New York A 6533: Establishes the city of New York education fund

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A06533 Summary:

BILL NOA06533 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORTannousis

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COSPNSRMaher

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§421 & 372, Soc Serv L

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Requires child protective services to document every home visit or contact with the child as part of a treatment plan, supervision and monitoring, with photographs of the child.

Go to top A06533 Actions:

BILL NOA06533 

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03/05/2025referred to children and families

05/20/2025held for consideration in children and families

01/07/2026referred to children and families

Go to topA06533 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Chair:Hevesi 
DATE:05/20/2025AYE/NAY:11/5 Action: Held for Consideration HevesiAyeMaherNay

DavilaAyePirozzoloNay

AndersonAyeJensenNay

ClarkAyeBolognaNay

LunsfordAyeMolitorNay

MeeksAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

MitaynesAye

Chandler-WatermAye

LeeAye

LasherExcused

WiederAye

Go to topA06533 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA06533 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6533

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. TANNOUSIS -- 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 document home visits with photographs

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Marchella
 2 Pierce's Law".
 3 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 421 of the social services law, as
 4 amended by chapter 718 of the laws of 1986, paragraph (a) as amended by
 5 chapter 110 of the laws of 1989 and the closing paragraph as amended by
 6 chapter 320 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
 7 3. promulgate regulations setting forth requirements for the perform-
 8 ance by local social services departments of the duties and powers
 9 imposed and conferred upon them by the provisions of this title and of
 10 article ten of the family court act. Such regulations shall establish
 11 uniform requirements for the investigation of reports of child abuse or
 12 maltreatment under this title. The department shall also issue guide-
 13 lines which shall set forth the circumstances or conditions under which:
 14 (a) personal contact shall be made with the child named in the report
 15 and any other children in the same household, including interviewing
 16 such child or children absent the subject of the report whenever possi-
 17 ble and appropriate;
 18 (b) photographs of visible physical injuries or trauma of children who
 19 may be the victims of abuse or maltreatment shall be taken or arranged
 20 for;
 21 (c) medical examination of a child who may be a victim of abuse or
 22 maltreatment and documentation of findings of such examination, shall be
 23 required.
 24 The department shall promulgate regulations to establish standards for
 25 intervention, criteria for case closings, criteria for determining

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09674-01-5

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 1 whether or not to initiate a child protective proceeding, and criteria
 2 for the formulation of treatment plans and for the delivery of child
 3 protective services including specification of the services to be clas-
 4 sified as child protective services, which shall also apply to any soci-
 5 ety for the prevention of cruelty to children which has entered into a
 6 currently valid contract with a local department of social services to
 7 investigate child abuse or maltreatment reports. The department shall
 8 promulgate regulations establishing minimum standards and practices for
 9 the delivery of child protective services in connection with monitoring
 10 and supervising respondents and their families as ordered by a family
 11 court pursuant to section ten hundred thirty-nine and paragraphs (i),
 12 (iii), (iv) and (v) of subdivision (a) of section ten hundred fifty-two
 13 of the family court act. The department shall require that every case-
 14 worker, child protective services employee or any person acting pursuant
 15 to a contract for servic