New York A 9174: Relates to certain records under the control of child protective services
Status: REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (as of 2026-01-07)
State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 9174
Sponsors: Andrew Hevesi
Bill Text
Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly • • • • • • • • Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie --> --> --> • Assembly Members • Legislative Info • Public Hearings • Speaker's Press • Assembly Reports • Committees & More • Bill Search Home • Laws • Legislative Calendar • Public Hearing Schedule • Assembly Calendars • Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: • Summary • Actions • Committee Votes • Floor Votes • Memo • Text • LFIN • Chamber Video/Transcript A09174 Summary: BILL NOA09174   SAME ASNo Same As   SPONSORHevesi   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §424-a, Soc Serv L   Decreases the amount of time from eight years to four years for the office of children and family services to inform the provider or licensing agency, or child care resource and referral programs whether or not the person is the subject of an indicated child abuse and maltreatment report. Go to top A09174 Actions: BILL NOA09174   10/17/2025referred to children and families 01/07/2026referred to children and families Go to topA09174 Committee Votes: Go to topA09174 Floor Votes: There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session. Go to topA09174 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9174 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY October 17, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the sealing of certain records The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Item (II) of clause (B) of subparagraph (i) and clause (B) 2 of subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 424-a 3 of the social services law, as amended by section 9 of part R of chapter 4 56 of the laws of 2020, are amended to read as follows: 5 (II) the person is not the subject of an indicated report of child 6 abuse and is the subject of a report of child maltreatment where the 7 indication for child maltreatment occurred within less than [eight] four 8 years from the date of the inquiry. 9 (B) Where the subject of the report is not the subject of any indi- 10 cated report of child abuse and is the subject of a report of child 11 maltreatment where the indication for child maltreatment occurred more 12 than [eight] four years prior to the date of the inquiry, any such indi- 13 cation of child maltreatment shall be deemed to be not relevant and 14 reasonably related to employment. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13830-01-5 Go to top • Sitemap Request Information Directions and Maps
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