applicable. Investigations shall be conducted by an
 20 approved multidisciplinary investigative team, established pursuant to
 21 subdivision six of section four hundred twenty-three of this title
 22 provided that in counties without a multidisciplinary investigative team
 23 investigations shall be conducted jointly by local child protective
 24 services and local law enforcement or military law enforcement, when
 25 applicable. Provided however, that co-reporting in these instances

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03806-01-5

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 1 shall not be required when the local social services district has an
 2 approved protocol on joint investigations of child abuse and maltreat-
 3 ment between the local district and law enforcement. Such protocol shall
 4 be submitted to the office of children and family services for approval
 5 and the office shall approve or disapprove of such protocols within
 6 thirty days of submission. Nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit
 7 local child protective services from consulting with local law enforce-
 8 ment or military law enforcement, when applicable, on any child abuse or
 9 maltreatment report.
 10 § 3. Subdivision 5-b of section 424 of the social services law, as
 11 added by chapter 494 of the laws of 2006, is amended t