Title SOS, Social Services

§ 420. Penalties for failure to report. 1. Any person, official or\ninstitution required by this title to report a case of suspected child\nabuse or maltreatment who willfully fails to do so shall be guilty of a\nclass A misdemeanor.\n 2. Any person, official or institution requ…

§ 421. Responsibility of the office. The office shall: 1. in\nconjunction with local departments, both jointly and individually,\nwithin the appropriation available, conduct a continuing publicity and\neducation program for local department staff, persons and officials\nrequired…

§ 422. Statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment. 1.\nThere shall be established in the office of children and family services\na statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment reports\nmade pursuant to this title.\n 2. (a) The central register shall…

§ 422-a. Child abuse and neglect investigations; disclosure. 1.\nNotwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, the\ncommissioner or a city or county social services commissioner may\ndisclose information regarding the abuse or maltreatment of a child as\nset…

§ 422-b. Local and regional fatality review teams. 1. A fatality\nreview team may be established at a local or regional level, with the\napproval of the office of children and family services, for the purpose\nof investigating the death of any child whose care and custody or\ncu…

§ 422-c. Establishment of the child abuse medical provider program\n(CHAMP). 1. The child abuse medical provider program shall be\nestablished by the office of children and family services and operated\nby the child abuse referral and evaluation (CARE) program of the SUNY\nUpsta…

§ 423. Child protective service responsibilities and organization;\npurchase of service and reimbursement of cost; local plan. 1. (a) Every\nlocal department of social services shall establish a "child protective\nservice" within such department. The child protective service sha…

§ 423-a. Child advocacy centers established. 1. The office of children\nand family services shall to the greatest extent practicable facilitate\nthe establishment of child advocacy centers in every region of the state\nso that child victims of sexual abuse or serious physical ab…

§ 424. Duties of the child protective service concerning reports of\nabuse or maltreatment. Each child protective service shall:\n 1. receive on a twenty-four hour, seven day a week basis all reports\nof suspected child abuse or maltreatment in accordance with this title,\nthe l…

§ 424-a. Access to information contained in the statewide central\nregister of child abuse and maltreatment. 1. (a) (i) A licensing agency\nshall inquire of the department and the department shall, subject to the\nprovisions of paragraph (e) of this subdivision, inform such agen…

§ 424-b. Children in the care of certain public and private agencies.\nNotwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, when a report of\nchild abuse or maltreatment involves a child being cared for in a home\noperated or supervised by an authorized agency or the office of ch…

§ 425. Cooperation of other agencies. 1. To effectuate the purposes of\nthis title, the commissioner may request and shall receive from\ndepartments, boards, bureaus, or other agencies of the state, or any of\nits political subdivisions, or any duly authorized agency, or any oth…

§ 426. Annual reports. The commissioner shall prepare for inclusion in\nthe annual report required by subdivision (d) of section seventeen of\nthis chapter to be filed with the governor and the legislature prior to\nDecember fifteenth of each year, a report on the operations of …

§ 427. Regulations of the commissioner. 1. The commissioner shall\nadopt regulations necessary to implement this title.\n 2. The commissioner shall establish, by regulation, standards and\ncriteria under which the child protective service of the appropriate\nlocal department of …

§ 427-a. Differential response programs for child protection\nassessments or investigations. 1. Any social services district may,\nupon the authorization of the office of children and family services,\nestablish a program that implements differential responses to reports of\nchi…

§ 428. Separability. If any provision of this title or the\napplication thereof to any person or circumstances is held to be\ninvalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provision\nto other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.\n

§ 429. Home visiting. 1. In accordance with a plan developed by the\noffice of children and family services and approved by the director of\nthe budget and within the amounts which the director of the budget\ndetermines should be made available therefor, such office, in\nconjunc…

§ 43. Homeless housing and assistance contracts. 1. Within the limits\nof funds available in the homeless housing and assistance fund, the\ncommissioner is hereby authorized to enter into contracts with\nmunicipalities to provide state financial assistance for the project\ncosts…

§ 430. Day services; when social services official may furnish. 1.\nIn order to preserve and stabilize family life, to prevent the need for\nplacement of children outside their homes, and to enable children in\nfoster care to return to their families as expeditiously as possible…

§ 431. Licensure. 1. No place, person, association, corporation,\ninstitution or agency shall operate a day services program without first\nobtaining a permit issued therefor by the department, or otherwise than\nin accordance with the terms of such permit and with the regulatio…

§ 432. State reimbursement; standards of payment. 1. (a)\nExpenditures made by social services officials for day services programs\nand their administration pursuant to the provisions of this title shall,\nif approved by the department, be subject to reimbursement by the state,\…

§ 433. Other state funding sources. 1. Prior to purchasing day\nservices pursuant to section four hundred thirty, a social services\nofficial shall inquire of the department, and the department shall\ninform him, as to the available funding sources, if any, of which the\nday ser…

§ 434. Funding limitations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of\nthis chapter the total amount of reimbursement to social services\ndistricts pursuant to this title shall be limited to the amount of the\nannual appropriation made by the legislature for preventive services.\n…

§ 44. General and administrative provisions. 1. The department, in\nconsultation with the division of housing and community renewal, the\noffice of mental health and other appropriate agencies, shall issue and\npromulgate rules and regulations for the administration of this arti…

§ 440. Findings; purpose. 1. The legislature finds that children\nwho are in care away from their own homes on a full time basis, whether\ntemporarily or for a prolonged period, require effective supervision and\nreview of their status in care and of the plans for them. It is th…

§ 441. Definitions. As used in this title, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings:\n 1. "Service" shall mean the child care review service created by this\ntitle.\n 2. "Advisory committee" shall mean the committee established by\nsection four hundred forty-three …

§ 442. Child care review service; establishment, operations and\nprocedure. 1. The department, in consultation with the advisory\ncommittee, shall establish and operate a child care review service to\naccomplish the purposes of this title, for all children who are in the\ncare o…

§ 443. Advisory committee. 1. The department shall establish and\nmeet regularly with an advisory committee of not more than twenty\nmembers to consider policy and planning issues relating to the service\nand to assist in the design, development, establishment and on-going\noper…

§ 444. Confidentiality of records; related matters. 1. The department\nin consultation with the advisory committee shall make regulations;\n (a) protecting the confidentiality of individual identifying\ninformation submitted to or provided by the service, and preventing\naccess …

§ 445. Funding. The department shall explore the possibility of, and\nis authorized to take steps necessary to qualify for any available\nfunding from any private source or from the federal government, and is\nauthorized to use any funds for which the state qualifies for the\npu…

§ 446. Statewide automated child welfare information system. (1) The\ndepartment shall promulgate regulations required to implement federal\nrequirements for the establishment and administration of a statewide\nautomated child welfare information system as required by applicable…

§ 447-a. Definitions. As used in this title:\n 1. The term "sexually exploited child" means any person under the age\nof eighteen who has been subject to sexual exploitation because he or\nshe:\n (a) is the victim of the crime of sex trafficking as defined in\nsection 230.34 of …

§ 447-b. Services for exploited children. 1. Notwithstanding any\ninconsistent provision of law, pursuant to regulations of the office of\nchildren and family services, every local social services district shall\nas a component of the district's multi-year consolidated services …

§ 45. Definitions. As used in this title, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings unless the context clearly requires\notherwise:\n 1. "Eligible cost" shall mean the cost to deliver one or more services\nto eligible residents to assist such residents to live indep…

§ 45-a. Single room occupancy support services program. There is\nhereby established under the administration of the commissioner a single\nroom occupancy support services program, to provide financial\nassistance, subject to limitations stated in appropriations therefor, in\nth…

§ 45-b. Notice of funding availability; contracts. A local social\nservices district that receives funding pursuant to this title shall\nissue notices of funding availability together with application forms\nfor financial assistance under this title, provided that such notices,\…

§ 45-c. Direct application by eligible applicants. Upon receipt of a\ncopy of the request for proposals issued pursuant to section\nforty-five-a of this title, an eligible applicant may notify the local\nsocial services district in which its eligible project is located of its\nd…

§ 45-d. Operating plans. 1. Contracts with not-for-profit corporations\nand charitable organizations shall be approved by the social services\ndistrict, or the commissioner in the case of direct applications, in\naccordance with an operational plan submitted pursuant to the prov…

§ 45-e. Reimbursement. Expenditures made by a social services district\nfor grants made pursuant to this title shall be reimbursed by the state\nat the rate of fifty per centum, after first deducting therefrom any\nfederal funds properly received or to be received on account the…

§ 45-f. Administration. 1. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and\nregulations for the administration of this title. Such rules and\nregulations shall include but not be limited to provisions concerning\neligibility of not-for-profit corporations and charitable organization…

§ 45-g. Annual report. Beginning October first, nineteen hundred\neighty-eight, and each year thereafter, the commissioner shall report to\nthe governor and legislature on the success of the single room occupancy\nsupport services program in assisting eligible residents to live\…

§ 450. Statement of legislative intent. The legislature intends, by\nthe enactment of this title, to promote permanency of family status\nthrough adoption for children who might not otherwise derive the\nbenefits of that status. By providing for an adoption subsidy program\nwhic…

§ 451. Definitions. As used in this title:\n 1. "Child" shall mean a person under the age of twenty-one years whose\nguardianship and custody have been committed to a social services\nofficial or a voluntary authorized agency, or whose guardianship and\ncustody have been committ…

§ 453. Maintenance subsidy; handicapped or hard to place child. 1. (a)\nA social services official shall make monthly payments for the care and\nmaintenance of a handicapped or hard to place child whom a social\nservices official has placed for adoption or who has been adopted a…

§ 453-a. Payments for non-recurring adoption expenses. 1. A social\nservices official shall make payments for non-recurring adoption\nexpenses incurred by or on behalf of the adoptive parents of a child\nwith special needs, when such expenses are incurred in connection with\nthe…

§ 454. Medical subsidy. 1. A social services official shall make\npayments for the cost of care, services and supplies payable under the\nstate's program of medical assistance for needy persons, provided to a\nhandicapped child whom he or a voluntary authorized agency has placed…

§ 455. Fair hearings. 1. Any person aggrieved by the decision of a\nsocial services official or an official of the office of children and\nfamily services not to make a payment or payments pursuant to this title\nor to make such payment or payments in an inadequate or inappropri…

§ 456. State reimbursement and payments. 1. Payments made by social\nservices officials pursuant to the provisions of this title shall, if\napproved by the department, be subject to reimbursement by the state, in\naccordance with the regulations of the department as follows: the…

§ 457. Out-of-state adoptive parents. With respect to a child who\nhas been adopted within this state but who has been removed from this\nstate by his adoptive parents, or a child who has been adopted by\nresidents of another state or of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and who\n…

§ 458. Availability of subsidy; publicity. The department shall\npromulgate regulations providing for the publicizing of the availability\nof payments under this title. Such regulations shall provide for the\ndissemination of literature and other means in each social services\nd…