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

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A09174 Summary:

BILL NOA09174 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHevesi

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §424-a, Soc Serv L

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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.

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BILL NOA09174 

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10/17/2025referred to children and families

01/07/2026referred to children and families

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 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

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