New York S 8205: Relates to access of certain information by the New York city department of investigation

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S08205 Summary:

BILL NOS08205A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08248-A

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SPONSORBRISPORT

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§372, 422, 427-a & 496, Soc Serv L

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Lifts required approvals on the access of information pertaining to children by the New York city department of investigation.

Go to top S08205 Actions:

BILL NOS08205A

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05/21/2025REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

05/12/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

05/12/2026PRINT NUMBER 8205A

06/04/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/04/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1722

06/04/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A8248A

&nbspA08248 AMEND=A Hevesi

&nbsp05/05/2025referred to children and families

&nbsp12/10/2025amend and recommit to children and families

&nbsp12/10/2025print number 8248a

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to children and families

&nbsp02/25/2026reported referred to codes

&nbsp03/10/2026reported 

&nbsp03/12/2026advanced to third reading cal.293

&nbsp05/13/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/13/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp05/13/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

&nbsp06/04/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8205A

&nbsp06/04/20263RD READING CAL.1722

&nbsp06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/04/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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Go to topS08205 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8205--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BRISPORT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families --
 recommitted to the Committee on Children and Families in accordance
 with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the access of
 certain information by the New York city department of investigation

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 372 of the social services law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
 3 (c) All such records relating to such children shall be open to
 4 inspection by the New York city department of investigation for purposes
 5 of an investigation within the legal authority of the department of
 6 investigation.
 7 § 2. Subparagraph (m) of paragraph (A) of subdivision 4 of section 422
 8 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 12 of the laws of
 9 1996, is amended to read as follows:
 10 (m) the New York city department of investigation provided however,
 11 that no information identifying the subjects of the report or other
 12 persons named in the report shall be made available to the department of
 13 investigation unless such information is essential to an investigation
 14 within the legal authority of the department of investigation [and the
 15 state department of social services gives prior approval];
 16 § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 422 of the social
 17 services law, as amended by chapter 555 of the laws of 2000, the opening
 18 paragraph as amended by section 3 of part R of chapter 56 of the laws of
 19 2020, subparagraph (iii) as amended by section 7 of part D of chapter
 20 501 of the laws of 2012 and subparagraph (v) as amended by chapter 256
 21 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11843-03-5

 S. 8205--A 2

 1 (a) Unless an investigation of a report conducted pursuant to this
 2 title that is commenced on or before December thirty-first, two thousand
 3 twenty-one determines that there is some credible evidence of the
 4 alleged abuse or maltreatment or unless an investigation of a report
 5 conducted pursuant to this title that is commenced on or after January
 6 first, two thousand twenty-two determines that there is a fair prepon-
 7 derance of the evidence that the alleged abuse or maltreatment occurred,
 8 all information identifying the subjects of the report and other persons
 9 named in t